Prodigal Son (1981) 敗家仔 Starring Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Lam Ching Ying, Frankie Chan, Peter Chan Lung, Dick Wei, Chung Faat, James Tien Directed by Sammo Hung Produced by Raymond Chow Action by Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-Ying, and Billy Chan Wui-Ngai Beat Sheet Opening Image 0:00 Leung Jan (Yuen Biao) earns respect through [...]
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GoPro Hero3 Impressions from an Action Filmmaker’s Perspective
onI bought my GoPro Hero3 Black Edition from Best Buy along with chest and head straps for the sole purpose of doing first-person action scenes. The FPS movie ("found footage") genre is one of my favorites, and I think it's criminally underused, especially in the action cross-genre, so my hopes have been to create solid action [...]
Actionist Mini-review – Pet Sematary
onWhile Pet Sematary's presentation might feel a tad Lifetime-y now, it still serves up a great tale on the human inability to accept the end of life, hitting all the right beats with regular thrills, superb gore moments, and eerie atmospherics that make for an exemplary horror film. As a bonus, it would be utterly [...]
Actionist Mini-review – Strange Days
onNo major conflict appears in Strange Days until almost an hour in. Until then it's snazzy virtual reality and an inept love story. 2 and a half hours of not caring much about the victims, let alone the hero, and there's no wonder why this flopped. Some say it was too early with its police [...]
Death Grip Reviews Start Rolling In – Get your DVD and Write One Too!
onDeath Grip is now on sale at The Stunt People Store, and four very favorable reviews are already up. Check out what people are saying: Alex-in-Wonderland says: This latest offering from Eric Jacobus and The Stunt People is nothing short of amazing, and the groundwork laid by their previous films is finally bearing fruit. Eric [...]
Viewers, YOU ROCK!
onI was just over at IMDB and noticed that in the past month Contour's rating has jumped 3 stars. Not only that, but IMDB has removed many of the low scores it received (14 or so 1's and 2's), making me think that the low scores may have been from the same person or website. [...]