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With John Wick: Chapter 4 exploding at the box office and Donnie Yen experience a new wave of popularity in North American, now’s the time to look at another of the movie’s stars who’s been around for a long time but is consistently underrated. Of course, that man is the great Scott Adkins! Those who know him, love him. With over 70 movies to his credit, the man has been in at least one thing everyone has seen, from Doctor Strange to X-Men Origins: Wolverine (as Weapon X), The Pink Panther, and so many more, He has been in something for everyone. For us, the highlights of his career are not necessarily the obvious titles when glancing at his resume.

Here are our some of our favorite Scott Adkins movies:

The Expendables 2 (2012)

Admittedly not as good as the first film, The Expendables 2 did bring a few good villains to the screen.

Stars: Nina Bergman, Louis Mandylor, Daniel Bernhardt, Timothy V. Murphy, Dominiquie Vandenberg, Charles Fathy | Written by Katharine Lee McEwan, Romain Serir | Directed by Jesse V. Johnson

English playwright William Congreve wrote that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned back in 1697. Now Jesse V. Johnson and writers Katharine Lee McEwan (Solitary) and Romain Serir (The Girl with Two Faces) are out to prove it’s still true with Hell Hath No Fury, a World War II set story of a woman forced to fight against both sides in order to survive.

World War II is drawing to a close and Marie is about to receive summary justice as a collaborator. She wasn’t, but that’s besides the point. She’s saved from them by a quartet of American G.I.s led by Major Maitland. They’re not doing it out of a sense of justice though, it...

Exclusive: Reem Kherici is directing and starring in Chien et Chat (Cat and Dog), a live-action animated hybrid film currently in production in Montreal, which she also wrote.

Cat and Dog follows the owner of an Internet-famous cat and an international jewel thief whose dog has swallowed a ruby as the animals escape their cages in the airport. Together, the unlikely duo must work together to recover their prized pets.

Gaumont’s Sidonie Dumas is producing with Eric Altmayer for Mandarin Productions. Netflix has taken Latin American rights to the film, with Gaumont looking to release it in French theaters in December of 2023.

Kherici is best known for the 2017 romantic drama Jour J (Wedding Unplanned), which also had her writing, directing and starring. She first established herself as a multi-hyphenate with the 2013 debut feature Paris à tout prix, which was distributed in over 50 countries.

Kherici is represented by Zero Gravity Management and A3 Artists Agency.

Stars: Bruce Willis, Patrick Muldoon, Matthew Marsden, Kelcey Rose, Douglas S. Matthews, Ava Paloma, Chris Cleveland | Written by Jared Cohn, Cam Cannon | Directed by Jared Cohn

It’s the event you’ve all been waiting for, the Bruce Willis movie of the month! This month we proudly present Deadlock, directed by Jared Cohn and co-written by Cohn and Cam Cannon. Sounds like we’re in for a real treat this time. I mean doesn’t that poster look like it represents a great film its studio is proud of?

After a drug bust turns violent and leads to the death of one of the Whitlock boys and the arrest of the other, their father Ron loses his shit and kills the first two cops he sees.

Meanwhile Mack, former Ranger current bitter alcoholic, has dragged himself into work at the hydroelectric plant after an epic night at the bar. He...

Here’s the latest episode of the 365Flicks podcast, which serves as a bit of a backdoor pilot for a show he will be producing for Nerdly.co.uk. That’s right we’ve sanctioned a podcast all Nerdly’s own and Kevin of our good buddies at 365Flicks is going to run with it. The anem ot eh podcast? Nerdly Out Loud!

Nerdly Out Loud – Pilot Episode: Jesse V. Johnson Interview and more!

The format is as it sounds, we are bringing the website to your ears, so each episode we will be reading and contributing our thoughts to reviews of all the latest Movie, TV and Pop Culture reviews from the world of Nerdly. The main feature of these shows will be awesome interviews from directors, producers and people at all levels of the Independent film world. This episode is Jesse V Johnson an absolute powerhouse in the action genre scene.

Growing up action movies were, for me, second only to horror flicks as my go to genre. I used to scour the pages of Impact for news on the latest films and then pre-order the VHS at my local video shop – because yes, back in the day you could actually pre-order a video rental and I Always had to be first to rent my most-anticipated flicks! I mention this only because it was back in that era that the action movie star was king. Starting out with the likes of Stallone and Schwarzenegger, the VHS era gave birth to a myriad of action movie superstars: guys like Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal, Jeff Speakman, Jeff Wincott and the queen of action films Cynthia Rothrock… all of whom carved out careers in what were – for the most part – direct to video films.

So why the history lesson? Well there’s a...

As a big fan of Triple Threat, I'm happy to hear that director Jesse V. Johnson's The Mercenary is coming soon to DVD and Digital. A new trailer reinforces the feeling. To quote myself: "Over the past couple of years, I've watched and enjoyed Johnson's Savage Dog (2017), Accident Man (2018), and The Debt Collector (2018), which established his credentials as a card-carrying member of the 'action first, talk whatever' club of filmmaking." Triple Threat did not disappoint. Dominiquie Vandenberg (Triple Threat) stars in The Mercenary as Maxx, "a legionnaire turned mercenary," according to the official synopsis. "When a mission in South America goes wrong Maxx is left for dead, but he...

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Stars: Tony Jaa, Tiger Hu Chen, Iko Uwais, Scott Adkins, Celina Jade, Michael Jai White, Michael Bisping, JeeJa Yanin, Dominiquie Vandenberg, Ron Smoorenburg, Monica Siu-Kei Mok | Written by Joey O’Bryan, Fangjin Song, Paul Staheli | Directed by Jesse V. Johnson

Growing up action movies were, for me, second only to horror flicks as my go to genre. I used to scour the pages of Impact for news on the latest films and then pre-order the VHS at my local video shop – because yes, back in the day you could actually pre-order a video rental and I Always had to be first to rent my most-anticipated flicks! I mention this only because it was back in that era that the action movie star was king. Starting out with the likes of Stallone and Schwarzenegger, the VHS era gave birth to a myriad of action movie superstars: guys like Jean-Claude Van Damme,...

The Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival invites you to join it for a very special event this year in celebrating its 10th birthday as part of the Open House Festival.

Having moved the festival from Belfast to Bangor in 2018, the festival hopes to introduce itself to that new audience who will enjoy what it has to offer, from a wide range of independent films from around the world, Q&a sessions with the film makers, informative workshops, special guests from the film industry, and of course, the wonderful Gala Dinner Award Ceremony.

Brought to you by Bangor based award winning indie feature director, George Clarke and his team at Yellow Fever Productions, the Yfiff is known worldwide for its welcoming hospitality, independent charm and selection of alternative cinema promoting the very best of the indie film world.

This year, they have two amazing special guests: industry professionals Jesse V. Johnson...

Writer/director Jesse V. Johnson and actor Scott Adkins have developed a very interesting creative relationship over the past two years. Working in the largely ignored realm of "straight to video” film releases, the duo has put together a string of meagerly budgeted action films that have impressed critics and fans of action cinema in equal measure with their quality. If their films like Savage Dog, Accident Man, and The Debt Collector had been released in the 1990s it would have not seemed out of place to see them on a marquee beside films like Under Seige or Sudden Death and they likely would have been financially successful crowd pleasures as well. The films made by the duo are a throwback to a simpler style...

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"This ends tonight." "Shock and awe, baby!" Well Go USA has released an intense official trailer for the "major martial arts action event" movie titled Triple Threat, the latest from stuntman director Jesse V. Johnson. The action ensemble is about a hit contract that's taken out on a billionaire's daughter intent on bringing down a major crime syndicate. So a down and out team of mercenaries must take on a group of professional assassins and stop them before they kill their target. The insanely awesome cast includes Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Tiger Chen, Celina Jade, Michael Bisping, Michael Jai White, and Scott Adkins, plus plenty of others. This trailer is really going all out hyping this up, claiming it's the "biggest action event" of the year. Let's see. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Jesse V. Johnson's Triple Threat, direct from YouTube: A down-and-out team of mercenaries ...

Based on the comics book by Pat Mills and Tony Skinner (The Complete Accident Man review), Accident Man stars one-man action movie industry Scott Adkins as the titular character – an assassin who’s Very good at his job!

Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer, whose methodical hits, baffle the police and delight his clients, he is the best at what he does. But when a loved one is dragged into the London underworld and murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to rip apart the life he knew in order to hold those accountable and avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.

Directed by Jesse V. Johnson, who also helmed the Adkins starrer Savage Dog, Accident Man also stars Ray Stevenson, Michael Jai White, Ashley Greene, David Paymer and Ray Park. The film is released on DVD and Digital on February 6th...

Here's some free advice for the next time you bear witness to a bar fight: The man with nothing to lose is the man to bet on. Today, we've got an exclusive clip from th action film Savage Dog. Directed and written by Jesse V. Johnson, Savage Dog takes place in Indochina, 1959. Set in a Wild West town controlled by the criminal class: Vietnamese warlords and... Read More...

Former stuntman and genre expert Jesse V. Johnson (The Package, The Fifth Commandment) has been churning out low-budget actioners featuring a string of recognizable B-list names over more than a decade for a mostly niche audience. Savage Dog may marginally raise his profile with a slightly more ambitious premise, but it still seems destined to find the broadest audiences in home-entertainment formats.

Johnson, who also wrote the script, selects an intriguing setting for the film: the Vietnamese region of Indochina following the retreat of French forces in the mid-1950s. The power vacuum that resulted from the collapse of colonial rule...

In a current movie landscape that’s all about comic book adaptations and watered-down PG-13 blockbusters, real action stars are hard to come by. Dwayne Johnson tends to focus on comedies and family-friendly fare, and Vin Diesel is too busy voicing a talking tree. There’s Jason Statham, who’s always dependable. Then there's martial arts star Scott Adkins, who has more than proven his chops by now. He has tons of screen presence, can kick major ass, and is at least halfway decent at emoting. Savage Dog, from director Jesse V. Johnson is further proof, as if we needed it, that he’s the real deal. Adkins plays Martin Tillman, a former Ira boxer with a shady past -- if we’re being honest, he’s really just Adkins with...

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When a film opens with Scott Adkins rising from the mud with a scream in Indochina circa 1959, you begin cultivating expectations. You forgive the ham-fisted voiceover narration and the quick slow motion cuts disorienting place and time. You forgive the lack of context as to why this man (and a woman too) was trapped under mud in the first place because you’re re-situating yourself in your seat to brace for the impact of the actor’s fists against the flesh of whomever put him there. Maybe the woman is a love interest. Maybe she won’t survive. I’d be lying if I didn’t say I hoped she wouldn’t so the bloodlust could increase further towards revenge. Sadly, vengeance — why I sat down at all — is still an hour away.

Ex-stuntman Jesse V. Johnson’s Savage Dog rewinds six months to show us how Martin (Adkins) got trapped there after all,...

Stars: Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror, Juju Chan, Cung Le, Keith David, Vladimir Kulich, Matthew Marsden, Charles Fathy | Written and Directed by Jesse V. Johnson

Ok, let’s all just say it together. Scott Adkins is the saviour of Dtv action movies. Charismatic, skilled and just a downright badass (and likeable) actor, whatever Adkins seemingly touches turns to gold – the Universal Soldier franchise was improved by his addition, as was the Undisputed series: in fact he made that particular fighting franchise Better with each and every sequel. Even the football-themed series Green Street was made watchable by the appearance of Adkins in the third installment, and that coming from someone who, typically, refuses to watch movies based on idiotic football hooligans.

Hold on… Turns out I may have a man-crush on Scott Adkins! And that’s not a bad thing.

Adkins has single-handedly kept the direct to market action genre alive,...

You've gotta watch this trailer for the upcoming action thriller Savage Dog, which features Scott Adkins (Doctor Strange, The Expendables II) kicking ass as he embarks on a mission for revenge.

The movie looks like it came straight out of the early 1990s, which is why I'm kind of looking forward to watching it. I've seen a few trailers for upcoming action films recently that reminded me of movies from the 90s. Are 90s-style action movies making a comeback!? Yeah, it looks like a very low-budget flick, but sometimes it's just fun to sit back, relax, and watch a fun movie like this. Here's the synopsis:

Indochina, 1959. A Wild West town controlled by the criminal class: Vietnamese warlords and European war criminals. The worst prison in the land, it is here that a European, former-champion boxer Martin Tilman (Scott Adkins) has made a name for himself fighting tournaments. When Tilman is due for release,...

"There's a tale told somewhere south of Burma. The tale tells of a man..." XLrator Media has debuted an official trailer for an action movie titled Savage Dog, which looks like it's straight out of the 90s as an action movie mixing guns and martial arts and a ridiculous revenge plot and so much more. Scott Adkins stars as a former champion boxer stuck in a prison in Indochina in the late 1950s. When he is released, the people running the jail don't want him to leave and so he must figure out a way to get home. The full cast includes Marko Zaror, Juju Chan, Cung Le, Vladimir Kulich, Charles Fathy, Matthew Marsden, Sheena Chou, and the incomparable Keith David. I really don't know how to describe this, it has some cool action but it seriously looks like this was made 30 years ago and kept in a vault until now.

This should be the only tagline for the upcoming movie Savage Dog: Bullets, punches, kicks, muscles and death. You don’t even need to see the movie to know the martial arts action flick starring Scott Adkins will deliver on those badass elements in spades, and such a movie is deserving of an equally cool poster, of which we here at JoBlo are happy to provide you an exclusive look at. Get a gander... Read More...

21st edition of Montreal genre festival to also screen Atomic Blonde, Good Time and world premiere of 4K restoration of Suspiria.

Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled its full programme for its 21st edition, which runs from July 13-August 2 in Montreal.

This year’s edition will close with the international premiere of South Korean historical drama A Taxi Driver, starring Snowpiercer’s Song Kang-ho, with director Jang Hoon in attendance.

Fantasia will also host the North American premiere of Cannes Competition title Good Time, starring Robert Pattinson, and a special screening of David Leitch’s Atomic Blonde with Charlize Theron in the festival’s Action! section.

Its Action! section will also feature two films starring Scott Adkins - Boyka: Undisputed and Savage Dog - who will be in attendance at this year’s festival, as well as the North American premiere of the restored 3D version of James Cameron’s classic Terminator 2: Judgment Day. For the first...

JuJu Chan on ‘Savage Dog,’ Scott Adkins by Uinterview Actress and martial artist Juju Chan had just one complaint about her role as Isabella in Jesse V. Johnson‘s martial arts film Savage Dog – she doesn’t get to fight. “Of course I have an itch when I was watching [the fights],” she told uInterview exclusively, “I was […]

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Hollywood, CA (January 25th, 2017) Martial Arts Action star sensation Scott Adkins is back in "Savage Dog" Indochina – 1959. A lawless town controlled by the criminal class: Vietnamese warlords and European war criminals. Den-Dhin-Chan Labor Camp is run by four such dangerous men. The worst prison in the land, it is here that a European, former-champion boxer Martin Tillman (Scott Adkins, Marvel's "Doctor Strange") has made a name for himself fighting tournaments, on which wealthy criminals gamble in high stakes events. When Tillman is due for release, he just wants to return home, but the corrupt forces running the jail will do everything in their power to keep him locked down. When all that Tillman holds dear is taken away in a vicious act...

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Exclusive: XLrator Media has taken Us rights to the action thriller.

Bleiberg Entertainment has virtually sold out worldwide rights here to the Scott Adkins action thriller Savage Dog led by a Us deal with XLrator Media.

The La-based production and sales company has licensed Germany to Spirit/Koch Media, Latin America to California Filmes, Canada to Vvs Films, the Middle East to Eagle Films and Turkey to Sinema, among others.

Only China and Hong Kong remain available on Savage Dog, which recently wrapped production and centres on a disgraced soldier-turned-prizefighter seeking vengeance in a lawless town in 1950s Indochina.

Joining Adkins on the cast are Marko Zaror, Cung Le and Juju Chan. Jesse V. Johnson directs from his own original screenplay.

Ehud Bleiberg, who produced Adkins’ Close Range, produced alongside Johnson and Charles Arthur Berg, while Adkins and Bleiberg’s Nicholas Donnermeyer are executive producers with Blacklist Digital’s Tims Johnson, Narbeh Tatoussian and [link...