Treasure Hunt (1994) a.k.a. Hua qi Shao Lin
Starring Chow Yun-Fat
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Chow kills 46
Treasure Hunt rights held by Golden Princess Film Production Limited.
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Action Movie News Round Up: May 13th, 2012
In what may have been the most unlikely action movie team up in recent years, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Street Kings director David Ayers, will team up for thriller Ten. The film will feature a corrupt DEA tactical squad being hunted down one by one by an assassin. No word yet on whether Arnold will play a cop or the hitman. This will make the second film, since his return, Arnie picks up that was originally earmarked for Bruce Willis after The Tomb. Thanks to Screen Rant.
If you’re a reader of this site, then it’s a given you’re just as annoyed at the lack of Scott Adkins’ presence in the marketing for Expendables 2. Someone at LGF must feel the same way, because they’ve released a Scott Adkins centric poster.
Further Vin Diesel Facebook updates, Riddick 3 is now in post, “Fast” is filming in the summer and the answer to the long pondered question, does Richard B. Riddick have an innie or an outie?
Sean Bean has been tapped to star in Devil’s Peak. Based on a series of novels set in South Africa, the first film will focus on Sean Bean’s alcoholic cop tracking down a vigilante serial killer, while having to fight off a ruthless drug cartel in the process. Given that this is a trilogy of novels, at the very least we’ll have two films in which Sean Bean actually won’t die. (Coming Soon).
Cole Hauser will join the villainous ranks of Sebastian Koch and Yliya Snigir on the upcoming A Good Day to Die Hard. Likely to die a bloodless death after hearing a heavily censored version of McClane’s catchphrase. – Deadline.
Kick Ass 2 is coming! It’ll be directed by the relatively unknown Jeff Wadlow who was recently attached to Liam Neeson’s ‘Die Hard on a Plane’ film Non Stop. Deadline are certain the film will be locked, loaded and ready to go soon.
Wadlow’s replacement for Non Stop has been announced as Juan Collet-Sera. The director previously teamed with Liam Neeson and Joel Silver on last year’s Unknown. – Variety.
Further proving January and February hold better action films than the summer season, Sylvester Stallone/Walter Hill collaboration Bullet to the Head will hit theatres on the 1st of February 2013, a few weeks after Arnold’s awesome looking Last Stand and a few weeks before Bruce’s decidedly unawesome Good Day to Die Hard. – Box Office Mojo
We have the final poster for G.I. Joe Retaliation, which is heavy on the photoshop and light on the Channing Tatum (Fair dues, the guy has been on a role and winning over a lot of his critics). Thanks to Den of Geek and Rutledal.
Jean-Claude Van Damme has revealed he’ll be playing the villain in Peter Hyams’ upcoming Enemies Closer. More specifically a vegan, animal loving, hippie villain. Thanks to EW
Antoine Fuqua has lined up yet another project he probably won’t make. A heist film titled Chicagoland. –Collider.
Although it’s been released in most of the world, the newest Jet Li/Tsui Hark team up will actually be released on IMAX in the US in September.
Coincidentally, the film is out on home video in Australia this week. – Twitch
It seems Byung-Hun Lee and Bruce Willis had a whale of a time together on the G.I. Joe Retaliation set, Lee, alongside Catherine Zeta Jones, has signed on for RED 2. The film will primarily take place in Europe (Bulgaria?) and will be released August 2nd 2013. – Superhero Hype.
Cinando have debuted the new poster for JCVD’s Six Bullets. It’s a slightly better one than most typical DTV films get, but still looks like a DTV film.
Finally, another Expendables 2 poster, one I’ve wanted to see for 20 years.
That’s it for this week, keep the faith (Strannix).
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Hero (1997) a.k.a. Ma Wing Jing
Starring Yuen Biao
and Takeshi Kaneshiro
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Yuen Biao kills 96
Takeshi Kaneshiro kills 56
Hero rights held by Shaw Brothers.
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Operation Disaster
Panic In The Parlor
Hell In Korea
The Steel Bayonet
How To Murder A Rich Uncle
Blind Spot
The Two-Headed Spy
Breakout
Foxhole In Cairo
The Day The Earth Caught Fire
Solo For Sparrow
The Wrong Arm Of The Law
Zulu………………………………………………………………………8
Hamlet At Elsinore
The Ipcress File………………………………………………………..1
The Wrong Box
Woman Times Seven
Play Dirty………………………………………………………………..3
Male Of The Species
Battle of Britain…………………………………………………………5
Too Late the Hero………………………………………………………7
The Last Valley…………………………………………………………2
Get Carter……………………………………………………………….6
Kidnapped
X,Y, And Zee
Pulp………………………………………………………………………1
The Black Windmill
The Destructors
The Wilby Conspiracy…………………………………………………1
The Romantic Englishwoman
The Man Who Would Be King………………………………………..10
Peeper……………………………………………………………………1
Harry And Walter Go To New York
The Eagle Has Landed………………………………………………..3
California Suite
Ashanti…………………………………………………………………..1
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure……………………………………..1
The Island……………………………………………………………….30
Dressed to Kill…………………………………………………………….3
The Hand………………………………………………………………….4
Victory
Deathtrap………………………………………………………………….2
Beyond The Limit
Blame It On Rio
The Jigsaw Man……………………………………………………….1
The Holcroft Covenant………………………………………………..3
The Fourth Protocol
The Whistleblower…………………………………………………….1
Jaws: The Revenge
Surrender
Without a Clue………………………………………………………….1
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Jekyll and Hyde………………………………………………………..2
Shock to the System…………………………………………………..5
Mr. Destiny
Bullseye!
Noises Off…
Blue Ice………………………………………………………………….6
Bullet to Beijing………………………………………………………….2
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Shadow Run………………………………………………………………5
It All Came True
The Cider House Rules…………………………………………….1
The Debtors
Shiner…………………………………………………………………….1
The Actors
Secondhand Lions………………………………………………………2
The Statement…………………………………………………………..2
Batman Begins………………………………………………………….1
Sleuth……………………………………………………………………..1
Harry Brown………………………………………………………………6
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
The Dark Knight Rises
Mr. Morgan’s Last Love
Now You See Me
TOTAL 129
**All counts above 9 are tentative. Until there is a video showing verification, you may take these numbers with a grain of salt.
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Action Movie News Round Up: May 6th, 2012
What better way to start than with a Rambo story? Sylvester Stallone, in a recent interview with MTV has described the process of Rambo 5 being made as a ‘volcanic eruption’. He went as far as implying the character will die. Head over to MTV for the whole interview.
Another interesting Sly project is in the works, in the form of an animated web series. Titled Soul Survivor, the series has yet to find an online home. (Hollywood Reporter)
According to the Daily Mail, it looks as if Fast Six has found its villain in the form of pop singer Rihanna. Take that with a huge grain of salt though. Another possible casting to take with a grain of salt is that of former Dr. Who David Tennant. Apparently Latino Review hack Justin Lin’s Skype account.
Someone ELSE we can throw in the mix for Fast Six is Luke Evans. Twitch Film reports the up and comer has been offered the role ear marked for Jason Statham. While the guy is a great actor, it remains to be seen, how well he’ll match up against The Rock and Vin Diesel (and Gina Carano).
Someone we can confirm for Fast Six is Michelle Rodriguez, Variety confirms that the actress has indeed signed on for both Fast Six and Machete Kills. She will film Machete Kills this month and then head to Europe in June to work on Fast Six.
Speaking of Machete Killing, another academy Award nominee joined the cast. Mexican actor Demian Bichir is joining the ranks. Potentially as the counterpart to Mel Gibson’s Luther Vorz. Hot on Bichir’s heels comes the casting of Amber Heard, as a sexy assassin and Sofia Vergara as a leather clad mistress who will be helping Machete. 6 to 12 right there. Thanks to Variety for all those news bits.
Slash Film have uncovered from new images from Rian Johnson’s upcomingLooper. Nothing too special. Emily Blunt carrying a shotgun and JGL with some cool backlighting. More Willis please!
Vin Diesel’s aforementioned Facebook updates are here. Firstly it appears we’ll be seeing Riddick’s return in January of 2013 at the earliest, which will see it released in the same weeks as Arnold’s Last Stand and Jason Statham’s Parker. Looks like once again the January/February months will hold better action films than the toy commercials in the blockbuster summer season. Secondly, it appears that there are two more Riddick sequels in the works. One taking place in the Underverse and one on planet Furya.
Pierce Brosnan and Owen Wilson are set to star in The Coup. A film about an American family caught in the middle a military coup overseas and their attempt to escape to safety. Owen Wilson will play the father, Pierce Brosnan is up for the role of the badass government operative helping them. Thanks to Arrow in the Head.
Gareth Evans, director of Merantau and The Raid, is circling his first big Hollywood project, Breaking the Bank. The delightfully bonkers sounding film centres on an MMA fighter, who masterminds the largest heist in English history. Better yet, it’s based on a true story. If history has taught us anything, much like his predecessors John Woo and Paul Verhoeven, Evans will probably make a handful of kickass Hollywood action classics, before losing his edge and making shit until he gets fed with the Hollywood system and goes back to Indonesia to make a kick ass historical war epic. Thanks to Deadline
In what should be surprise to no one, but should be highly disappointing to all, Antoine Fuqua’s Hunter Killer has been dropped from its December release date. (Slash Film)
JoBlo have their hands on some new G.I. Joe: Retaliation stills, showing off the Cobra Troopers. Unlike Looper they have the common courtesy to show more Willis!
Finally, at the persistence of Terry Crews, please do yourself a favour and watch The Expendables 2 trailer. It is glorious.
That’s it for this week. I’ll be back…
Unless I get fired.
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Markus Corvinus (Tony Curran): 26
Selene (Kate Beckinsale): 9
Viktor (Bill Nighy): 4
Michael (Scott Speedman): 3
Amelia (Zita Gorog): 2
William Corvinus (Brian Steele): 1
Alexander Corvinus (Derek Jacobi): 1
Opening Battle: 25
-Amelia kills a Lycan with a crossbow
-Markus kills 2 Lycans
-Viktor kills 2 Lycans
-Lycans kill 3 Vampires
-Viktor decapitates 1 Lycan
-Viktor kills another Lycan
-Markus kills 2 Lycans
-Lycans kill 7 Vampires
-Vampires kill 6 Lycans
-Amelia kills 1 more Lycan
“He Was Not To Be Harmed”: 1
-William kills 1 Vampire
Tomb: 5
-Markus kills 4 henchmen with his wings
-Markus decapitates Kraven
Weapons Cache: 6
-6 death dealers are seen dead, killed by Markus off-screen
“Gotcha”: 5
-Selene stabs 1 Lycan in the eye
-Selene throws the knife into another Lycan’s eye
-Michael tears 1 Lycan’s jaw off
-Selene kills Tanis’ 2 brides
Giving Up: 1
-Markus kill Tanis
Ship Attack: 7
-Markus kills 6 mercenaries
-Markus impales Michael on a sharp post (he comes back to life later)
Flashback: 1
-Markus kills Selene’s mother
“Goodbye”: 1
-Alexander blows up the ship with a bomb, killing himself
Sewer Showdown: 10
-Selene shoots Soren
-Selene shoots 1 Lycan
-Michael punches through 1 Lycan’s chest
-Selene shoots another Lycan
-Selene shoots 1 more Lycan
-Markus pulls down the helicopter with the rope, killing the pilot and gunner
-Michael tears William’s head off with his bare hands
-Selene punches Markus into the helicopter blades, slicing him up
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Jewels (Cyndi Pass): 12
Erik Guass (Mattias Hues): 9
Jonathan “Johnny” DeMone (Lorenzo Lamas): 4
Alec (Steve Cohen): 4
Tony (Eddie Fiars): 1
“It’s Bad for the Nerves”: 1
-Jewels shoots Whitney
Office Massacre: 7
-Jewels shoots 1 office worker
-Alec shoots 2 office workers (1 onscreen, 1 off-screen)
-Erik shoots 1 office worker
-Jewels shoots 2 more office workers
-Jewels shoots the officer worker about to call the cops
House Massacre: 8
-Jewels snipes the cop guarding the house
-Erik shoots the cop inside the house
-Alec shoots another cop
-Alec shoots the last cop
-Jewels executes Detective Gray
-John shoots Alec
-Jewels shoots Isabelle
-Erik shoots Paul
Studio: 1
-John flips the swordsman and he hits his head on the ground really hard, killing him
Hotel: 1
-Jewels shoots the maid
“Die In Hell”: 1
-Erik stabs Alberto
Stakeout: 7
-Erik kills 1 guard with a crossbow
-Jewels shoots 1 cop
-Jewels shoots 2 cops inside the building
-Erik shoots 3 cops
Scrap Yard: 5
-Jewels shoots Luis’ bodyguard
-Jewels shoots Luis’ partner in the back
-Erik shoots Luis
-Tony shoots Ramses
-John shoots Jewels
Final Fight: 1
-John kicks Erik onto a pole which impales him through the ear
-John beats up/knocks out the 4 fighters in the judo studio but didn’t kill them
-Erik beats up 2 cops at the office but didn’t finish them off
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Opening/Desert: 17
-3 Texas Rangers shot by thugs
-Texas Rangers shoot 1 thug
-McQuade snipes 1 thug
-Jefe shoots Captain Garcia
-McQuade shoots 11 thugs
Airport Hanger: 3
-Mercenaries shoot 3 Cuban drug dealers
Convoy Hijacking: 3*
-Mercenaries shoot 2 soldiers
-Bobby is shot by a mercenary
Busting Snow: 1
-McQuade shoots Snow’s bodyguard
House: 3
-Dakota shoots 1 mercenary
-Rawley breaks Dakota’s neck with his foot
-Snow is shot by a mercenary
Airport Fight: 8
-Mercenaries shoots 2 agents
-Burnside is shot by mercenaries
-2 mercenaries killed in the crossfire
-McQuade shoots 3 mercenaries
“Freeze assholes!”: 4
-Kayo shoots 2 mercenaries
-McQuade runs down 1 mercenary
-McQuade shoots 1 mercenary
Showdown at Rawley’s: 31
-Jackson shoots 2 mercenaries with arrows
-McQuade pushes 1 mercenary off a roof
-McQuade shoots 1 mercenary
-Jackson shoots 1 mercenary
-McQuade shoots another mercenary
-Kayo blows up 2 mercenaries with an RPG
-Jackson blows up 2 mercenaries
-Kayo blows up another mercenary with RPG
-McQuade shoots 2 more mercenaries
-Kayo shoots 2 mercenaries
-McQuade shoots another mercenary
-Kayo shoots 2 more mercenaries
-Kayo shoots the cowboy
-Jackson blows up 2 mercenaries with a grenade
-Jackson shoots 1 mercenary
-Kayo blows up 7 mercenaries
-Rawley shoots Lola while trying to kill McQuade
-McQuade blows up Rawley and another mercenary
*It was reported that all of the convoy soldiers were killed, but only 2 are visibly seen getting shot by the mercenaries.
-McQuade’s dog is shot by Rawley’s henchman, but as he is an animal he isn’t counted.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Body Count Breakdown by ASHPD24
Harry “Sundance” Longbaugh (Robert Redford): 25
Robert Leroy Parker/Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman): 7
Opening: 4
-Sundance shoots the train guard
-3 Wild Bunch gang members shot by a posse
Train Robbery: 2
-1 gang member is shot off his horse by a Union Pacific mercenary
-News is also shot off his horse by the mercenaries
Ambush: 7
-Percy is shot by a Bolivian thug
-Butch and Sundance shoot 6 Bolivian thugs
Town Standoff: 19
-Sundance shoots 1 Bolivian federale
-Butch shoots 1 federale
-Sundance shoots 17 more federales
-2 horses are shot by the federales during the standoff.
-It’s not shown what happens to Butch and Sundance after they run out of the shed and a federale yells “Fuego!”. IRL, it’s uncertain if they were killed or lived.
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Michael (Simon Yam) – 4 kills
Chor the driver/exorcist (Yeung Ming Wan) – 1 kill
Leon (Po Tai) – 1 kill
Andy (Hark-Fung On) – 1 kill
Failed Escape – 1
-Andy leaps off a bridge to escape from the triads, only to unintentionally land on his head and breaking his own neck
Tragic Flashback – 19
-5 people on the top of the double-decker bus is crushed when it hits a set of cement pipes
-The reckless bus driver is impaled through the eye
-12 corpses seen in aftermath
-Ling is seen dead from the crash
Triad Confrontation – 5
-Michael cuts down 3 triads
-Leon slash 1 triad’s neck
-Leon is shot by a triad, he later succumbs
Attack of the Vengeful Spirits – 7
-1 triad gets his soul sucked out by one of the two spirits
-1 triad gets his neck cut by the other spirit’s claws
-3 more dead triads seen, killed off-screen by the spirits
-Leon vanquish the first vengeful spirit with a charm
-Michael set the second vengeful spirit’s mortal body on fire, thereby destroying its soul
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