Marko Zaror’s DNA is all over the movie Affinity. And not just because, at one point, he says, “Here’s your DNA, motherfucker,” then flings his own blood all over a dude’s face. He’s a producer, the creative team features many of his frequent collaborators (for example, Fist of the Condor director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza edited the movie), he has a story-by credit and a screenwriting credit, and he’s the fight/action director. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, he’s also the star. The fights are, as expected in his capable hands, excellent, Zaror has the chance to do some different things, acting wise, and there’s a big, wild swing at the end that I don’t think entirely lands, and that is kind of nonsense, but that I freaking love. All in an 80-minute package.
To be completely honest, outside of extant fans of the great Michael Jai White, his latest, As Good As Dead, probably has limited appeal. However, those who dig the world of low-budget ass-kickery he typically plies his trade in these days should find that this scratches a very particular action itch as the film delivers precisely what it promises.
Stolen gold. Nazi conspiracies. Tangled webs of greed, betrayal, and vengeance. Jesse V. Johnson’s Hell Hath No Fury hath damn near everything a historical action thriller needs.
Around these parts, we stan Scott Adkins. Especially when the British martial artist teams up with director Jesse V. Johnson. They’re like the current power duo of DTV badassery. (Triple Threat, Savage Dog, Accident Man.) Now the pair returns with Debt Collectors, the sequel to their 2018 offering, The Debt Collector. Check out the first trailer below.
It probably comes as no surprise I’m excited about a Scott
Adkins movie. In fact, The Debt Collector landed on my most anticipated movies list for 2018. But now we have a trailer, and it’s not only suitably
badass to fit in the cinematic martial artist’s resume, it takes him to places
he doesn’t usually go. Check it out below.