This is not just the latest Dolph Lundgren picture, this is the passion project he’s been trying to make for years. He co-wrote the screenplay (IMDb says John Hyams did a rewrite), and originally planned to direct, but instead gave it to Ekachai Uekrongtham, who is best known for BEAUTIFUL BOXER.
At one point there were rumors that Seagal was going to co-star with Lundgren. Instead we ended up with the more acrobatic all-star team-up of Dolph and Tony Jaa (in his first English role). As you can see, Michael Jai White is also there in a supporting role, along with Peter Weller and Ron Perlman as the skin trader. According to IMDb we should also look out for Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Conan Stevens. The second unit director/action and stunt choreographer is Dian Hristov was Dolph’s stunt double in THE EXPENDABLES 3 and ONE IN THE CHAMBER. He’s also been Seagal’s double through most of the DTV era.
Anyway, looks good to me.
October 12th, 2014 at 9:21 pm
I recall Dian Hristov was also credited as both Lundgren and Arlovski’s stunt double in REGENERATION as well as playing the fourth and final Unisol initally sent in to deal with the NGU. So in essence, Arlovski fought himself.
Anyway, this does look good and I hope it gets some kind of limited theatrical release, particularly in my neck of the woods. I had the great honor of meeting Dolph at his book signing last month in California and he seemed very pleased about it.