Tag: ikouwais

EXPEND4BLES Review: Belated Fourth Entry in the Franchise Disappoints, Underwhelms

What started more than a decade ago as a way for multi-hyphenate Sylvester Stallone to chill out with his movie-star buddies, make a low-effort, if still bankable, action flick, and collect a paycheck at the same time (i.e., The Expendables)...

Friday One Sheet: We Need To Talk About EXPENDABLES 4 Tagline

At first glance, the new key art for Expendables 4 (or Expenda4bles if the never-good-to-begin-with trend of swapping letter for numbers in the title card has to be brought into the aging action franchise) is a similar design on the...

Review: SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS, Convoluted Plotting, Franchise Expectations Sink Reboot

Henry Golding, Andrew Koji and Iko Uwais star in the action adventure, directed by Robert Schwentke.

Now Streaming: MERANTAU, Gareth Evans and Iko Uwais Show the World How to Film Action

Iko Uwais stars in director Gareth Evans' thrilling action adventure from Indonesia, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Now Streaming: WU ASSASSINS, Iko Uwais Goes Wild, But That's Not All

Iko Uwais stars in a wildly-entertaining melange of martial arts, Chinatown crime, Asian-American issues, and fantasy adventure.

Notes on Streaming: TRIPLE THREAT, Now Killing People on Netflix

Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Tiger Chen, Michael Jai White and Scott Adkins star in director Jesse V. Johnson's latest action extravaganza.

Crazy Broke Asians: New York Asian Film Festival Winter Showcase Champions the 99%, MISS BAEK to Open

As huge fans of the NYAFF, we are ecstatic to hear that the festival is branching out further, launching its very first Winter Showcase this coming February. Launching off the back of last year’s Crazy Rich Asians fever, the inaugural...

Fantastic Fest 2018 Review: THE NIGHT COMES FOR US, Brutal, Spectacular Action

All you need is a girl, a gun, and 30 million gallons of blood. Bullets, knives, and fists come in handy, too, in Timo Tjahjanto's extremely violent action picture The Night Comes For Us. The violence is brutal and explicit:...

TRIPLE THREAT Teaser: Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais and Tiger Chen Team-Up

In which the headline says it all and I don't need to write anything else... Okay, well, that's not quite true. Only a few days after announcing they accquired the North American rights, WellGo USA has dropped a teaser to...

Review: HEADSHOT, Iko Uwais in a World of Fast Action and Brutal Violence

Off the coast of Indonesia, the body of man washes up on shore near a small village. As he lies comatose in a hospital a doctor from Jakarta, Ailin, looks after him. When he regains consciousness only fragments of his...

HEADSHOT: Which Territories Have The Action Flick And Global VOD Launch

Important information for anyone looking forward to the Mo Brothers' action epic Headshot. Deadline has broken news about which territories have acquired the rights for the Indonesian flick which had its World Premiere in TIFF's Midnight Madness program last weekend. ...

Toronto 2016 Review: HEADSHOT, When You Look Up No Holds Barred in the Dictionary

Off the coast of Indonesia the body of man washes up on shore near a small village. As he lies comatose in a hospital a doctor from Jakarta, Ailin, looks after him. When he regains consciousness only fragments of his...

HEADSHOT Bludgeons And Brutalizes Online With Its First Teaser

TIFF attendees are days away from the forthcoming Midnight Madness premiere of the new Iko Uwais-starring thriller, Headshot, and so the promotional campaign officially ramped up this week with a new teaser first presented at EW, and now officially from...

Iko, Jaa, Tiger, Angelababy Line Up For Gary Mak's MAKESHIFT SQUAD

Martial arts fans have been revelling in the last 24 hours while possibly spotting a peculiar photo collage or two online as of late featuring action stars Iko Uwais, Tony Jaa and Tiger Chen. Well, for those wondering and still...

Exclusive HEADSHOT Poster Premiere Looks Badass

To say we're fans of Indonesian action around here is a bit of an understatement. So it's our great pleasure to debut the awesome poster for the Mo Bros (that's Timo Tjahjanto and Kimo Stamboel, if anyone's asking) upcoming Headshot...

Meet The Characters Of The Mo Brothers' HEADSHOT

The Raid star Iko Uwais anchors the cast of Headshot, the latest from Indonesian directing duo The Mo Brothers (Killers). And with the film's world premiere coming soon as part of the Toronto International Film Festival with the Indonesian theatrical...

HEADSHOT: First Images Of Iko Uwais In The Mo Brothers' Actioner Arrive

While the Mo Brothers teased out a few images from the set of Headshot - their martial arts effort with The Raid star Iko Uwais - through social media while in production, the announcement of the film as part of...

Nikkatsu, Vertical Entertainment And XYZ Films Line Up For A HEADSHOT

Deadline is reporting that the Mo Brothers' action thriller Headshot has been picked up for distribution by Nikkatsu, Vertical Entertainment and XYZ Films. The three companies are partnering on a day and date release of the Indonesian film. They will...

Take A Look At THE RAID Star Iko Uwais In The Mo Brothers' HEADSHOT

Production is now under way on Indonesian action film Headshot - a film that will reunite The Raid star Iko Uwais with The Raid 2's Hammer Girl, Julie Estelle, among others - and though things are still quite early in...

THE RAID Star Iko Uwais Teams With The Mo Brothers For HEADSHOT

The Raid star Iko Uwais is on a bit of roll Soon to hit screens worldwide with a supporting part in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and also prepped to share lead billing with Ronda Rousey and Mark Wahlberg in...