Source Of The Fist

Fernando “Jay” Huerto’s filmmaking formula has improved highly over the years, distinctly familiarizing himself with all aspects of the craft from acting and physical performance, to camerawork, editing, scriptwriting and an evolving artistic vision. In addition to this, he has embraced the craft fully well in making multiple kinds of films, namely the sub-genre known as the “kung-fu comedy”, a brand of film that has become widely popularized through the evolution of Jackie Chan’s career from Hong Kong to the US. However, so as to not say Jay is strictly a kung-fu comedy filmmaker, Huerto does combine his own unique flavor to create a platform befitting for a short story that is full of action, kinetics, spontaneity, and a small amount of sentimental fortitude to leave audiences caring.

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Actor, martial arts performer and all-around HK cinema veteran, Scott Adkins, is officially confirmed by NuImage to have a major role in crossover action filmmaker Issac Florentine’s next thriller, Ninja. Continue Reading »

Filmmaker Fernando “Jay” Huerto’s latest independent action feature, HEART SHOT GRAND PRIX, is now available online for your sick and twisted viewing pleasure!!! :-). The following is a continuation of my last interview with him, with current reference to the new film as Jay describes the process of making this new, groundbreaking feature film.

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This week, independent filmmaker Jose Montesinos, thanks to Eric Jacobus of thestuntpeople.com, has released a two part feature film that pays homage to classic adventure films of the 80’s. Dishing out classic line delivery and performances from a young, talented cast, and a kickass soundtrack with artists like George Michael, General Public, and Jeffery Osbourne among other names, Montesinos delivers two wholesomely entertaining quality short films (which he discusses in my INTERVIEW with him back in May):

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Mark Pollard of KungFuCinema.com has just recently posted a listing of the many films coming to DVD (some of it will be Blu-Ray) this summer, including lots of martial arts must-haves such as the following titles, most of which are already available for PRE-ORDER as well as current availability at HKFlix.com, as well as Amazon.com!

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Among the most popular names to come out of Thailand to headline the latest in martial arts action cinema such as Tony Jaa, Dan Chupong and Yanin “Jeeja” Visitimananda, Film Frame Productions has just released the trailer to the latest action film from director Thanapon Maliwan, The Sanctuary, his second collaboration (from what I understand, after the release of Brave) with Thai action star known only so far as Mike B.

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Grady Hendrix, author of his Asian cinema column, Kaiju Shaekdown at VarietyAsiaOnline.com recently posted an article, detailing the events referencing the tension brewing between Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai and film producer Raymond Wong for the rights to make a film based on the earlier life of martial arts grandmaster and Bruce Lee’s childhood teacher, Yip Man, starring Donnie Yen in the title role, alongside Simon Yam and Xing Yu, with action choreography by Sammo Hung and artistic direction by Wilson Yip.

It’s not everyday you hear about drama in the Hong Kong film industry, especially if you live in the U.S.!

Click HERE to learn more about the events that took place that finally lead executive film producer Ng See Yuen to step in and mediate the situation between the two rival filmmakers.

With the live action Tekken movie finally on its way to completion, those awesome people over at SDTekken.com , and the guy managing the online tekken page at ImageShack have posted a significantly numerable collection of set photos, including a few cast photos from the upcoming futuristic martial arts movie, featuring action and stunt choreography by Cyril Raffaelli and Eric Norris directed by Dwight H. Little. Continue Reading »

The current voice of international martial arts action cinema, Bey Logan, has updated his blog over at the Dragon Dynasty official website with a recent article he posted featuring his meeting with a living Golden Harvest legend, Carter Wong, who shares the inner most details of his experiences while working in the Hong Kong film industry of that time.

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…Grand Prize being the English definition of the French noun consisting of the second half of the latest title to come from the Jabronie Pictures repertoire!…
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