Wednesday, Mar 14, 2012 3:51AM
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UNLUCKY STARS" is a film written and directed by Dennis Ruel, who co-produced the film with Ken Quitugua, and Vlad Rimburg, and is inspired by the films of 1980s era Hong Kong Cinema. The film features some amazing acting and stunt talent from across the US, as well as a top notch stunt and fight choreography team run by Vlad Rimburg. At approximately 80% complete, Dennis has launched an INDIEGOGO campaign for the film in hopes of raising funds to not only finish making Unlucky Stars, but to help market and distribute to film festivals and on DVD/BLURAY.
Dennis and everyone involved in the film hopes less to present a "martial arts action" film, but rather a "action comedy" film that everyone can enjoy and be entertained by. The goal is to show an audience that martial arts films can be fun again, and less about the "fight scenes" but much more about the fun characters, adventurous story, and dramatic action scenes pushed by the characters and the world they live in.
Please take some time to view the teaser trailer and INDIEGOGO campaign video below, and visit the campaign site as well as the Facebook page for the film for more info. From everyone here at LBP, we thank you all for your support and dedication, and we ask for your help in spreading the word out to support this film! Any little helps, and we appreciate all your efforts! Let's bring back martial arts cinema!!!
SYNOPSIS:When Peru's Biggest Action Film Star and Jordan's newest rising talent find themselves pursued by a notorious Bookie, a couple of private investigators are forced to choose between their job and their conscience.
With martial arts and comedy inspired by the golden era of 80s Hong Kong Action Cinema, Unlucky Stars is an exciting action packed ride that pays homage to the greats who paved the way.
STARRING AND FEATURINGDennis Ruel as JOSH WHITMAN
Ken Quitugua as KEN CHAMPACO
Sari Sabella as SAMEER YOUSEF
Jose Montesinos as TOMAS DE LA CRUZ
Vlad Rimburg as DAVID PALATNIKOV
Giovannie Espiritu as AMERA FLORES
Steven Yu as STAN
Sam Hargrave as SAM
Emmanuel Manzanares as RICH
Roy Chen as VIC
Shawn Bernal as KYLE
& Many More!
VISIT THE INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN!
http://www.indiegogo.com/UNLUCKY-STARS"LIKE" and share the film's Facebook page here:
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Monday, Mar 12, 2012 1:18PM
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We're dropping a new teaser trailer and website for an upcoming feature film that we've been working on for some time now, featuring the direction and talents of:
DENNIS RUEL
KEN QUITUGUA
VLAD RIMBURG
STEVEN YU
ED KAHANA
SARI SABELLA
JOSE MONTESINOS
ROY CHEN
SAM HARGRAVE
TROY CARBONEL
STEPHEN REEDY
EMMANUEL MANZANARES
SHAWN BERNAL
AND MANY MORE!SAVE THE DATE! and stay tuned for a fun and exciting time! All will be revealed on March 13th...

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Wednesday, Mar 7, 2012 8:39PM
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CAPCOM has recently released the video game
STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN onto shelves this past week, which combines the two legendary arcade franchises into one amazing fighter. To help promote the game,
CAPCOM issued that the Thousand Pounds Action Company (the team behind
STREET FIGHTER BEGINNINGS END, and
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: DREAMERS FIGHT) create a live action short funded and promoted by
CAPCOM. You can view the final product here, and stay tuned for an excellent reveal by a familiar team member:
SYNOPSISThe Devil Gene..The Satsui no Hadou..Both hide in the depths of one's soul and are unrelenting powers that plague the heroes of the Tekken and Street fighter universes respectively. "Is the quest for power just when the cost is your own humanity?" When these two powers discover the existence of one another, it changes the fate of many warriors from both worlds.
When the renowned world warrior Ryu, (from Street Fighter lore) begins to struggle with the darkness inside (The "Satsui no Hadou") it attracts the attention of a man who has come to fully accept his own darkness, Kazuya Mishima (Tekken series regular). With the Devil Gene howling inside Ryu's mind, Kazuya attacks, catching him off guard and taking advantage of his battle within. Who will win when these worlds collide?
STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN: The Devil Within
Please subscribe and share Thousand Pounds youtube channel!
YOUTUBEYou can also visit them at their homepage and Facebook page:
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Thursday, Mar 1, 2012 3:40PM
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During their downtime on the "Mario Warfare" production, Emmanuel and the Beat Down Boogie team decided to film this goofy parody trailer for fun.
Many thanks to Micah Moore, Blake Faucette, Matthew Sumner, Brian Lee, Rick Burnett, Justin Reich, as well as the rest of the Beat Down Boogie crew for doing this! You can view their channel and videos here:
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Tuesday, Feb 28, 2012 12:21PM
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Lawson Leong recently released his own online list of best fight scenes from 2011 on his youtube channel, which surprisingly did not feature many big action films from the past year, but actually a slew of independently made fight scenes from Vlad Rimburg, The Stunt People, LBP Stunts Chicago, Andy Long, The Young Masters, Jeffrey Griffith, and Hiroshi Adachi. You can view the video below, as well as the full fight scenes from each independently listed film:
Please watch the full fight scenes, and subscribe to the channels and share them! Because of fans like Lawson, we are able to reach more action and fight scene hungry audiences, and we would all love to continue making such works on a bigger scale, but we need your support first! Thank you all for watching, and we at LBP Stunts are honored to be listed alongside our amazingly talented peers. Keep watching! Full fights listed below:
#15 "WILD" (Directed and Choreographed by Vlad Rimburg)
#14 "IMPRESSION" (Directed and Choreographed by Emmanuel Manzanares)
#13 "ACT OF FATE" (Directed and Choreographed by Joey Min)
#12 "EYES OF GREEN" (Directed by Jeffrey Griffith, Choreographed by Jeffrey Griffith and Eric Nguyen)
#11 "PAPER PUSHERS" (Directed by Eric Jacobus, Choreographed by Eric Jacobus and Ed Kahana)
#10 "YO SOY UN HOMBRE LOCO (I AM A CRAZY MAN)" (Directed by Vlad Rimburg, Choreographed by Vlad Rimburg and Emmanuel Manzanares)
#9 "SPY VS NINJA" (Directed and Choreographed by Jeffrey Griffith and Andy Le)
#7 "NESS - END FIGHT" (Directed by Hiroshi Adachi, Choreographed by Hiroshi Adachi and Eric Jacobus)
#6 "FROM MAN TO MAN (DA UOMO A UOMO) - SHAW BROS FIGHT" (Directed and Choreographed by Emmanuel Manzanares)
#3 "HAND OVER FIST" (Directed and Choreographed by Eric Jacobus and Hiroshi Adachi)
#2 "INFORMANT" (Directed by Eric Jacobus, Choreographed by Eric Jacobus and Andy Long Nguyen)
#1 "SHADOW PLANT - OLD SCHOOL FIGHT" (Directed and Choreographed by The Young Masters)
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