As Good As Dead

Action

Available on VOD: 1 juni 2023

Director: R. Ellis Frazier

Cast: Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight), Tom Berenger (Inception, Platoon), Louis Mandylor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding 1 & 2, One in the Chamber)

Bryant befriends a troubled teen and introduces him to martial arts. As Bryant's mysterious and dangerous past catches up to him, he is forced into a life and death struggle to clear his name, save the boy and get back all he left behind.

• Aiptcomics.com: An action movie first and foremost. Michael Jai White delivers the goods as the hero who can take out villains with whatever is handy and have a funny quip when he is finished. The story is fast paced, exciting, and plays to its strengths. It is the type of entertaining fluff there is not enough of nowadays.
• JBSpins.com: If you enjoy beatdowns and shoot-outs, it is solidly entertaining, in an unfussy way. Recommended for fans of White and the genre.
• Thelastthingisee.com: Supplies solid action, and plenty of it. Coasts on Michael Jai White’s charm, a playful tone, and endearing goofiness.

AWOL-72

Action

Available on VOD: 1 juni 2015

Director: Christian Sesma

Cast: Luke Goss (Hellboy II, Blade II, Death Race II, Blood Out), Bokeem Woodbine (The Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking, Total Recall, Ray, The Rock), RZA (G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Californication, American Gangster), Heather Roop (All My Children, Guns, Girls and Gambling), Louis Mandylor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding 1 & 2, One in the Chamber)

Conrad Miller, (Luke Goss) is an AWOL military officer who has been accused of selling secrets to ex KGB during the cold war. When Miller realizes he has been tracked by his counterpart hit man Myron, (Bokeem Woodbine) Miller knows his love, and his compromise has been threatened, and he does the only thing humanly possible. RUN.

The Soviets enlist the services of Detective Adams (Rza) to aid them in the local hunt to track down Miller by any means necessary. Miller has 72 hours to make his rendezvous point and get out of the country with his love and the only secrets that will keep him alive.

• Cooltarget.blogspot.co.uk: AWOL-72 is stylishly shot, Luke Goss makes for a commanding leading man (let's get him in a big budget action film again!), the final fifteen minutes has some nicely staged gunplay and hand-to-hand fights (there should have been more of this), the supporting cast of familiar faces is a welcome touch and, well, Sesma certainly fills the running time with a plethora of beautiful women.

Battle Drone

Action

Available on VOD: 5 juli 2018

Director: Mitch Gould

Cast: Louis Mandylor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding 1 & 2, One in the Chamber), Dominique Swain (Face/Off, Lolita), Michael Paré (The Philadelphia Experiment, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Virgin Suicides), Natassia Malthe (Lake Placid, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief)

In the vein of blockbusters THE EXPENDABLES and THE A-TEAM, a group of highly skilled mercenaries find themselves betrayed by the U.S. Government, and are forced to fight their way out of an ambush by a new, lethal humanoid drone. Get ready for some intense action!

• Action-flix.com: Mandylor is in true action hero mode. Battle Drone is an epic indie action blast!
• Bulletproofaction.com: Battle Drone did not have the star power of The Expendables or even some of the other movies inspired by the Stallone franchise, but what Battle Drone did have was plenty of video game style action jammed into the 93 minute runtime. I thought the cast had good chemistry and the movie progressed at an entertaining pace. Battle Drone also had a satisfying ending that left the door open for Rekker and company to see more action in the future.
• Filmcombatsyndicate.blogspot.nl: For Battle Drone, Gould serves a consistent, solid leading man in Mandylor along with Parè and actress Swain. It's damn good fun!

Blowback

Action

Available on VOD: 1 september 2022

Director: Tibor Takacs

Cast: Randy Couture (The Expendables 1 & 2), Cam Gigandet (Priest, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn II, Easy A), Louis Mandylor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding 1 & 2, One in the Chamber)

After planning a perfect heist, Nick is ready to score. One problem, his girl and the crew, have other ideas. They take Nick down in a hail of bullets but Nick doesn't die and in a race for his life, seeks revenge one target at a time.

• Cinema-crazed.com: An entertaining action-thriller in the heist and revenge categories.
• Columbusunderground.com: Competently made.
• Highonfilms.com: Well choreographed and edited.
• Theaureview.com: Playing to every beat we’d expect.
• Sealteam1138.com: Het tempo is lekker, de kwaliteit oogt goed.

Daylight's End

Action

Available on VOD: 23 september 2016

Director: William Kaufman

Cast: Johnny Strong (The Fast and the Furious, Black Hawk Down, Sinners and Saints), Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Millennium), Louis Mandylor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding 1 & 2, One in the Chamber), Chelsea Edmundson (Gangster Squad)

Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so desperately need.

• 28dayslateranalysis.com: Daylight's End and the creators know what their strong points are: action sequences and terrifying scenarios. Consistently uptempo and full of great musical selections, the film creates a compelling and thrilling atmosphere. And, this viewer will be first in line, when the film is released in home entertainment formats; this tense film is not to be missed.
• Joblo.com: Daylight's End is an exceptionally well made film. The budget was relatively low, but that isn't felt in the film, which appears to play out on an epic scale, with its convincing shots of deserted disaster areas and abundance of action and gunfire. Kaufman knows action, that's the genre he has primarily been working in up to this point, and he used that knowledge to make the action sequences in this film as cool and thrilling as possible.
• Mikefury.net: One of the most striking elements of the film are the visuals. Kaufman has built a reputation creating slick, cinematic and equally gritty character-driven action with a definite air of coolness. This is made much easier when the star is Johnny Strong, who has to be one of the most underrated leading men in movies today. So for true action fans, horror buffs or anyone who still loves an authentic, exciting movie experience by great artists, Daylight's End is a real blast.
• Theactionelite.com: The movie is action-packed with plenty of violence and some cool weapons too so if you get to see the movie make sure you've got the sound turned up to 11 for maximum impact. Daylight's End brings the action goods with a badass hero in Johnny Strong, fast pacing and an unconventional script.
• Truthoncinema.com: Pure Adrenaline and Carnage. This film sets a standard for indie projects with vision larger than their budgets. It rolls hard and fast and pays the consequences for that choice, but ultimately walks away a winner; combining the action-oriented sensibilities of Resident Evil with the world-building prowess of I Am Legend. A worthy edition to the ranks of apocalyptic thrillers, Daylight's End is sure for a cult following if not mainstream success.
• Screenanarchy.com: One of the best things about this film is the action. The gun battles are meticulously choreographed and made with precision. The tactics are sound and the filmmakers have a clear familiarity with the weapons used. The fights are visceral and feel real, making them much more exciting than most of the CGI-laden films that regularly hit our screens these days.

Mercenary

Action

Available on VOD: 14 mei 2020

Director: Jesse V. Johnson

Cast: Dominiquie Vandenberg (Triple Threat), Louis Mandylor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding 1 & 2, One in the Chamber)

Maxx is a legionnaire turned mercenary. When a mission in South America goes wrong Maxx is left for dead, but he is nursed back to health and reborn with a new outlook on life. He tries to live tranquilly within the confines of his new beliefs surrounded by his new friends at a church. But his peaceful days are short-lived when mercenaries he used to work with cross his path again and he is forced to revisit and face his own demons. His brutal past, war and violence have come looking for him again. His path to redemption is interrupted and Maxx becomes an avenging warrior using the skills that were his trade.

• Spoilerfreemoviesleuth.com: Filled with gruesome kills, a wonderfully hammy villain, and thrilling action sequences, this is the kind of picture that is the foundation for the genre.
• Actionreloaded.com: The Mercenary doesn’t skimp on violence either it is quite brutal, which I am sure action fans will love. Vandenberg brings his A game and I found the movie too be so much fun.
• Theactionelite.com: Overall, The Mercenary is the action movie to beat this year and it`s only January 2nd. With a badass protagonist, a hateful villain and no shortage of bloodshed The Mercenary delivers and action fans should definitely seek it out.
• Worldfilmgeek.com: This is definitely Dominiquie Vandenberg’s shining moment as he proves to be stellar in the lead role. A must see for action fans.
• Bulletproofaction.com:  Dom Vandenberg is a natural fighter with a background with the French Foreign Legion, a great kicker, he’s excellent with all firearms and a master with the knife. Plus, it pays to have Louis Mandylor as the main baddie. These two together make for an awesome action movie.
• Filmlegacy.net: There’s an undeniable satisfaction to watching a revenge plot play out, action fans will not be disappointed.
• Kungfukingdom.com: Delivers all the hard-hitting action viewers crave while blending it with a story of a warrior ready to retire but forced to complete one final mission. Dominiquie Vandenberg delivers a gentle, understated performance as a the title character while simultaneously going all out in the film’s abundant action scenes.
• Outlawvern.com: it's surprisingly brutal, and it ends up feeling like an origin story for a guy you want to see having more adventures.