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Waking up on this Tuesday Election Day (God help us all) with some rather awesome distracting action news as new key art has surfaced for action stars Scott Adkins and Marko Zaror’s latest collaboration Diablo. The two prolific action maestros have tussled more than once onscreen in films like Savage Dog and Undisputed 3: Redemption and this one promises to be their most throttle fueled beatdown yet. Check out the new poster below and Zaror’s new look!
Diablo tells the story of Kris Chaney (Adkins) who, after being released from prison, embarks on a perilous mission to fulfill an old promise but finds himself in danger when he kidnaps Elisa, the daughter of a powerful gangster. Her father, Vincent, puts out a call to the entire criminal underworld to bring her back alive. El Corvo (Zaror), a psychopathic killer, joins the hunt not for the money but for his own vendetta against Vincent’s family. Kris must evade both Elisa’s powerful father and a ruthless killer bent on revenge to live long enough to tell Elisa the full story that has been hidden from her.
Diablo reunites Adkins with his Undisputed 3: Redemption and Savage Dog co-star Marko Zaror with Ernesto Díaz Espinoza (Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman) directing. Zaror and Espinoza are close friends and have collaborated in past years with the martial arts action pics Kiltro (2006), Mirageman 92007), Mandrill (2009) and 2014’s Redeemer. The two just recently worked together again before Diablo with The Fist of the Condor which hit last year. Having Espinoza at the helm for Diablo bodes well for action fans as he really knows how to make Zaror look fantastic and screen and add in Adkins and this one has the makings of becoming an instant fisticuffs powered martial arts classic.
The film, which was written by Mat Sansom, recently finished principal photography and is currently in the postproduction stages. there is also additional casting news as Colombian actress Diana Hoyos (Sniper: Ultimate Kill, Oye Bonita, Nurses) is in the film as well. Adkins and Zaror also serves as producers on the film along with Craig Baumgarten (Universal Soldier franchise, Never Back Down), and Clay Epstein (Crypto).
In anew interview I did with Adkins for his latest actioner Take Cover, Adkins mentioned Diablo and said if you thought the other films where he and Zaror matched up were awesome then we haven’t seen anything yet. Be sure to check out my exclusive chat with Adkins coming later this week!
Diablo is expected to hit towards the end of this year so Lock N Load and prepare for war!
