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The Incredible Hulk is back and he’s teaming up with martial arts master, filmmaker and action star Jino Kang for the rip roaring, bone breaking new martial arts actioner titled appropriately enough Hard Redemption. The title alone just screams throwback 90’s DTV goodness and Kang is a proven talent in the indie action market with past projects like Fist 2 Fist and the worthy sequel Fist 2 Fist: Weapons of Choice so teaming up with a Hollywood and bodybuilding icon like the one and only Lou Ferrigno is a no brainer and a surefire treat for fans of the adrenaline laced genre.
Hard Redemption is a love letter to the glory days of action cinema and Kang not only stars in the film but he also co-produced and co-directed the film with Christine Lam. The two are also responsible for penning the script along with Dustin Leimgruber and resident action cinema expert and author David J. Moore who is responsible for the essential reading books World Gone Wild: A Survivor’s Guide to Post-Apocalyptic Movies and The Good the Tough & The Deadly. Both are required reading for any serious hardcore fans of these genres.
The plot for Hard Redemption tells the story of “Bryan, a Korean American teenager who wants out of his ruthless gang the Goblins, setting the stage for gang retribution against him. On his first day of GED summer school for at-risk students, Bryan meets his new teacher, a tough ex-con and ex-gang member named James Park, a middle-aged man on a positive new course in life. When the Goblin gang invades the school to kill Bryan, they accidentally trigger the school’s prototype preventative protocol measure, the Hard Lockdown Security System, locking everyone — and every door — in the school. The Goblin assassins take hostages but can’t get to Bryan unless they find a way into his classroom, but Mr. Park and a seasoned security guard named Rico will risk their lives to save the students and stop the Goblins by any means necessary. A final confrontation between Mr. Park and the leader of the Goblins reveals a startling revelation as to the Goblins’ true intention of invading the school. Mr. Park will have to decide his fate: Run and save himself or fight in a do-or-die match against the boss and skilled assassins of the gang.”
Kang portrays Jim Park with Ferrigno taking on the role of security guard Rico. The star in the film along with Jessie Pettit (Double Agent in Passion), James Aaron Oh (Protection Detail), Mikaila Maei (Refuge), David Kurzhal (The Last Kumite), Preston Yeung (Staycation), and Alyssa McCullough who is essentially a newcomer to films.
Action-Flix has acquired exclusive first look images of Hard Redemption featuring Kang, Ferrigno and cast in action and we are honored to showcase them in the gallery below!
With Kang and Ferrigno dishing out the punishment, expect some crafty action design and close quarters mayhem to ensue throughout the film’s running time. Ferrigno is, of course best known for playing The Incredible Hulk in the popular TV series that ran from 1977 to 1982 and was followed up by movies, but he has starred in a slate of action films as well including the old school genre favorites Cage, Cage 2 and most recently Instant Death which was essentially his homage to Death Wish. Why Ferrigno never became a bigger DTV action star is a question, but he has solidified his status as an action star none the less.
Kang has parlayed his sick martial arts skill set into a blossoming indie action movie making career and all of his films and subsequent fight sequences radiate bad ass realism mixed with extreme moves for an entertaining and sweat inducing effect. Kang is a master, and he knows how to shoot the action which is unfortunately rare in the genre these days. Fist 2 Fist: Weapons of Choice contained one of the best action drenched finales seen in indie action cinema of recent years with Kang carving his way through a gauntlet with devastating speed, accuracy and power featuring some intense and unflinching fight choreography and action design.
Hard Redemption is in post-production so check back here for more exclusive intel and hopefully a trailer soon as the film is set to hit sometime this year! LOCK N LOAD!!!
