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“We don’t talk about Bruno!” Well, it looks like everyone is going to talking about him as the trailer for Punisher: War Zone Helmer Lexi Alexander’s new martial arts infused battle epic Absolute Dominion has roared online. A Dystopian future where religious wars are decimating the lands prompts a new tournament where the winner will decide what religion the world will finally accept and worship. No pressure at all. When a wildcard enters the tournament, all bets are off as the stakes are even greater and the action design at a fever pitch for the new Holy War action pic hitting this May!
Absolute Dominion takes place In the year 2063 AD, when the world faces catastrophe as zealots and extremists wage a global holy war in the name of spiritual superiority. In a desperate attempt to save humanity from itself, the world’s governing bodies vote to establish ‘The Battle of Absolute Dominion,’ a fierce martial-arts tournament that will determine a champion whose faith will govern humanity and restore peace for the future.
The film stars Désiré Mia in the title role of Sagan Bruno along with Patton Oswalt, and Alex Winter of The Lost Boys and Bill and Ted fame. It’s important to note that Phi Tan, who has starred in a bevy of martial arts themed projects throughout the years as well as served as action designer on many more is responsible for the action sequences here. His many credits include Bullet Train, Inception, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Minority Report, and the Pirates of the Caribbean, Transformers and The Hangover franchises. He is also the father of Lewis Tan, who has come into his own as an action star with leading roles in the Mortal Kombat reboot as well as the upcoming sequel. With the elder Tan overseeing the fight choreography, I’m cautiously optimistic to see what this film offers fight fans like myself.
To fully understand how long it takes many films, especially smaller movies, to get released after they are first announced, this long-delayed Lexi Alexander helmed dystopian sci-fi martial arts pic Absolute Dominion was first brought to our attention all the way back in April of 2022 (see my initial post here). To tell you the truth, I once again had forgotten all about this picture until Giant Pictures swooped in and acquired it and Alexander, who is most famous as the director of Punisher: War Zone that starred the late, great Ray Stevenson, directed this sci-fi martial arts action pic which was originally set to hit Netflix via Blumhouse Pictures. That, of course, fell through, but the light at the end of the tunnel is almost upon us as the movie will finally hit next month.
Absolute Dominion is now poised for an on demand and theatrical release on May 9th from Giant!
