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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all action fanatics out there! I was just saying to myself a few months ago that we haven’t seen action and martial arts icon Scott Adkins unleash his signature trick kick more affectionately known as the Guyver Kick recently. Adkins rose to prominence in the action genre when he executed the gravity defying move in Special Forces and then Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing which put him on the map. The kick is without a doubt a crowd pleaser and should be standard fare in any of Adkins martial arts heavy pics.
Adkins is set to have a rad year in 2026 with a bevy of actioners that will see him running the gauntlet to entertain the masses. One such film is the period action pic Bedlam which sees the icon starring as an elite fighter who must run the aforementioned gauntlet when he is thrown into an underground fighting tournament located underneath a nefarious mental hospital known as Bedlam in London during the 1800’s.
Bedlam is still in post-production and while we wait for distribution and release Intel on the highly anticipated project, the film has unleashed a savage teaser poster which is being taunted as fan made but it is on the film’s IMDb page and it still highlights a barbaric looking Adkins and his trademark aerial assault so I figured I’d share none the less. Check out the teaser poster below courtesy of IMDb!
The plot for Bedlam reads: A fiery street boxer infiltrates London’s infamous Bedlam asylum to rescue his imprisoned sister, unleashing chaos in a brutal underworld of cage fights, corruption, and revenge.
Keep in mind that the above art work is being described as fan made and teaser sales art to acquire distribution and probably won’t be the finished product upon the film’ launch. It should be the official movie poster however as it literally pops with retro 90’s martial arts video store action vibes.
Sure, we’ve seen the underground fighting tournament countless times before and Adkins even starred in the franchise that changed the game but we can never get enough of this tried and true action film plot line especially when it’s done right. Who else to raise the trope to artistically brutal new heights then the man who is essentially a human special effect.
Adkins has been hyping Bedlam up since production began earlier this year and this new one sheet will only whet our appetites for what is to come. Bedlam hails from director Jon Shaikh (Our World War) and while this is a new collaboration between Star and director, Bedlam looks to be on par with some of Adkins best work.
Bedlam is just one of six new flicks to hopefully hit in 2026 for Adkins. The other adrenaline approved entries are Breaking Cover, Reckless, Skyline: Warpath (also staring fellow action star Iko Uwais), The RIP (which sees Adkins sharing the screen with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck), and One Last Shot which is the third in the one continuous take action/military franchise.
For now, I hope everyone enjoys this festive holiday season and prepare yourselves for a year of tier one Ultimate Adkins Action in 2026!!!
