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Another day, another little known action movie is blowing up on the streaming charts. This time, Prime Video is playing host to Dominique, an explosive and well-reviewed, female-led action movie that will appeal to fans of Atomic Blonde, Hanna, and the recent Netflix hit, Canary Black.

Clocking it at a lean 94 minutes, Dominique is a movie that doesn’t outstay its welcome, instead delivering a relentless, action-packed feature that mostly delivers on its promises and proved to be pleasing for the majority of critics and audiences. The film was given a limited theatrical release back in October 2024, but found itself buried by its arrival on the same weekend as the release of 23 other movies, including the comedy Saturday Night, and the box office-slaying Terrifier 3. The film was released on VOD without much fanfare on the same day.

Dominique stars Oksana Orlan, Alanna De La Rossa, Jose Conejo Martin, Maurice Compte,...

"Dominique" is the 2024 Lionsgate action thriller directed by Michael S. Ojeda, starring Oksana Orlan, Jose Conejo Martin, Sebastian Carvajal, Maria Del Rosario, Alanna De La Rossa, Gustavo Angarita and Maurice Compte, now streaming on digital platforms:

"...a worthless, degenerate female killer-for-hire, is left for dead in a small South American village.

‘When she finds out the only man she cares about is dead…

“… 'Dominique' sacrifices herself to protect his innocent family…

“…and trains them to wage a war…

“…against the bloodthirsty authorities and cartels…

“… responsible for his death..."

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Michael S. Ojeda’s filmography boasts three major features, including the recently released action flick Dominique, and all three of them deal with an exceptionally strong female lead going down a violent path to seek revenge against the men who have wronged them. Unlike Ojeda’s last two entries, namely Avenged and The Russian Bride, which had certain intrigue and complexity in their narratives, Dominique is a simplistic, no-nonsense, fast-paced action spectacle that doesn’t allow viewers a chance to settle down. Actor Oksana Orlan, who played the lead role in Ojeda’s previous feature, returns as the titular mercenary/assassin, whose bloody quest for vengeance against corrupt police forces and cartels in a small South American town makes for an entertaining watch.

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Dominique’s Past

An aircraft is seen shot down in some corner of La Guajira desert, Colombia, and a bunch of cartel members—who brought...

Oksana Orlan, a statuesque fashion model turned actress, writer, and producer, will kick your ass and break a foot doing it in Dominique, an absolutely ferocious action movie with stunning plot twists. The film initially seems like another mindless and forgettable VOD entry we've seen countless times. That expectation changes dramatically when a razor-sharp first act goes in a truly shocking direction. Every character is fair game once ruthless and sadistic baddies are unleashed. Steel yourself for shock, awe, and heartbreak. There are no sacred cows or boundaries here.

In Colombia's La Guajira desert, cackling goons from the vicious De La Cruz cartel race towards their latest conquest in a red Jeep. They've shot down a plane presumed to belong to a rival drug gang. Hector (David M Sandoval Jr.) cautiously approaches the wreckage. The front of the plane is still intact. He opens the door and motions his men...

"Dominique" is a new Lionsgate action thriller feature, directed by Michael S. Ojeda, starring Oksana Orlan, Jose Conejo Martin, Sebastian Carvajal, Maria Del Rosario, Alanna De La Rossa, Gustavo Angarita and Maurice Compte, streaming October 11, 2024 on digital platforms:

"...a worthless, degenerate female killer-for-hire, is left for dead in a small South American village. When she finds out the only man she cares about is dead, 'Dominique' sacrifices herself to protect his innocent family and trains them to wage a war against the bloodthirsty authorities and  cartels responsible for his death..."

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"Dominique" is a new Lionsgate action thriller feature, directed by Michael S. Ojeda, starring Oksana Orlan, Jose Conejo Martin, Sebastian Carvajal, Maria Del Rosario, Alanna De La Rossa, Gustavo Angarita and Maurice Compte, streaming October 11, 2024 on digital platforms:

"...a worthless, degenerate female killer-for-hire, is left for dead in a small South American village. When she finds out the only man she cares about is dead, 'Dominique' sacrifices herself to protect his innocent family and trains them to wage a war against the bloodthirsty authorities and  cartels responsible for his death..."

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"You can't save this family. No matter how good you are..." Lionsgate has revealed an official trailer for an action thriller being dumped out titled Dominique, made by a filmmaker named Michael S. Ojeda. You've likely never seen or heard of any of his other films. This is made in collaboration with Ukrainian-American actress / model Oksana Orlan, who also writes and produces with the director. Orlan stars as Dominique – a well-trained assassin who flees from her troubled past attempting to begin a new life in South America. However, she soon finds herself in a town plagued with violence and corruption. Facing brutal attacks from the police and mafia, Dominique must decide whether to protect herself or an innocent family that has taken her in. Such an original plot. The cast includes Jose Conejo Martin, Sebastian Carvajal, Maria Del Rosario, Alanna De La Rossa, Gustavo Angarita, and Maurice Compte. This looks so bad.

Dominique is a brilliant assassin left for dead in a small South American village. After the only man she cares about is savagely killed, Dominique sacrifices herself to protect his innocent family and trains them to wage a war against the bloodthirsty authorities and brutal drug cartels responsible for his death. Oksana Orlan and Maurice Compte star in this electrifying crime thriller about the power of courage and the price of vengeance.   Lionsgate is releasing Michael S. Ojeda and Oksana Orlan's crime thriller Dominique in theaters, on digital and On Demand on October 11th. The official trailer and key art arrived this week. You can check out the trailer down below.    Dominique was directed by Michael S. Ojeda - of whom their 2013...

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If theres one thing youre going to learn today, its to not mess with a woman scorned - particularly one with as particularly lethal of a set of skills as Oksana Orlan (The Russian Bride) has in Dominique. Starring as the titular assassin, Orlan gives a group of men from a small village in South America a run for their money after they take away the thing that matters the most to her. Now, shes on a mission to protect his family while simultaneously seeking revenge against the corrupt authorities and brutal drug cartels who are responsible for his death. In an exclusive to Collider first look, the trailer for Dominique brings blood, sweat, tears, and revenge to a small Colombian city.

First footage screening from ’Dominique’, ’My Divorce Comedy’ on November 1.

Film Mode Entertainment has announced at AFM a raft of deals on supernatural horror thriller The Devil Conspiracy, action thriller Dominique, and revenge thriller Outrage in a series of transactions concluded since Cannes.

Nathan Frankowski’s The Devil Conspiracy stars Alice Orr-Ewing, Joe Doyle, Peter Mensah, and Joe Anderson in the story of a Satanic cult which steals the Shroud of Turin.

Deals have closed in Middle East (Eagle Films Middle East), Australia/New Zealand (Eagle Entertainment), the UK (Amcomri Productions), Scandinavia (NonStop), South Korea (Lumix Media Contents Group), Germany...

Oksana Orlan (The Russian Bride) and Maurice Compte (Narcos) have teamed up to kick ass in action-thriller Dominique, set to make its Cannes market debut.

The film, from Film Mode Entertainment, Green Dog Films/Agora Entertainment and Reigning Entertainment, was written and directed by Michael S. Ojeda (Avenged, The Russian Bride) and is currently in post-production.

Dominique sees Orlan play a well-trained Ukrainian assassin who flees from her troubled past in an attempt to begin a new life in South America. However, she soon finds herself in a town plagued with violence and corruption. Facing brutal attacks from the police and mafia, she must decide whether to protect herself or stay to help an innocent family.

“Bringing Dominique to life has been a massive undertaking and we couldn’t be more thrilled to be working with Clay and the whole Film Mode family to introduce the film and our star,...

One of my favorite independent films from the past few years in Michael S. Ojeda‘s Crow-esque Avenged, which featured stunning camerawork, cinematography, and excellent choreography. Ojeda’s next is The Russian Bride (read our review), about a Russian woman (Oksana Orlan) who travels to America with her daughter (Kristina Pimenova) to marry a reclusive billionaire (Corbin Bernsen), who turns out to be a […]...

One of my favorite independent films from the past few years in Michael S. Ojeda‘s Crow-esque Avenged, which featured stunning camerawork, cinematography, and excellent choreography. Ojeda’s next is The Russian Bride (read our review), about a Russian woman (Oksana Orlan) who travels to America with her daughter (Kristina Pimenova) to marry a reclusive billionaire (Corbin Bernsen), who turns out to be […]...

The Russian Bride, Michael S. Ojeda’s follow-up to his 2015 cult film Avenged (aka Savaged), has been picked up by Vertical Entertainment for North American distribution, with plans to release the movie this year.

Vmi is repping international sales of the film, which stars Corbin Bernsen, Oksana Orlan and child supermodel Kristina Pimenova.

In the pic, a beautiful Russian woman moves to America with her daughter to marry a reclusive billionaire. They live in an extravagant estate, with servants and riches at their fingertips. But things aren’t quite what they seem, as soon nefarious plans come to light and the ...

The Russian Bride, Michael S. Ojeda’s follow-up to his 2015 cult film Avenged (aka Savaged), has been picked up by Vertical Entertainment for North American distribution, with plans to release the movie this year.

Vmi is repping international sales of the film, which stars Corbin Bernsen, Oksana Orlan and child supermodel Kristina Pimenova.

In the pic, a beautiful Russian woman moves to America with her daughter to marry a reclusive billionaire. They live in an extravagant estate, with servants and riches at their fingertips. But things aren’t quite what they seem, as soon nefarious plans come to light and the ...

One of my favorite independent films from the past few years in Michael S. Ojeda‘s Crow-esque Avenged, which featured stunning camerawork, cinematography, and excellent choreography. Ojeda’s next is The Russian Bride, about a Russian woman (Oksana Orlan) who travels to America with her daughter (Kristina Pimenova) to marry a reclusive billionaire (Corbin Bernsen), who turns out to be a madman and […]...

One of my favorite independent films from the past few years in Michael S. Ojeda‘s Crow-esque Avenged, which featured stunning camerawork, cinematography, and excellent choreography. Ojeda’s next is The Russian Bride, about a Russian woman (Oksana Orlan) who travels to America with her daughter (Kristina Pimenova) to marry a reclusive billionaire (Corbin Bernsen), who turns out to be a madman and […]...

One of my favorite independent films from the past few years in Michael S. Ojeda‘s Crow-esque Avenged, which featured stunning camerawork, cinematography, and excellent choreography. Ojeda’s next is The Russian Bride, about a Russian woman (Oksana Orlan) who travels to America with her daughter (Kristina Pimenova) to marry a reclusive billionaire (Corbin Bernsen), who turns out to be a madman and […]...

A new film is on its way from Michael S. Ojeda (Avenged) entitled The Russian Bride starring Corbin Bernsen, Oksana Orlan, and 11-year-old supermodel(!) Kristina Pimenova. Right now we have the trailer for you and more! Check it out! Jeff Miller (Clowntown, Inoperable) produced with two-time Emmy winner Philip Day, Kimberley T. Zulkowski, Stephen Gregory Curtis, […]

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One of my favorite independent films from the past few years in Michael S. Ojeda‘s Crow-esque Avenged, which featured stunning camerawork, cinematography, and excellent choreography. Ojeda’s next is The Russian Bride, about a Russian woman (Oksana Orlan) who travels to America with her daughter (Kristina Pimenova) to marry a reclusive billionaire (Corbin Bernsen), who turns out to be a madman and […]...

One of my favorite independent films from the past few years in Michael S. Ojeda‘s Crow-esque Avenged, which featured stunning camerawork, cinematography and excellent choreography. According to the film’s Facebook page, filming is underway in Flint, Michigan on Ojeda’s The Russian Bride, about a Russian woman (Oksana Orlan) who travels to America with her daughter (Kristina Pimenova) to marry […]...

Filming has begun on the dark ghost story thriller The Russian Bride, which is being directed by Michael S. Ojeda (Avenged). The film, which stars Corbin Bernsen (“Psycho”, The Dentist), Oksana Orlan, and Kristina Pimenova, tackles the concept of overseas… Continue Reading →

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Corbin Bernsen is set to star in suspense thriller The Russian Bride, co-starring with Russian actress Oksana Orlan and 11-year-old model Kristina Pimenova. Michael Ojeda will direct from his own original script, with production scheduled to begin next month outside Detroit. The indie follows a reclusive billionaire (Bernsen) who brings a young woman and her daughter to the U.S. from Moscow with the promise of giving them both a better life. They soon discover his motives…...

ISA Prods.

Ukrainian-born actress Oksana Orlenko's performance as an illegal immigrant from Croatia has brilliant, shifting movements between hope and despair. Her character is stripped of all her values, including that of language and culture, but she perseveres, her demeanor toughened and resolve strengthened by each indignity. You wish this performance came in a less schizophrenic movie, but it does contain an emotional honesty that cuts through the melodramatic hokum that surrounds Orlenko. The movie opens Friday in Los Angeles following a February release in Chicago.

"Lana's Rain" starts off as an engrossing tale about the dark side of the American immigrant experience. A brother and sister escape the war-torn Balkans in the mid-1990s only to find themselves desperate for money in Chicago, thus falling into a drowning pool of exploitation and prostitution. On the fringe are other characters like a Chinese immigrant sculptor, fighting his own battles of self-worth, that hint at the interesting picture writer-director Michael S. Ojeda could have made.

But at roughly the halfway point, the movie turns into a low-budget gangster picture, which sacrifices character and themes to the kind of action mayhem all too commonplace in studio thrillers. Most troubling is Ojeda's inability or unwillingness to introduce greater ambivalence into his brother-sister relationship. The degradation of the innocent Lana (Orlenko) would play better if Darko (Nickolai Stoilov) was not such an unrepentant monster. He suffers no conflict whatsoever turning his own sister into a whore.

The world of immigrants who cannot escape the physical and emotional violence of their homeland even by leaving it is a morally murky one, ripe for examination by an adventurous filmmaker. Turning it into a routine gangster film with requisite double-crosses and retribution slayings throws away that opportunity.

Gennaldi Balitski's camerawork is quite good as he uses Chicago to express Lana's emotions and moods. William Brown's music subtly and sometimes not so subtly underscores the story's emotions. But it is Orlenko's Lana that you take away from the film, a woman bravely struggling to get her footing and regain the moral strength to escape her most evil oppressor -- her own brother.