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Action films of all types and budgets are coming out left and right. With all the streaming services, direct-to-vod, and smaller theater runs, films that may not even have gotten greenlit at all years ago are making it to our eyeballs fairly easily. With so many titles coming, which ones should everyone look forward to? Here are five action films that are coming out relatively soon that we’re looking forward to.

Darkness of Man (2023)

The new Jean-Claude Van Damme flick just wrapped and should be coming out later this year. It’s being labelled as a neo-noir action thriller. The story follows an Interpol operative played by Jcvd who ends up entangled in a gang turf war when he takes an informant’s son under his wing. Of course, things go from bad to worse, and some Jcvd heroics are needed to save the day. The film comes courtesy...

Katie Cassidy (Arrow), Devon Sawa (Idle Hands), Kate Bosworth (Blue Crush), Tyrese Gibson (Morbius), and Chris Backus (Mindhunter) lead the cast of the survival thriller Fallout, which recently wrapped production in New Jersey. The movie was directed by Cecil Chambers (Due Season), who also crafted the screenplay with Michael Miceli (The Bounty Hunter).

Fallout tells the story of, yes, “the fallout” when a nuclear threat forces six people into a malfunctioning underground bunker. Tensions soon rise as they fight to stay alive. With oxygen and the trust in each other quickly running out, they learn that a more sinister plan is afoot. It’s interesting to see that the story involves six people being trapped in one location, but only the names of five actors have been announced. Who is the sixth person in that bunker?

Chambers financed and produced the film through his company Triumphant Entertainment, along with Miceli,...

Devon Sawa (“Chucky”), Kate Bosworth (The Enforcer), Katie Cassidy (Arrow), Chris Backus (Mindhunter), and Tyrese Gibson (Fast & The Furious) will star in an upcoming thriller titled Fallout, Deadline reports this morning, being directed by Cecil Chambers (Awol-72).

“The film charts the fallout when a nuclear threat forces six people into a malfunctioning underground bunker. Tensions soon rise as they fight to stay alive. With oxygen and the trust in each other quickly running out, they learn that a more sinister plan is afoot.”

Michael Miceli (The Bounty Hunter) and Cecil Chambers (Awol-72) wrote the script.

International Film Trust is launching world sales at EFM, Deadline notes.

“Fallout’s tense, urgent script is what first attracted us to this project,“ Benaroya Pictures CEO and Ift Founder Michael Benaroya said, “and the cast that has joined the film really speaks to this. We’re excited to work with this strong ensemble that will resonate with distributors worldwide.

Stars: Luke Goss, Bokeem Woodbine, RZA, Louis Mandylor, Brooke Newton, Heather Roop, Tomoko Karina, Leif Gantvoort, Mary Christina Brown, Marco Khan | Written by Christian Sesma, Cecil Chambers | Directed by Christian Sesma

Conrad Miller (Luke Goss), is an Awol military officer who has been accused of selling secrets to ex-kgb during the cold war. When Miller realises he has been tracked by his counterpart hitman Myron (Bokeem Woodbine), his love and his compromise are threatened, and he does the only thing humanly possible. He runs. The Soviets enlist the services of Detective Adams (Rza) to aid them in the hunt to track down Miller by any means necessary. Miller has 72 hours to make his rendezvous point and get out of the country with his love and the only secrets that will keep him alive…

Another week, another direct to market movie starring Luke Goss – a man who seems to be carving...