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Life After Fighting

  • 2024
  • 2h 6m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
2.2K
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Luke Ford, Bren Foster, Arielle Jean Foster, Annabelle Stephenson, and Cassie Howarth in Life After Fighting (2024)
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A martial arts instructor is confronted with the disappearance of two of his students, leading him into a direct confrontation with a group of international child traffickers.A martial arts instructor is confronted with the disappearance of two of his students, leading him into a direct confrontation with a group of international child traffickers.A martial arts instructor is confronted with the disappearance of two of his students, leading him into a direct confrontation with a group of international child traffickers.

  • Director
    • Bren Foster
  • Writer
    • Bren Foster
  • Stars
    • Bren Foster
    • Cassie Howarth
    • Luke Ford
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
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    • Director
      • Bren Foster
    • Writer
      • Bren Foster
    • Stars
      • Bren Foster
      • Cassie Howarth
      • Luke Ford
    • 86User reviews
    • 109Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Bren Foster
    Bren Foster
    • Alex Faulkner
    Cassie Howarth
    Cassie Howarth
    • Samantha Hathaway
    Luke Ford
    Luke Ford
    • Victor Dimov
    Annabelle Stephenson
    Annabelle Stephenson
    • Julie Creylan
    Arielle Jean Foster
    Arielle Jean Foster
    • Violet Creylan
    Anthony Nassif
    Anthony Nassif
    • Terry Dimov
    Mike Duncan
    Mike Duncan
    • Milan
    Jake Ryan
    Jake Ryan
    • Wayne Creylan
    Eddie Arrazola
    Eddie Arrazola
    • Arrio Gomez
    Ethan Browne
    Ethan Browne
    • Samuel
    Masa Yamaguchi
    Masa Yamaguchi
    • Ethan
    Jaylan Foster
    • Michael
    Jimmy Kambanis
    • James
    Nicholas Harding
    • Jason
    Aaliyah Knight
    Aaliyah Knight
    • Lainey
    Makenzie Firman
    • Jenny
    Hakan Manav
    Hakan Manav
    • Ryan
    Ruby Busuttil
    Ruby Busuttil
    • Joanne
    • Director
      • Bren Foster
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      • Bren Foster
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    8idontdodrugs

    WTH, did not expect this!

    Well, I actually only stumbled upon this little gem because the guy in the poster from a far looked like a beefed up Clive Owen. Alas the guy is Bren Foster, who wrote and directed the film. Probably a passion project. And it shows.

    Let me tell you, this was a surprisingly emotional ride.

    Up front I was expecting a very B grade martial arts movie with a acting-wise very limited protagonist. This Bren guy pulled it off though.... There are quite some subtle scenes where you feel the inner turmoil in him.

    The story is simple but does not shy away from quite ugly themes. And it kind of even crosses a line in between.

    Of course, it revolves pretty much how you expect it, with the main guy virtually having super powers. But that does not detract from the movie.

    But the absolute standout quality of this film is the direction of the fight scenes. They are very real, visceral und the physicality of them is conveyed very well. I caught myself twitching with some of the hits.....which is very rare. That is some A grade direction that does stand the comparison with the likes of The Raid 2, Ong Bak or Hong Kong movies.

    It also gets surprisingly brutal at the end.

    So watch out for this Bren Foster guy! Within martial arts movies, I see a bright future.
    7kevxzara

    ENJOYED IT

    Well after watching the trailer I was not going to bother to watch it as it looked awful .

    But I went against my gut feeling and settled down to watch.

    I was pretty surprised to be honest, the fight scenes were well choreographed, the acting and story were so so.. The movie how ever did seem to be a little long with scenes that were not needed.

    The story was a little bit odd at times and not enough character backgrounds.

    But if all you are after is a Friday night action movie with some good fights and a movie that's not bad but not great, then this movie will be up your street and worth watching.

    I have now re named bren foster as the Australian Scott Adkins.
    6svnccsf

    Such A Strong Start

    What an interesting, original, and well acted beginning ! This movie could've gotten 10 enthusiastic stars, and it's a very enjoyable and unique film for the revenge genre, but ultimately some glaring cliches and too much cognitive dissonance drag it down out of the clouds :( I don't want to tell what happens, so let me just say it ends up the Action movie equivalent of a damsel running from danger who "trips" in the woods (hahaha) I mean damn, really ? Think about what the audience had to buy into to support your hero, and also if it's in like a thousand movies that doesn't mean it's a worthy plot device, all that means is there's a lot of mediocre and/or lazy writers creating content.
    7A_Different_Drummer

    From an IMDb Top Reviewer...

    Melodrama. Action. More melodrama. More action. Rinse and repeat. Truth is, this has been the formulaic approach to this genre of film for the last 20 years or so. To make a fight film stand out, to make it POP, there has to be something unusual, something different. And LIFE AFTER FIGHTING 2024 offers that. The melodrama is still ... melodrama. But the action scenes are on fire. In fact, when the action starts, this reviewer gets a vibe not felt since BILLY JACK 1971, the original, and that is high praise. ((Don't forget to check out WARRIOR 2011 and KISS OF THE DRAGON 2001 on my list of all-time greats, if you have not done so already. Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." See my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))
    8destroyerwod

    Could Scott Adkins finally have competition?

    Not that long ago i saw the trailer for this movie and remembered the lead actor from a movie i saw with Steven Seagal call Force of Execution about 10 years ago or so. He was very solid in it in term of fighting but for whatever reason, its like he never really did anything more when it comes to Martial Arts? After watching his IMDB resume it seem he spent lots of years in recurring roles in TV shows so that could explain.

    Fast forward many years later and this one finally get release, so i give it a rent on Xbox (i couldn't buy it even if i wanted to for whatever reason, rental only) and this really surprised the heck out of me.

    I mean the trailer did showed some good fight sequences but with DTV martial arts flick you never know. But i was actually blown away.

    The movie has a rather surprisingly long run time for the genre at 2h, but it want to establish the characters well so you feel for them. It still manage to insert enough fight scenes and training scenes in that first and second act that i never felt bored or that it moved too slow.

    Once you get in the third act tough is where the show start. BRUTAL fight scenes, fast pace, great choreographies. I read in some other reviews that there was too much "shaky cams" but i think the guy may have had a few beers too much because i didn't notice much shaky cams at all. Yes sometimes the camera follow the action and its not completely steady but its not "shaky" at all.

    Story touch on some hard subject and without reinventing anything, it is solid enough to be a base for the action show.

    Bren Foster not only star in it, but also directed and written it, so it was really a passion project for him and he succeeded at making a very good modern day Martial Art movie mixing both old school kicks and flips with a more grounded BJJ style of modern MMA.

    Other than Scott Adkins its been pretty dry outside of Asia when it comes to this genre. You got Michael Jai White putting one out here and here, but for some reasons he appears often as a guest star in non-martial art movies (i assume he don't want to be type casted) and when he do put one, they not always exactly great. Some are very low budget and it show.

    I don't know how big was the budget for Life After Fighting, but even tough there is nothing extremely expensive in it (explosions, car chases or big action set piece), everything they done especially the climax really look great and its very well directed when it comes to the fights.

    If i must mention a negative, i would say Bren Foster altough an amazing on screen fighter, lack a bit in term of acting when it comes to emotions, but then again you don't watch a movie like this for academy award type of actings. It was fine enough.

    Overall this is one i will like to add to my physical collection so hopefully i can get at least a DVD at some point. And i do hope Mr Foster make more martial arts movie in the futur.

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    • Trivia
      Bren Foster and his Stunt team are so fast in the fight scenes, it was publicly confirmed No Fight scene was speed up and No CGI used for fight scene. It's all Real.
    • Goofs
      Since Bren the writer specified how many surgeries Bren the star's character had undergone, Bren the director should have put some post-op scars on the exposed parts of his body.
    • Soundtracks
      THE LAST DANCE
      Music written by Richard Tamplenizza

      Lyrics written by Bren Foster and Myles Fabien D'arcy Gooden

      Performed by Myles Fabien D'arcy Gooden

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    • Release date
      • December 31, 2024 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Боец. Лучший из лучших
    • Production companies
      • Blue Stone Media
      • Broken Yellow
      • Spinning Plates
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    • Budget
      • A$350,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,686
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 6 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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