THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby Jox on 12 Jan 2015, 15:02

Well Sidney Furie was gonna use Curtis Petersen as he has been in most his films for the last 20 years. Dolph chose Maxime Alexandre (who's Belgian and not French by the way), but I'm not sure if it's because he saw his work in HIGH TENSION or his reel based on a choise of DP's presented to him, especially since Alexandre was getting quite acustomed to shooting in Romania since Alexandre Arcady's ENTRE CHIENS ET LOUPS (Break of Dawn) and HIGH TENSION (and will do a few more movies over there after THE DEFENDER as well)...

I think his work was fantastic, on par with Ross Clarkson's on THE MECHANIK. Certainly made the film look at least twice as big.
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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby bomaz on 12 Jan 2015, 21:32

My bad for his nationality ;)
And yes, his work was great. He made his way, he has plenty of interesting work nowadays ;)
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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby Jox on 27 Jan 2015, 19:21

Polish TV spot
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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby savagesketch on 15 Aug 2016, 07:47

Jerry Springer was the interim host on a satellite radio show last week. I called in, was able to get through, and asked Jerry about his experiences working on THE DEFENDER, particularly working with D... Here's the show. Scroll to roughly the 1:06:30 mark where we have our DEFENDER conversation... :lol:

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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby Jox on 15 Aug 2016, 10:08

Nice, well done! ;) He actually sounds really nice.
Wonder how did he get to do the kind of shows that he does or used to do...
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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby Jox on 16 Sep 2016, 13:58

The EPK featurette

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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby Jox on 21 Mar 2017, 02:33

Still

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Behind the scenes

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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby Jox on 27 Mar 2017, 10:11

U.S. Netflix will no longer carry THE DEFENDER starting April 30th...

Netflix Is Dropping These Titles So Watch Them Now
http://www.tvguide.com/galleries/netfli ... em-now/16/

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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby Scifibuff5 on 01 Jun 2017, 18:48

I dig this film so much because unlike some of the other Romanian productions that I've seen, it looks so professional in every area (acting, style, edits, B-roll, fights, music, camera, etc.) and Dolph was clearly invested in telling an unusual hybrid of politics, thrills and espionage, all without being simplified, convoluted or just way too much to take in all at one time.

Nowadays, while this already has been compared to the likes of Assault on Precinct 13, Die Hard, Air Force One and even Dolph's own The Peacekeeper, this definitely will sit well with the kind of Action crowds who eat up Olympus Has Fallen, Bourne Identity, Taken or even TV shows such as 24 and MI-5/Spooks. It's a worthwhile flick and one of many times where I have to tell people to check it out despite them finding it bizarre that it went DTV or has Jerry Springer acting in it. So hard to convince people to take a chance once in awhile. :x
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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby Jox on 22 Jun 2017, 23:17

The special effects were done by SFX legend Bob Keen, whose credits include the HELLRAISER and WAXWORK films, HIGHLANDER, NIGHTBREED, CANDYMAN, most of Anthony Hickox's movies including the dead mutilated bodies for Hickox's JILL RIPS and more...
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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby bomaz on 23 Jun 2017, 21:52

Nice trivia, I didn't know that (Keen is also responsible of the werewolf in Dog Soldiers by the new Hellboy's Neil Marshall).
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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby Jox on 24 Jun 2017, 14:43

Dolph actually had a talented crew on this film, and Bob Keen's blood and bone crunching effects participated greatly in the qualities of the movie.
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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby Jox on 17 Sep 2017, 18:06

You can listen to the complete score by Adam Nordén here 8)
https://www.music.film/album/MTQzMTIyLW ... 0wNTRlOWQ/

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Re: THE DEFENDER (Dolph Lundgren, 2004)

Postby Dida on 16 Oct 2018, 13:31

The Defender will be released in November on the new streaming platform 365 flix (They released Seagals new movie Attrition last month)

https://365flix.com/
Just scroll down for the november releases.
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