Underground hits the UK

the 18th of May will see the UK DVD release of "Underground', a full blooded British martial arts movie that I was May the 18th marks the UK release of a full blooded British martial arts movie that I worked on as Executive Producer.

The film was directed by Chee Keong Cheung who I also worked with on 'The Bodyguard: A New Begining', which will be getting its UK & North American DVD release shortly too. The movie stars a number of the UK's leading martial arts talent including Mark Strange('The Medallion', 'Displaced'), Nathan Lewis ('Batman Begins'), Joey Ansah ('The Bourne Ultimatum'), Chris Jones ('Blood the Last Vampire'), Andy Taylor ('CoWeb'),Zara Pythian, Liang Yang ('The Golden Compass') with fight scenes choreographed by "Batman Begins' fight choreographer Dave Foreman.

Underground synopsis

In an increasingly voyeuristic and oppressive society, a new form of reality entertainment is sweeping the country. Taking place in undisclosed locations across the country, filmed and streamed over the internet and watched by a select live audience. Mark plays a homeless bare-knuckle street fighter, who enters the brutal tournament in order to seek a better life for himself and his estranged daughter… underground, no hold barred, prize fighting. This is reality entertainment to the extreme.

Video: http://vimeo.com/2353605 The DVDs special features include

Behind the scenes featurette

• Theatrical Trailer

• Cast and Crew Interviews

    - Mark Strange (The Homeless)

    - Leon Sua (The Triad)

    - Beau Fowler (The Delinquent)

    - Nathan Lewis (The Ex Convict)

    - Chris Smith (The Soldier)

    - Zara Phythian (The Teacher)

• Joey Ansah on Underground and his experiences on Bourne Ultimatum

• Underground Cannes Promo

• Anatomy of a fight scene

• Underground TV Spots

• Deleted Scenes

• Cast and Crew Biographies   

• Photo Gallery

• Scene Selection

-Japanese release trailer. The movie was retitled '12' for Japanese release, with a specially cut promo trailer

The film is available to pre-order at Amazon.com and Play.com