Marcus Shakesheff is an
elite stuntman, stunt and fight coordinator and actor … when the star of a film
or television production is about to do something dangerous on screen in comes
Shakesheff to take the fall, the punch or suffer the consequences of a car
crash (Christoph Waltz, Kiefer Sutherland, Jesse Eisenberg, etc. have all been
covered by Shakesheff).
Word arrived this past
week from Indican Pictures that this A-list stunt artist will be making his
feature-length directorial debut with the DVD release of Kamikaze. And yes, you’ve probably already guessed
that the stunt artist in this high-octane action flick is none other than Mr.
Shakesheff … who also has the leading role.
Here he plays Evan Reed,
a former British M.I. 6 agent who has become a gun-for-hire. His latest “contract,” unbeknownst to him,
involves the highest reaches of the government, which requires him to retrieve
some key computer files. Reed carries
off that part to perfection, but when he realizes what he’s got he has second
thoughts about turning over the files to his “employers.”
In the trade he is — as a
result of this assignment — known euphemistically as a “loose end.” Turn over the damning evidence will be the
end of him … he will simply disappear and he knows it.
When the moment of truth
arrives, his “employers” know that they will need a bit of leverage to get Reed
to complete the mission. Why would you
be willing do to something that means your death … that’s suicide; a “Kamikaze”
mission. This “leverage” comes in the
form of taking his pregnant girlfriend, Jess (played by French beauty, Claire
Carreno — The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund, Curse of the Witch's Doll
and the forthcoming summer release of Jurassic Predator), hostage.
There’s your set up. Mercenary, high-valued computer files and a
beautiful hostage … what follows is literally non-stop stunt and parkour
action.
Judging from the action,
Shakesheff called in favors from the stunt community and in the process
lined-up a cast of villains with skills that will leave action fans panting for
more … more … more!!! Kamikaze
has it all … death-defying non-stop action!
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