Gareth Evans, Chad Stahelski, Isaac Florentine. The three best names in martial arts and action cinema today. Florentine in particular is severely underrated. Good on you for making this video, Rossatron.
@@Rossatron John Hyams would be up there too if he'd just continued after Universal Soldier 6, but what's up with him just getting TV work since (plus a kids baseball drama.)
@@DanielshakespeareDanze1 LOL only watched Close Range very cheesey but good h2h action gun action could have been better, but I watched about 40 fight scenes directed by him.
Isaac Florentine has got an actual martial arts background and even opened one of his own karate schools. Sometimes it takes a legitimately trained martial artist to know how to present a martial artist properly on screen.
He's not the action choreographer though, he works closely with the stars and stunt team. He knows how to shoot and edit action but he needs a strong team around him.
@@Grandmastergav86 In behind the scenes of Batman Begins there were some amazing fighting choreography. Too bad the the director f*cked it up and hid it all away with shaky cam, too close zoom-ins, bad camera positioning and choppy editing. Even Bruce Lee would have looked mediocre if Chris Nolan was the one directing the camerawork.
@@danfors1333 Agreed. To be fair, though, even if Nolan actually were humble, wise and open-minded enough to hire a pro like Florentine to direct the action scenes, Florentine would then have the thankless job of trying to make Nolan's regulars (Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy and so on) look like able fighters despite the fact that they utterly pale in comparison to Florentine's regulars like Scott Adkins, Tim Man and what have you.
@@danfors1333 Nolan didn't fuck it up, it was by design. He is a visual director, so the scene by the containers in Batman Begins is very different from the Batman/Bane fight scene in the finale of the third film because they tell completely different stories. The first one was the introduction of the Batman, a guy who fights darkness with darkness and fear with fear : a clean Yip Man style action scene wouldn't have worked because that's not the character and that's not the story.
@@billmurray7676 Nolan is an other wise amazing director,but he sucks donkey cock when it comes to shooting fight scenes,fact. The final fight between Batman and Bane in TDKR is one of the worst choreographed and edited fights ever. That was pathetic to watch. He should have done what Zack Snyder did, hire the 87Eleven Action Design Team (the stunt team of the John Wick creators) and let them do all the hand-to-hand combat action.Snyder is maybe a hack,who never understood Batman as a character,but in terms of portraying Batman's fighting abillities,his movie is the only one who gets it right.
Banderas comes from a dancing background and dancing and fighting ar really similar. I think he did nearly all of his own stunts in Mask of Zorro, including most of the riding.
Some actors like him, Tom Hardy, Margot Robbie and Jake Gyllenhaal aren’t martial artists, but they’re humble enough to admit it and are very good at copying the movement they see.
At first I thought this was an old re-upload. Great interview. Florentine and Adkins created some of the best B-movie action films I have ever seen. One knows how to fight in front of the camera so well and the other one knows how to film that, which is an art in itself.
Great interview! I've loved Isaac's work since his time on Power Rangers. He really helped shape the action done on that franchise. And his work with Scott Adkins is legendary. This was really insightful.
I'm blown away that Isaac Florentine got his start on Power Rangers. He's come a long way and even his early work shows what a filmmaker is capable if they commit to doing action movies right. Seeing this video was breathtaking. Thanks so much, Rossatron.
Great interview! I certainly did not expect Fred Astaire in your video. A welcome surprise for sure. :) The Undisputed series just went to the top of my watchlist. I dimly remember watching the first one and wanted to watch all four (?) of them for some time now and it seems the moment has finally come.
Issac was right about how knowing martial arts or stunts can make it easier to shoot. That's why Chad Steleski and David Leitch struck gold with Jown Wick. They know what looks good on camera and it really shows.
So awesome to see a Florentine video. I've loved the guy's stuff ever since 2000. He made a flick called "US Seals 2" which is among my top 10 most watched movies of all time. He's definitely improved since then, but that flick made me notice him. It's not good. It's really kinda bad and goofy and tonally pretty much all over the map. But the action scenes were fucking nuts, and the stunts were insane. He's got the same sort of rhythm to his action sequences that Jackie Chan has in his. It's like there's a tempo and a pulse to them. I've watched everything he's made since. He deserves to be listed among the best action directors out there right now. I've been dying to see him get a bigger project with a big budget and a wide theatrical release so he could get some general audience attention.
Thank you for this insightful video. And a big shoutout to Mr Issac. You sir are a great filmmaker and would love to see more of your works in future. Thank you for the entertainment.
My friends and I rented Special Forces upon a time to laugh. Then we were blown the hell away by the amazing action, especially Scott Adkins fights who we all dubbed Lord British by the end of it.
Isaac Florentine is hands down the best fight scene director. He knows how to film an action fight so you see the full motion of a kick etc without cutting to something else which i absolutly love! .Its like film fighting was filmed in the 80's especially in many Van Damme movies. Movie makers of today could learn from this! often their fights are cutted so fast that sometimes you sit what just happende there? who hit who with what? .Taken 2 is a good excaple of how not to edit action scenes.
Not only was Acts of Vengeance an awesome action movie but it was story-wise superior to the rest of Florentine's filmography. Bandaras' acting was also top-notch. Florentine is one of my favorite directors right now. Have seen almost all of his films and Undisputed III is his best in my opinion. Thank you Rossatron for this insightful interview and amazing video.
It's crazy that you did an interview about this man. I catch shit for talking about these straight to video movies. I tell people that these movies are worth watching. It's like the Kickboxer sequels. Low budget but surprisingly great thrillers.
The best action director of today, together with Gareth Evans. It's a great event for Rossatron to have an interview with him. This channel never disappoints me, exactly like Florentine's movies.
The CC automatic texting got hillarious around 5 minutes in, when it translated Scott Adkins as Scott had cancer. Overall a great interview. Love Isaac Florentine. Too bad he hasn't done that much with Adkins in the last few years. His work with non-martial arts actor isn't that good, even thought I liked Act of Vengeance.
whoah. no idea he did WMAC Masters- saw it as a kid and could see the quality even then as distinct from what we usually got from american 'action'. loved it. small, small world...
I saw both Undisputed (2 & 3) and The Sheperd : Border Patrol (with JCVD). And I loved those movies essentially because of how good to great the action was shoot. And at that time, I did not realized that the director of those 3 movies was the same, Isaac Florentine. Hell, even though The Sheperd isn't a good movie even by a "B series" standards, you can watch it for the action and actually enjoy it. Isaac Florentine can do a lot with little budget, kinda like Albert Pyunn back in the days, and that's the mark of a respectable director to me.
This guy is one of my Biggest inspirations of modern times, love undisputed 2 an 3 and 4, Ninja Shadow of a tear, its so awesome you landed this interview with him Rossatron, keep up the Great work! This as AWESOME!
@Rossatron I'm curious if you yourself practice martial arts? Your passion for them in cinema is so genuine. And if so which martial arts do you practice?
I hear this all the time, the comparison between action and something like dance, or musicals, and I've always wondered why that line isn't blurred more in films. Sure every now and again you'll get something like Baby Driver but by and large the relationship between action and music/dance isn't ever really exploited.
Please make a video on message man also. I think it was a pretty decent film but many people were like "it's the worst of all time" but I think for a small budget the movie was pretty decent.
@@Rossatron Well It was more like I was trying to do an ongoing joke with the request, but you do your thing I always enjoy the content of this channel, even if is not about Broken Arrow ;)
Isaac Florentine needs to direct Scott Adkins again (unlike the underwhelming 'Boyka: Undisputed' whereby Issac was just a producer). I bought all their collaborations on dvds & all were highly entertaining (even earlier efforts like 'The Shepherd' & 'Special Forces').
This guy works with very.low budget films, but his action scenes look way better than 200 million dollar movies.
The lower the budget the bigger the creativity.
You cut some of those various action scenes together *so* well they actually looked like one scene with very bad continuity...! : )
I love prison war crime ninja westerns!! ;-)
Gareth Evans, Chad Stahelski, Isaac Florentine. The three best names in martial arts and action cinema today.
Florentine in particular is severely underrated. Good on you for making this video, Rossatron.
The holy trinity of directors I want to interview for the channel. One down.
@@Rossatron John Hyams would be up there too if he'd just continued after Universal Soldier 6, but what's up with him just getting TV work since (plus a kids baseball drama.)
Alright who is about to binge watch Issac's movies.
Just those with Scott Adkins for me.
Start with "Special Force's". Its super cheesy, but its still great.
@@kevynhansyn2902 I'm starting with Close Range, thanks for the suggestion though.
count me in.
@@DanielshakespeareDanze1 LOL only watched Close Range very cheesey but good h2h action gun action could have been better, but I watched about 40 fight scenes directed by him.
Isaac Florentine has got an actual martial arts background and even opened one of his own karate schools. Sometimes it takes a legitimately trained martial artist to know how to present a martial artist properly on screen.
Directors such as Chris Nolan should swallow their pride and let guys like Florentine handle the shooting of fighting scenes.
He's not the action choreographer though, he works closely with the stars and stunt team. He knows how to shoot and edit action but he needs a strong team around him.
@@Grandmastergav86 In behind the scenes of Batman Begins there were some amazing fighting choreography. Too bad the the director f*cked it up and hid it all away with shaky cam, too close zoom-ins, bad camera positioning and choppy editing. Even Bruce Lee would have looked mediocre if Chris Nolan was the one directing the camerawork.
@@danfors1333 Agreed. To be fair, though, even if Nolan actually were humble, wise and open-minded enough to hire a pro like Florentine to direct the action scenes, Florentine would then have the thankless job of trying to make Nolan's regulars (Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy and so on) look like able fighters despite the fact that they utterly pale in comparison to Florentine's regulars like Scott Adkins, Tim Man and what have you.
@@danfors1333 Nolan didn't fuck it up, it was by design. He is a visual director, so the scene by the containers in Batman Begins is very different from the Batman/Bane fight scene in the finale of the third film because they tell completely different stories.
The first one was the introduction of the Batman, a guy who fights darkness with darkness and fear with fear : a clean Yip Man style action scene wouldn't have worked because that's not the character and that's not the story.
@@billmurray7676 Nolan is an other wise amazing director,but he sucks donkey cock when it comes to shooting fight scenes,fact.
The final fight between Batman and Bane in TDKR is one of the worst choreographed and edited fights ever.
That was pathetic to watch.
He should have done what Zack Snyder did, hire the 87Eleven Action Design Team (the stunt team of the John Wick creators) and let them do all the hand-to-hand combat action.Snyder is maybe a hack,who never understood Batman as a character,but in terms of portraying Batman's fighting abillities,his movie is the only one who gets it right.
Best pure action director working today.
Is there even any competition?
@@EuryBartleby It's between Isaac and John hyams
EuryBartleby Gareth Evans is also an action master.
@@redfactor216 You know what, it's kind of a shame I didn't think of those guys.
Issac and Scott will be back soon in Seized, and I cannot wait.
What an amazing talk. He sounds down to earth. And the audio quality was quite good.
i did hear this about banderes. apparently he killed the sword play in mask of zorro.
Can't forget the El Mariachi movies...the bar shoot up in Desperado is incredible
Banderas comes from a dancing background and dancing and fighting ar really similar. I think he did nearly all of his own stunts in Mask of Zorro, including most of the riding.
Some actors like him, Tom Hardy, Margot Robbie and Jake Gyllenhaal aren’t martial artists, but they’re humble enough to admit it and are very good at copying the movement they see.
@@hogwashsentinel desperado ! amazing film
At first I thought this was an old re-upload.
Great interview. Florentine and Adkins created some of the best B-movie action films I have ever seen. One knows how to fight in front of the camera so well and the other one knows how to film that, which is an art in itself.
Great interview! I've loved Isaac's work since his time on Power Rangers. He really helped shape the action done on that franchise. And his work with Scott Adkins is legendary. This was really insightful.
I'm blown away that Isaac Florentine got his start on Power Rangers. He's come a long way and even his early work shows what a filmmaker is capable if they commit to doing action movies right.
Seeing this video was breathtaking. Thanks so much, Rossatron.
Great interview!
I certainly did not expect Fred Astaire in your video. A welcome surprise for sure. :)
The Undisputed series just went to the top of my watchlist. I dimly remember watching the first one and wanted to watch all four (?) of them for some time now and it seems the moment has finally come.
Issac was right about how knowing martial arts or stunts can make it easier to shoot. That's why Chad Steleski and David Leitch struck gold with Jown Wick. They know what looks good on camera and it really shows.
Every Florentine action scenes is a MASTERPIECE
Mr Florentine is one of the few if not the best martial arts action directors in the world!
So awesome to see a Florentine video. I've loved the guy's stuff ever since 2000. He made a flick called "US Seals 2" which is among my top 10 most watched movies of all time. He's definitely improved since then, but that flick made me notice him. It's not good. It's really kinda bad and goofy and tonally pretty much all over the map. But the action scenes were fucking nuts, and the stunts were insane. He's got the same sort of rhythm to his action sequences that Jackie Chan has in his. It's like there's a tempo and a pulse to them. I've watched everything he's made since. He deserves to be listed among the best action directors out there right now.
I've been dying to see him get a bigger project with a big budget and a wide theatrical release so he could get some general audience attention.
As a film buff. I really love your channel :)
that woosh sound that accompanies every single move in U.S Seals 2 is simply legendary stuff.
Thank you for this insightful video. And a big shoutout to Mr Issac. You sir are a great filmmaker and would love to see more of your works in future. Thank you for the entertainment.
My friends and I rented Special Forces upon a time to laugh.
Then we were blown the hell away by the amazing action, especially Scott Adkins fights who we all dubbed Lord British by the end of it.
Isaac Florentine is hands down the best fight scene director.
He knows how to film an action fight so you see the full motion of a kick etc without cutting to something else which i absolutly love!
.Its like film fighting was filmed in the 80's especially in many Van Damme movies.
Movie makers of today could learn from this!
often their fights are cutted so fast that sometimes you sit what just happende there? who hit who with what?
.Taken 2 is a good excaple of how not to edit action scenes.
Not only was Acts of Vengeance an awesome action movie but it was story-wise superior to the rest of Florentine's filmography. Bandaras' acting was also top-notch. Florentine is one of my favorite directors right now. Have seen almost all of his films and Undisputed III is his best in my opinion. Thank you Rossatron for this insightful interview and amazing video.
It's crazy that you did an interview about this man. I catch shit for talking about these straight to video movies.
I tell people that these movies are worth watching. It's like the Kickboxer sequels. Low budget but surprisingly great thrillers.
Jesse.V Johnson need to be on the next episode of Directing Action
He just needs to say yes
I really like Jesse's works with Scott Adkins but what a waste of talents on 'Triple Threat'!
The best action director of today, together with Gareth Evans. It's a great event for Rossatron to have an interview with him. This channel never disappoints me, exactly like Florentine's movies.
Stick around on this channel then, you never know what might be coming up.
@@Rossatron I follow you diligently ;)
Undisputed 2 is the movie that introduced me to Scott Adkins. I ravenously seeked him out out in movies after that.
Best interview I've seen in a long time. Isaac Florentine is easily one of my favorite directors of all time.
The CC automatic texting got hillarious around 5 minutes in, when it translated Scott Adkins as Scott had cancer.
Overall a great interview. Love Isaac Florentine. Too bad he hasn't done that much with Adkins in the last few years. His work with non-martial arts actor isn't that good, even thought I liked Act of Vengeance.
Holy crap how do I not know about this guy.
Such a wonderful interview!
This made my day, thank you man!
whoah. no idea he did WMAC Masters- saw it as a kid and could see the quality even then as distinct from what we usually got from american 'action'. loved it. small, small world...
I saw both Undisputed (2 & 3) and The Sheperd : Border Patrol (with JCVD).
And I loved those movies essentially because of how good to great the action was shoot. And at that time, I did not realized that the director of those 3 movies was the same, Isaac Florentine. Hell, even though The Sheperd isn't a good movie even by a "B series" standards, you can watch it for the action and actually enjoy it.
Isaac Florentine can do a lot with little budget, kinda like Albert Pyunn back in the days, and that's the mark of a respectable director to me.
You asked very good and interesting questions.Excellent video and interview with one of the best action directors.
Rossatron makes for a good interviewer in this context.
I freaking love Scott Atkins movies
Despite the audio, this video is amazing. The way you edit the fight sequences to tell the story of Issac Florentine is fantastic.
So cool to see Streets of Fire get some love. Such a fun movie of its time.
Not just a fascinating video, but the visuals really help to understand and follow the technical aspects.
great interview and great edit as usual!
oh, so amazing... Thank's man. Sneak peak into director head cost a fortune.
Power Rangers. WMAC Masters. I salute Isaac Florentine.
A few of Isaac Florentine's underrated movies: *SAVATE* , *COLD HARVEST* , *SPECIAL FORCES*
Maximum respect to the director!
Will definitely check out movies from this guy, looking forward to it
holy shit yeah. used to love WMAC Masters! would wake up early to catch it, "penalty 2 ninjas'" : D
Glad to see WMAC masters getting some love. Keep up the great work Issac and Ross.
Boyka!
Thank you for bringing this talent to my attention.
Man legendary insight! So wonderful to found this channe -will help me on my journey.
This guy is one of my Biggest inspirations of modern times, love undisputed 2 an 3 and 4, Ninja Shadow of a tear, its so awesome you landed this interview with him Rossatron, keep up the Great work! This as AWESOME!
That's awesome I didn't know he was partly responsible for my childhood lol I grew up watching wmac Masters and power rangers
Incredible video! Very informative. You have given me a lot to think about. Thank you.
Issac a legend i wish he directed the 2017 power rangers film
Very insightful, and wonderfully edited as always.
That was really fucking awesome. Now I want to watch both Streets of fire Undisputed II again, only back to back.
Haven't seen all of these. Will have to rectify that.
Excellent interview :) thanks a lot
Please never stop .
He aslo has worked on power rangers
I'VE MET SCOTT A HE IS REALLY REAL!!! ALL THOSE MOVES HE REALLY CAN DO THEM IN REALITY!!
Love watching a Florentine movie! His action movies with Adkins or whoever are top notch! Great video with him and how he does his action movies!
Cool interview, the audio didn't bother me. What is the show he talks about after Power Rangers? Looks dope. At the 4:15 mark.
Michael Jai White was looking kinda big in Triple Threat haha
Dude everybody in that movie was so underused. I was kinda disappointed.
@@thecrazyslopoke a real waste of all the legendary action stars gathered. Iko & Jeeja got the worse out of the group.
I wish Albert Pyun was in any condition to be interviewed. He'd be a great interview for directing action on whatever change you find in the sofa..
Excellent interview
@Rossatron I'm curious if you yourself practice martial arts? Your passion for them in cinema is so genuine. And if so which martial arts do you practice?
Thank u for this.love this channel.
Great interview. Audio was fine.
Man Scott Adkins is awesome.
your editing in this is amazing as usual
Amazing video my guy ! been bingin(?) ur channel all day. one of my new favourites for sure. congrats
Dude, your editing is superb.
This was really amazing. Loved the trivia on Antonio Banderas' eye; really cool dude.
Love that saying "walking technology". Great interview - Nik
Wow. This was awesome. I need to see all this guy's movies!
Thanks!
I hear this all the time, the comparison between action and something like dance, or musicals, and I've always wondered why that line isn't blurred more in films. Sure every now and again you'll get something like Baby Driver but by and large the relationship between action and music/dance isn't ever really exploited.
A dream of mine is to really combine action and music, Baby Driver style but even more as a musical.
D boss has spoken.
Absolutely fantastic video, man.
Please do more interviews!
Have you seen my others?
Brilliant.
I love this channel ♥️
Great Interview Rossatron. Very educational and fun.
Isaac Florentine is the best!
Rossatroniffic. Loved it.
Sweet that he worked on Power Rangers.
That was a damn good video and interview. I need to see that Antonio Undisputed flick now.
WELL DONE!!!
This was great! I'm looking forward to more content like this Rossatron.
Great vid m8
Please make a video on message man also. I think it was a pretty decent film but many people were like "it's the worst of all time" but I think for a small budget the movie was pretty decent.
Another video that is not about Broken Arrow, but that's ok, I can wait.
I dont remember saying I was gonna do one? It sounds like something I'd say but I'm not hugely into Broken Arrow so it might disappoint you
@@Rossatron Well It was more like I was trying to do an ongoing joke with the request, but you do your thing I always enjoy the content of this channel, even if is not about Broken Arrow ;)
Best channel ever. 1:00 Does anyone know the name of this movie, the guy is throwing a tomahawk at the camera?
I think it's Navajo Joe with Burt Reynolds
Isaac Florentine needs to direct Scott Adkins again (unlike the underwhelming 'Boyka: Undisputed' whereby Issac was just a producer). I bought all their collaborations on dvds & all were highly entertaining (even earlier efforts like 'The Shepherd' & 'Special Forces').
saw Acts of Vengeance not so long ago, it's incredible what he did with Antonio Banderas
You should do a review of the shepherd, awesome film.
Bridge of Dragons with Lundgren is also awesome movie
The Undefeated series got more entertaining as they got away from bigger stars. Such a Scott Adkins fan.
7:48 he also has done his own stunts.