Greetings
valued Dan's Movie Report and Action-Flix.com readers. From the
creative action minds of Marissa Labog and the incredible Shahaub
Roudbari comes a brand new short. A slice of action entitled
'Cleaning House'
Synopsis:
CLEANING HOUSE is an 80s driven action comedy that revolves around a
spirited maid named Sydney (Marissa Labog) and an overzealous secret
agent named Dylan (Shahaub Roudbari). As her love for Whitney Houston
disrupts his covert op, a frantic battle erupts revealing things are
not always as they seem.
Marissa
serves as the writer and producer and Shahaub serves as the director
for Cleaning House. The film opens with Marissa as a maid with
headphones on, seemingly oblivious to the fighting going on around her
where various thugs are attempting to take out Shabaub's character.
In all actuality, things are not what they seem. Eventually and I mean
deliberately, slow, and methodical, Marissa, unscrews a mop handle,
very dramatically. In the ensuing seconds she uses her speed, action,
and amazing dance moves to punch and kick her way through the thugs.
Marissa,
always engaging, makes astute social commentary as well, about women
in the work place. Though 'Cleaning House' is a far lighter tone
than the Earth shattering short 'When Kids Grow Up'. In that film
Marissa plays a potential rape victim, with realism and danger.
Marissa manages to get a message in, and drive the point home, even
though Cleaning House is a comedy. Marissa may be short in stature,
as she often demonstrates in her action films by taking on much
bigger opponents, yet displays no fear, and always pushes forward. In
Cleaning House' the action is clear, pronounced and easy to see and
enjoy. Everyone involved should be commended for their efforts
Near
the end of 'Cleaning House' the amazing action professional Amy
Sturdivant comes out and proves that women not only belong as equals,
but are as Marissa puts it are “more than qualified”. The
fighting takes place in a pastel lit Miami Vice style room, adding to
the 80s vibe. Overall, another great short. 'Cleaning House' rates a
strong 8 out of 10, I hope it goes to some action film festivals in
the coming months!
The
entire short is now live on YouTube:
'Cleaning
House' Cast and Crew list:
Directed
by — Shahaub Roudbari Written & Produced by — Marissa Labog
Director of Photography — Jennifer Hook CAST Sydney — Marissa
Labog Dylan — Shahaub Roudbari Security Detail Aviel “A.V.”
Ayoung Stephane Fiossonangaye Ryan Gray Anthony Oh Dustin
Stern-Garcia Amy Sturdivant Yavuz Topuz Fight Coordinators —
Shahaub Roudbari & Aviel “A.V.” Ayoung First AC — Lauren
Peele Gaffer — Conor Soules Key Grip — Jake Reardon Sound —
Jacob Miller Makeup Artist — Olga Voronova Editor — Ernesto
Matamoros VFX — Jaron Clegg Sound Mix — Johnny Gao, Jae Kim
Colorist — Billy Jackson MUSIC “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
Written by Jim Steinman Performed by Bonnie Tyler Courtesy of Sony
Music Entertainment UK Limited By arrangement with Sony Music
Entertainment “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”
Written by Shannon Rubicam and George Robert Merrill Performed by
Whitney Houston Courtesy of Arista Records By arrangement with Sony
Music Entertainment
For
more information on UP PRODUCTIONZ:
Finally,
although it was conducted some time ago, please check out my
interview with Marissa:
http://dansmoviereport.blogspot.com/2013/04/actressstuntwoman-marissa-labog.html
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