Saturday, January 2, 2021

Vanguard (2020) Movie Review © 2021 Dan's Movie Report – Danny Templegod

 

Above: Vanguard Poster (C) 2020 CineAsia UK all rights reserved, image not monetized.

Greetings valued Dan's Movie Report and Action-Flix.com readers. Let me preface this review by saying I am a fan of Jackie Chan's work, yet recently his prowess and choice of films has suffered significantly. The movies are passable, barely yet seem to lack the vim and vigor of his 80s and 90s work. The comical aspect and action timing just seems to lose a step. I am not one to say if he should just produce and direct films, but maybe it is time to step back and allow the newcomers time to shine and groom the next wave. Vanguard is sadly a new low in the Jackie Chan realm. The villains and plot are so poorly executed that it is not even worth time in this review to describe. Gone are the timely jokes and high flying action. Very basic plot coupled with rather boring execution makes for a really bad and bland film. Even the most ardent fans of Jackie will want to skip this one, no real redeeming qualities.


Jackie is a legend in HK action films, yet in recent years the down-slide is evident. The last great film he made, 'The Foreigner' was serious and represented a tone not usually seen in a Jackie film. Actually I kind of wish this was his new style thus leaving the slapstick action in the past. Ho hum is Vanguard, not funny enough to be slapstick, nor serious enough to be in the mode of 'The Foreigner' the movie is really kind of boring and has that, when will it end, I want to shut it off vibe. I just cannot find anything to like about this film, rating this a 3 out of 10 is about as generous as I can be. 

 

Trailer:


 


Vanguard is set for a On Demand and theatrical release in the UK on January 8th, followed by a Blu-ray and DVD release on January 11th. CineAsia Releasing. Pre-Order below:

 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vanguard-DVD-Jackie-Chan/dp/B08NQMMDBK

 

Friday, January 1, 2021

Paris International Film Festival 2021 - February 4th Thru 14th, 2021- New Information - Dan's Movie Report - Danny Templegod

 


Greetings Dan's Movie Report readers. Finally 2021 has arrived! The Paris International Film Festival

will take place this February and the event will be held virtually on Filmocracy website, details will come soon, in the meantime please go to https://www.parisintlfest.com/ ! The Festival will take place February 4th thru the 14th.


PIFF 2021 (Feb 4-14 2021) - Highlights

WORLD PREMIERE Why Not Choose Love ?, A Mary Pickford Manifesto (Female Gaze / Mary Pickford Anniversary on Feb 5th)

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE, Kiss The Ground (Environment/film green, with Woody Harrelson and Patricia Arquette, World Premiere at Tribecca)



INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Cream (Female Gaze, Valentine’s Special)

EUROPEAN PREMIERE Bad Candy (Horror Feature hitting 400+ cinemas in the USA in 2021)



WORLD PREMIERE Invisible Love (Female Gaze, Indochine/Period Drama)

WORLD PREMIERE Being Mortal (Female Gaze, Mental Health)

PIONEERS IN SKIRTS European Premiere (Female Gaze, Female Filmmakers)

ALICE IN PARIS TV SERIES



FEATURE FILM PREMIERE STATUS

Bring Change

Invisible Love WORLD PREMIERE, 

Green Flake, INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

Kiss The Ground INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE, 

Tyrants of Tomorrow Telethon FRENCH PREMIERE

Why Not Choose Love? A Mary Pickford Manifesto WORLD PREMIERE

Documentaries For Change

Pioneers in Skirts, EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Surviving The Silence, EUROPEAN PREMIERE

The Prison Within, INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

She Should Run, PARISIAN PREMIERE

The Race To Save The World, WORLD PREMIERE

Epic Stories

Bad Candy EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Cream, INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE 

Sum Of Us, INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

Soundtrack to Sixteen, FRENCH PREMIERE

The Big Kitty INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

Take Care (Mental Health)

Being Mortal WORLD PREMIERE

The In-Between, EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Marcus FRENCH PREMIERE

When All That's Left Is Love, WORLD PREMIERE

Where Hope Grows INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE





So many films will be featured including these full length films:


Official Selection, Features, Paris International Film Festival 2021



  • Soundtrack to Sixteen fiction feature directed by Hillary & Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare

  • Why Not Choose Love ? A Mary Pickford Manifesto fiction feature directed by Jennifer DeLia

  • Pioneers in Skirts documentary feature directed by Ashley Maria

  • Sum of Us fiction feature directed by Anthony Meindl

  • Bad Candy fiction feature directed by Scott Hansen

  • The In-Between fiction feature directed by Mindy Bledsoe

  • Kiss the Ground documentary fiction directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell

  • When All that’s Left is Love documentary feature directed by Marilyn Gordon

  • The Race to Save the World documentary feature directed by Joseph Gantz

  • Awauta fiction feature directed by Mile Nagaoka

  • Where Hope Grows documentary feature directed by Linlin Zhu

  • SURVIVING THE SILENCE: The Untold Story Of Two Women In Love Who Helped Change Military Policy fiction feature directed by Cindy Abel

  • Invisible Love fiction feature film directed by Nancy Hanzhang

  • The Big Kitty experimental feature directed by Lisa Barmby and Tom Alberts

  • Cream fiction feature directed by NĂ³ra Lakos

  • Marcus fiction feature directed by J.R Poli

  • Being Mortal fiction feature directed by Lily Huo

  • Green Flake fiction feature directed by Mauli B.

  • The Prison Within documentary feature directed by Katherin Hervey

She Should Run documentary feature directed by Petra Terzi




Watch for more exclusives coming leading up to the festival on Dan's Movie Report.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j34JrHfKtd0

Above: Trailer for the Festival.