Martial Arts Action ‘Art of Eight Limbs’ Official Trailer with Ludi Lin
by Alex Billington
August 18, 2024
Source: YouTube
“We look forward to seeing you fight.” Republic Pictures via Paramount has unveiled the official trailer for Art of Eight Limbs – the title is just another term for Muay Thai Boxing. The martial arts action movie is playing in select theaters now before it’s on VOD later this month. A small release that we’ve barely heard about. Four canisters of deadly VX nerve gas have fallen into the hands of an arms dealer in Myanmar. A CIA data analyst goes undercover to infiltrate a martial arts tournament that masks an auction of the deadly nerve gas, where he finds himself as the last hope against a time-ticking global threat. Can he pull off a win and save the world? Chinese-Canadian actor Ludi Lin (who played Liu Kang in the recent 2021 Mortal Kombat movie) stars as the CIA analyst. The cast includes Thai actors Sahajak Boonthanakit & Vithaya Pansringarm, both were in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives, as the villains; along with Grace Vorananth, Nicholas Hammond, Ron Smoorenburg, and Tofan Pirani. This looks extremely cheap and derivative, even the fights don’t look very entertaining. It seems like an obvious direct-to-video dump…
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Robert Grasmere’s film Art of Eight Limbs, direct from YouTube:
In this action-packed thriller from a producer of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Ludi Lin stars as a CIA data analyst and part-time kickboxer. Sent on a mission to Myanmar, he must infiltrate a martial arts tournament that serves as a cover for an arms dealer auctioning VX Nerve Gas. His objective: deliver a critical detection device to allies. However, as the mission spirals out of control, he is forced to confront the world’s most ruthless fighters, standing as the last line of defense against a time-ticking global threat. Art of Eight Limbs is directed by veteran filmmaker Robert Grasmere, a visual effects supervisor / second unit director, and also director of the Flying Monkeys TV movie previously. The screenplay is written by and it’s also produced by H. Daniel Gross, Ryan C Jaeger, and Shannon McIntosh. This hasn’t premiered at any festivals or elsewhere, as far as we know. Republic Pictures releases Art of Eight Limbs in select US theaters on August 16th, 2024, and also on VOD starting August 27th coming soon. Anyone want to watch this?
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