Brazilian Martial Arts Actioner "Besouro" Gets Name Change For united snakes Release; Now Streaming On Netflix As "The Assailant" | Shadow and Act (http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/brazilian-martial-arts-actioner-besouro-gets-name-change-for-united%20snakes-release-now-streaming-on-netflix-as-the-assailant#)
Brazilian Martial Arts Actioner "Besouro" Gets Name Change For united snakes Release; Now Streaming On Netflix As "The Assailant"
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Oh my damn! So there I was breezing through my Netflix recommendations and came across a movie titled The Assailant that had an really familiar cover image.
I thought, nah, it can't be... could it?
Yes! Yes it was, as I found out after I hit the play button and the film started.
Somehow we missed this last month, because a Canadian distribution company called Phase 4 Films, with partners here in the states, released the film in the united snakes on February 14th; and not only that, it's actually streaming on Netflix RIGHT NOW, meaning, if you have a Netflix streaming account, you could be watching it RIGHT NOW if you haven't already.
One small problem though (although it may not be much of a problem to you), it's dubbed in English; so no Portuguese with English subtitles, which I prefer (that's how I saw it a year ago or so). And the English-language dub is terrible IMHO; I'm sitting here playing it back, cringing. Although I'm only about 15 minutes in; maybe it gets better.
So if you can tolerate a shitty dub, you can watch Besouro... uh, I mean The Assailant (which completely nullifies the meaning behind the original Besouro title) right this minute. It's in HD by the way, so you'll at least enjoy a nice, crisp image on your TV screen.
Besouro was an Shadow And Act Film Find in 2009, with a trailer that thrilled just about everyone who saw it – or at least, piqued interest. So, we’ve been on this one for awhile now, alerting you to any and all opportunities to see the film, which never received a stateside release, aside from festival screenings here and there.
Long-time readers should be familiar enough with it, given the number of times I've talked about and plugged it.
I’ve seen Besouro... uh I mean The Assailant... twice, first on my computer screen; the second time in a theater, where it's best seen, and I thoroughly enjoyed it on both occasions, and strongly recommend it.
As a reminder… the story goes… As essentially an action movie set in 1920s Bahia, and based on the life of a legendary capoeirista from Bahia who uses the power of Candomble to fight the harsh conditions which, even post-abolition, the black population endured in Brazil, Besouro tells the fantastic and fantastical story of a young Afro-Brazilian man who became a symbol throughout all of Bahia for his bravery and loyalty, in defending the persecuted and oppressed.
João Daniel Tikhomiroff directed what is/was one of Brazil's biggest productions ever!
Huan-Chiu Ku who directed the fight sequences in films like Kill Bill and The Matrix, does the same here, as the film features spectacular stunt sequences, with a soundtrack that includes Gilberto Gil.
So, here's your chance to see it if you have not. Albeit horribly dubbed.
Watch the thrilling trailer below:
http://youtu.be/ghmo7_5A8U8 (http://youtu.be/ghmo7_5A8U8)
wtf? :resist::mrt::poop::poop: