He is the SHADOW MASTER

 

Jeri Jacquin

Currently in theatres and soon to Digital from writer/director Pearry Reginald Teo and Saban Films comes the story of the SHADOW MASTER.

In the ravages of an apocalyptic world, An (DY Sao) is wandering the streets looking for a place to light. Hearing over the radio that a building is looking for a night watchman, An meets Boon-Nam (Craig Ng) who hires him to protect the people living in the building and especially they children.

Benison (Eric Gay Jr.) and his mother Janett (Luciana Faulhaber) try to help An understand what is happening around the building. The young boy is especially afraid for his best friend Dylan (Dylan Walton) and wants An to help protect him.

Discovering the band of terrorist responsible, he is brutally killed. That is not the end of it as something supernatural decides it is not his time and he rises again with powers that will make the world shake. An now knows that his mission in life is something totally different as he becomes the unlikely hero of a city that desperately needs one.

Sao as An is a quiet man who is just looking for a safe harbor to live in. Finding the building needing a watchman, its food and shelter that makes it easy to accept the job. Sao gives us the loan man who is more than he seems. Once he is reborn, there is nothing that won’t stop him from finding those responsible for hurting the children and terrorizing the city. I enjoyed his performance very much and his martial arts definetly makes the film thrilling.

Ng as Boon-Nam sees something in An from the moment they meet. He is a bit of a character but he also understands how the world around him works so the building is what matters. Faulhaber as Janett is just trying to take care of her son in a world that gives up nothing and takes everything.

Other cast includes Layton Matthews as Det. Russells, Brian Le as Samael, Anna Harr as Dewitt, Morgan M. Younge as Charlotte, Dylan Walton as Dylan, Alex Farnham as The Lich Knight, Daniel Mah as Gabriel, Lucy Akers as Lucy, Camilo Gonzalez as Triad, Pearry Reginald Teo as Hanuman, and Dezzaray Stephens as The Oracle.

Saban Films was launched in 2014 and has built an impressive slate of high-quality feature films distributed with partner Lionsgate. Focusing on talent-driven films, the company looks at projects in all stages of production to be released across multiple platforms. Films such as SISTER OF THE GROOM, FATMAN and BREACH are part of the wonderful Saban slate, and more information can be found at www.sabanfilms.com.

SHAWDOW MASTER sets up the story of a man who is honestly minding his own business, just trying to survive when the job living with a roof above his head tempts him off the streets. The apocalyptic setting brings the story a starkness with the fear of everyday survival.

Writer/director Pearry Reginald Teo uses the setting to create a world of brutality but, with the help of An, a bit of hope with something supernatural. The martial arts bring the skills and choreography that can be compared with THE RAID: Redemption and ONG BAK.

In the end – his rebirth is their impending death!