![]() ![]() Although he indulges in the typical frenetic cutting endemic to current action movies, director Ernie Barbarash films the fight scenes cleanly enough to maintain physical coherence, showcasing his star’s dazzling physical movements with the proper slavish devotion. When his sister Cindy ( Laila Ali, Muhammad Ali’s daughter, here not given any opportunity to show off her own pugilistic skills) is brutally beaten while working as a social worker in the favelas of Brazil, our hero rushes to Rio de Janeiro-cue the obligatory aerial shot of the Christ the Redeemer statue-to track down the bad guys who did it.Īided by local street cop Katarina ( Millie Ruperto) and a former military buddy, Manny, ( Neal McDonough) now working for the State Department, Chapman quickly cuts a wide swath through a variety of hoodlums, crooked cops and even the Japanese Yakuza, uncovering a sex-trafficking ring in the process and occasionally resorting to shooting down his opponents as if he was playing a violent video game.īut the rudimentary plot is merely an excuse for the incredibly buffed and muscled White to display the impressive fighting prowess that has netted him 26 martial arts titles. Happening on a robbery in a liquor store, as is the all too frequent occurrence in these sorts of vehicles, he taunts one of the thugs by grabbing his shotgun and putting it in his mouth before quickly dispatching him. White’s character, John “Falcon” Chapman, is the latest in a long line of emotionally scarred action heroes, in this case an ex-Marine suffering from frequent PTSD flashbacks who in the film’s opening minutes plays a game of Russian Roulette (with bullets soaked in a shot glass filled with whiskey, no less). Set in the Brazilian slums that inspired its original title Favela, Falcon Rising is a by-the-numbers thriller that mainly serves as a showcase for its star’s considerable fighting abilities, showcased in an endless number of kick-ass set pieces. Spanish Ī Spanish edition, translated by Jaime de Marcos Andreu, was published by Timun Mas in 2001 as El halcón remonta el vuelo.Michael Jai White ( Spawn, The Dark Knight) makes another bid for action movie stardom with this film so determined to spawn a franchise that its ending sets up a sequel, with distributor Freestyle Releasing already promising two more installments. Russian Ī Russian edition, translated by I. Hungarian Ī Hungarian edition, translated by Novák Gábor, was published by Beholder in 2004 as A Sólyom felemelkedése. Mai, was published by Heyne in 2000 as Falke im Aufwind (ISBN 9783453156531). ![]() Joanna becomes a sibparent for Sibko Training Center 111.įeatured BattleTech equipment BattleMechs įoreign-Language Editions German Ī German edition, translated by Reinhold H. Diana Pryde defeats Steel Viper Khan Perigard Zalman and, along with Horse, saves Joanna's life. Later in 3061, Khan Marthe Pryde launches an attack on Waldorff V. Her attempt infuriates the trueborn population of Clan Jade Falcon. She is coached by Star Commander Joanna and trains with Star Captain Horse. In 3060 warrior Diana, the freeborn daughter of Peri Watson and Aidan Pryde, chooses to compete for the Pryde bloodname. But even that cannot stop Marthe Pryde or the Steel Vipers as their ripening conflict explodes into war. In the midst of this war of intimidation, the Inner Sphere accomplishes the unthinkable-an invasion of Clan space. ![]() The Khans of the Steel Vipers-long-standing rivals of the Falcons-use these radical moves against Marthe, attacking her in the Grand Council. She gives a Trinary composed entirely of freeborns to a freeborn Star Captain and allows Diana, the freeborn daughter of a Jade Falcon hero, to compete for a bloodname. ![]() She bloods new warriors and wins others in Trials from other Clans, but she cannot waste any fine warrior-even those who are freeborn. As the Khans of the Clans gather on Strana Mechty to plan a new invasion of the Inner Sphere, Jade Falcon Khan Marthe Pryde strives to rebuild her Clan to its former glory. ![]()
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