R.I.P. Albert Pyun

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R.I.P. to a one-of-a-kind cult auteur. I've been slowly working my way through his filmography for about a year now and he's definitely been one of the more entertaining discoveries I've made of late. Good titles to start with would include Cyborg, Nemesis, and Radioactive Dreams.
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I’ve unfortunately only seen Cyborg and (many moons ago) Captain America, but the hosts of one of the podcasts I follow are big fans (one of them even wrote a book about him), so I’ve been meaning to dig further at some point. Everything I’ve heard about his ethos suggests he’d be right up my alley.



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Pyun also directed two installments of the original Kickboxer franchise. He directed Kickboxer 2: The Road Back and Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (which he also co-wrote and would be Sasha Mitchell's last time as David Sloane although a sixth installment was in the works with Mitchell in the mid-2000s). He also directed Bloodmatch, which had an interesting concept: kickboxer seeks revenge for brother by interrogating four suspects by fighting them in the ring. I first was disappointed then did end up liking Heatseeker, which featured the last human kickboxer in a tournament against cyborg kickboxers to rescue his fiancee. And I heard his director's cut of Captain America was actually much better than the original release.

RIP to a great visionary...RIP Albert Pyun.
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I hate to hear this. I've enjoyed a couple of his films, especially The Sword and the Sorcerer and Cyborg. I've always wanted to see Radioactive Dreams but have yet to. Godspeed, Albert.
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