Rogue Warfare
Rogue Warfare is a 2019 film trilogy directed by Mike Gunther. The trilogy stars Will Yun Lee, Jermaine Love, Rory Markham, Marwan Naji, Essam Ferris and is described as a multi-national, special forces action/drama. The project was the first original written content for 5150 Action Productions Inc. (Mike Gunther, Andrew Emilio DeCesare and Michael J. Day) and includes Rogue Warfare (2019), Rogue Warfare: The Hunt (2020), and Rogue Warfare: Death of a Nation (2020).[1] The trilogy was the first movie trilogy to be shot congruently. The entirety of the franchise was shot in 45 days on location in the Los Angeles area with a union crew and cast. All three films were prepped, shot, edited, posted and delivered within one calendar year of securing funding. The budget per film was 750k. Highland Film Group did worldwide sales for trilogy. Saban Films purchased the U.S. domestic rights, partnering with Paramount Pictures for DVD distribution.
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Release date | 2018-2020 |
Running time | 309 minutes (3 films) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Films
Rogue Warfare (2019)
ALL NATIONS, ONE ENEMY… This action-packed trilogy begins with the President of the United States (Stephen Lang) assembling an elite TEAM of highly trained, special ops soldiers from China, Russia, Great Britain, France and the US. He recruits Commander Brisco (Chris Mulkey) to deploy the TEAM to defeat The Black Mask Organization: a highly intelligent and greatly feared terrorist group. This ruthless enemy threatens global security utilizing a new-age approach to terror by fusing biology with technology. This new weapon will destroy world order. The TEAM, led by heroic operative Daniel (Will Yun Lee), must take on this impossible mission to source and disarm this secret bomb targeted to kill several world leaders.[2]
Rogue Warfare: The Hunt (2020)
Daniel is still missing and the team are no closer to preventing the Black Masks from carrying out their plan to destroy all of western civilisation. Without a clear leader, the team is at odds with one another, as they frantically try to stage a search and rescue mission. As the days pass and the team continues to argue, the chances of finding Daniel alive become more and more remote as The Supreme Leader tries to break his resolve through brutal torture. With a last-minute breakthrough, the team must band together and work as a single weapon in order to rescue Daniel. The clock is ticking, the team is ready but will Daniel still be alive? Rogue Warfare 2: The Hunt became available on demand from March 16, 2020. [3]
Rogue Warfare: Death of a Nation (2020)
Outnumbered, left without a clue, the team must start over to find the Supreme Leader and his horde of Black Mask's. As the team preps for their final mission, the stake could not be higher. Daniel is recovering from being captured, but is haunted by dreams of what could ultimately end up being the teams fate, death. While the team re-groups and focuses on new clues, the Black Masks are hard at work making more dirty bombs, this time smaller and more effective. With the information from Daniel during his capture, the team knows the clock is ticking and to finish this they must move now. A united front, a united team; disembark on one final assault on an old American forward operating base to finish this once and for all.[3] Rogue Warfare 3: Death of a Nation became available on demand from April 13, 2020.[4]
Cast
- Will Yun Lee as Daniel
- Jermaine Love as Ralph
- Rory Markham as James
- Bertrand-Xavier Corbi as Jacques
- Katie Keene as Galina
- Fernando Chien as Xu
- Chris Mulkey as Commander Brisco
- Gina DeCesare as Officer Marino
- Essam Ferris as Supreme Leader
- Marwan Naji as the Scientist
Production
All three films were shot simultaneously over 45 days in 2018. Production was on a finite budget of $750,000 per film. Each film's budget was 200% less than a standard action film of similar scale.[5] Filming took place in Acton, California and Santa Clarita, California.[6]
References
- "5150 Action Production Company | 5150Action.com5150action.com". Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- https://www.highlandfilmgroup.com/production/rogue-warfare/
- "ROGUE WARFARE: Explosive War Trilogy Receives Home Entertainment Release". ROGUE WARFARE: Explosive War Trilogy Receives Home Entertainment Release. | BritFlicks. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1251403/altered-carbon-season-2-will-yun-lee-netflix-rogue-warfare-trilogy/amp
- "Feature Film Budget Breakdown". parlaystudios.com. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- https://scvnews.com/shooter-rogue-warfare-commercials-now-filming-in-santa-clarita/