Are you ready for Rage Of The Tiger? Starting as a trainee editor at channel 9 in Brisbane Australia, he joined Village Roadshow studios in Australia’s Gold Coast to learn more about movies, after several years he could not break in. In 1993 he took a huge change to move to Hong Kong without any guarantee of employment. In 1997 he met Ringo Lam who asked his for a coffee and offered to shoot “Suspect”. In 2000 Ringo brought Ross to Canada for “Replicant” where he started a strong friendship with Jean Claude Van Damme.
Why I am telling you all this? Because I am proud to hear about another Aussie who became a part of martial arts movie world. His name is Ross W. Clarkson, he worked on upcoming Conan reboot, served as cinematographer and camera operator on Ninja and Undisputed II and now he is ready to step into the director’s chair for the first time. His martial arts movie project is titled Rage Of The Tiger and Scott Adkins, a star of Undisputed 3 The Movie, is going to play a lead role.
Here is the synopsis:
The seemingly serene and peaceful island area of Hong Kong called “Sai Kung” and its thriving fishing community, appears to offer a tranquil, idyllic lifestyle for WILLIAM BENNETT (Scott Adkins), his Chinese Wife GRACE and their beautiful 9 year-old Daughter MAY.
So far, William’s life has been something of a non-event, consisting of failed jobs and failed dreams, interspersed with self destructive drinking binges. Although he once trained in martial arts, like everything else he tried, William never had the focus to become a proficient fighter.
William works on a fish farm and earns just enough money for him and his family to survive on their simple houseboat in Sai Kung Harbour, while his Wife works in a cheap Beauty Parlour to help make ends meet. But the tranquil appearance of this simple fishing community hides a dark underbelly among its harbours and wharfs. Triads…. On the street they are led by the vicious and brutal CHIN who has his own devious agenda to over through his Triad Boss.
Chin extorts protection money from all the local businesses, including William’s fish farm. William despises this reign of terror by the Triads, but knows he can do nothing to stop it. Unable to buy his Daughter the bike she desperately wants for her upcoming birthday, William approaches the eccentric American HADDICK who organises brutal underground fights and sells them on the Internet. Haddick puts William into a couple of brutal, no-holds barred fights, which William wins. He now has enough money to buy his Daughter the Bike she asked for.
Impressed with William’s fighting skills Haddick nick names him “The Tiger” because of a tattoo he has on his shoulder. Later Haddick enters William into an up-market underground fight organised by the Triad Leader Mr. Lau which offers $10,000 in prize money. Chin wants to double cross his boss and make William lose. Chin threatens WILLIAM, “Lose or there will be consequences”.
After an amazing fight William is down for the count.. But some how William still has some fight left in him and he desperately needs the prize money so that his family can enjoy a little luxury in their meagre lives. If William wins Chin will out for blood. Can the Russians protect William and his family?
source: twitchfilm, scottadkinsfanz