So today our adventure began at the local “Empu” (Knife-smith) where we had our personalised Tiger-Claws (Karambit knives) made. When the clouds set in & our driver was out of […]
Day 10 – Down into the Abyss & up into the Waterfall
Today we were in one of the prettiest regions of Indonesia, so lush & green in the central southern tip of Java. 1st location was a Stalagmite cave in the […]
Day 9 – All Roads Lead to Challenge
Another early start today & our first 2 locations were deemed unsuitable – only after we spent hours getting there! It seems to be the problem when shooting on unseen […]
Day 8 – From Stupas to Lava Trails…
After our day of extensive planning yesterday, we were so prepared for our 1st day at the new location – what we weren’t counting on is the rain! As we […]
Day 7 – Location setup in paradise (again!)
Day 7 saw us packing up all our gear & boarding a flight to a new base camp for our next week of location shooting. We are so humbled by […]
Gusman Wirantana, Guru of Silat Bakti Negara
Today we had the honour of training with Gusman Wirantana again, this time at his beautiful home in Jero Taman Bali. Gusman is our Film-fighting Choreographer & Stunt Coordinator for […]
Day 5 – The Village of the Dead
After a blissful night of relax & recovering (if you don’t count the weird noises of the nocturnal native animals!), we set out on our next mission to shoot some […]
DAY 4 – Welcome to the jungle
Another early start & off we were again, heading towards a sacred temple in what was an almost-eery setting next to a lake that was as still as the night. […]
DAY 3 – So this girl walks into the bar
Day 3 & what a start it got off to. Straight into a sunrise sea emersion & into a bar, drenched & thirsty, our character ordered a tequila & the […]
DAY 2 – Location Paradise
The long journey and high seas proved that you really have to go through hell to get to paradise. After shooting some dream sequence on such a dreamy location it […]