The Short Shots have been on a two year hiatus but its finally back in action! To celebrate, Mike and Rich take a look at ten short films, all with a martial arts theme. We've also updated the format for this podcast so it mirrors our main show, with a "Long Shot" and Throwback! You can check out each by clicking the links below:
We kick off with TEMPORAL TAKEDOWN  [8 minutes] (Martin Sofiedal, 2025), a scifi infused fight movie;
Next is LUCKY NIGHT: A JUNKERS TALE [12 minutes] (Nickolas Nielsen, 2021), which also has some impressive sci-fi trappings
THE COUP [9 minutes] (Bel Uysal, 2026) finds 3 crooks all trying to steal an energy drink from a museum;
BULLET STORM [13 minutes] (Tim Pek / Peter Phan, 2025) is about a hitman being forced to target a man who'd saved his life;
PREVAIL [11 minutes] (Ryan Dalan, 2025) is a Filipino saga about 2 brothers;
DAKOTA STONE [9 minutes] (Sherice Griffiths, 2025) is a noirish tale about a muscle for hire;
THE PROTECTOR [7 minutes] (Bruce Chong, 2025) sees a young couple intimidated by a local gang;
THE PROPOSAL [6 minutes] (Dan Liu, 2024) finds an agent in love with his partner, trying to find the right time to propose!
Our Long Shot is the 35min NIGHT OF THE RONIN  [35 minutes] (Nathan Bender, 2024), in which an assassin tries to protect a woman from wave after wave of attackers.
Our Short Throwback is HARDWAY: THE ACTION MUSICAL. [34 minutes] (Daniel Vogelmann, 2017). This particular short is available on Disney+ and will require a subscription to watch, or you can order it from https://vimeo.com/ondemand/hardway
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In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda review four new releases - click the links to see a trailer for each film! 
 
We kick off big style with OUTGUNNED (Signature Entertainment), a "Most Dangerous Game" style movie in which a young woman is hunted by an enemy from her past!
OBEX (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a "low fi" science fiction movie about a man sucked into a retro adventure video game.
BOSCO (High Fliers) is a prison drama centering on a man trying to escape.
PLAY DEAD (Seven Tales) finds a young woman waking in a basement full of dead women, and a strange ritual being set up upstairs!
 
Our Short Shot is the mockumentary, JEFFERY EPSTEIN: BAD PEDOPHILE - click the link to see the whole short film!
Our DTV Throwback is TIME RUNNER, starring Mark Hamill and Rae Dawn Chong. We found this on Tubi and recommend you go check it out!
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This week Mike, Rich and Steve are joined by CHRISTOPHER PAGE, of The Time Shifters  and Orphaned Entertainment! Check out the intro to learn more about who he is and what he does!
We kick off with WORLDBREAKER (Signature Entertainment), a new Young Adult, post apocalypse movie with Luke Evans and Mila Jovovich.
BLOOD BARN (Screambox) is a low budget indie horror which boldly wears its influences on its sleeve....
ELSE (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is  a French sci-fi movie in which people start merging with their environment...
THE MONSTER WITHIN (Seven Tales)finds a young farmer stuck with a monster he must continue to feed....
SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT (Studio Canal) is the remake of the 1984 classic, from the director of The Domestics...
Our Short Shot is POV, in which a camera-laden masked vigilante tries to stop crimes on Halloween... click the link to watch the whole short film!
Our DTV Throwback is DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND, aka Witness to a Kill. This starts Gary Daniels as the Bond-esque Queen's Messenger and the whole film plays like a PM Entertainment entry. We found this one on TUBI.
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In this episode Mike, Rich and Amanda tackle four new releases, while Will joins us for a new segment!
We kick off with the awesome REDUX REDUX (Blue Finch Releasing) in which a mother avenges the murder of her daughter, across the multiverse!
THE HUNTSMAN (High Fliers Films) sees Shawn Ashmore as an ICU nurse caring for a coma patient who may be a serial killer!
BURY 'EM DEEP (High Fliers Films) is a western starring Robert Bronzi, on the trail of outlaws who robbed him!
JIMMY AND STIGGS (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is a labour of love by director Joe Begos (VFW), who spent four years making it. But is it worth the effort? Take a listen for our take!
Our Short Shot is DR BEES FOREVER - the latest animated short from Harry Partridge - click the link to see the whole short, and check out Harry's other films!
Next up is a new segment under the working title of Mike and Will Go Streaming! In this episode we take a long look at the Matt Damon/Ben Afleck movie, THE RIP (Netflix).
We close with the DTV Throwback, which this week is BATTLEDRONE, ini which Louis Mandylore lead a mercenary team against killer robots. We watched this on Amazon Prime but it is available on other services.
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In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda check out three new releases! As usual, click the links below to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with WE BURY THE DEAD (Signature Entertainment), a thoughtful zombie movie starring Daisy Ridley!
GRIZZLY NIGHT (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a drama based on the real life incident in 1967 when a national park suffered two deadly bear attacks in the same night.
TIM TRAVERS AND THE TIME TRAVELLER'S PARADOX (GrimmVision) has the most unwieldy title and involves a mad/brilliant scientist trying to put paradox theory into practice!
Our Short Shot is RESIDENCE, about a bunch of real estate agents being invited to view a new house on the market - with a deadly twist! Click the link to see the whole short film.
Our DTV Throwback is MONOLITH (1993), starring Bill Paxton, John Hurt and Louis Gossett Jr. We watched a copy on You Tube, which you can find HERE.
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! This is our final episode of 2025 and we've managed to get not only Rich back on, alongside Mike, Steve and Amanda, but also Nathan Lunn, who had previously joined us for our 300th episode!
Unfortunately, however, the DTV market tends to dry up during the month of December so instead we have turned our attention to two highly anticipated films on Netflix - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with WAKE UP DEAD MAN (Netflix), the third "Knives Out" film and probably one of THE most anticipated films of the year, in which Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc to solve a locked room murder mystery!
Next is TROLL 2 (Netflix), Roar Uthaug's sequel to the well-received Norse Kaiju movie!
Our Short Shot is NIGHTFALL - click the link to see the whole short film, and you may wish to check out their previous dino-flick, THE HATCHLING!
Instead of a Throwback this week, we end the show with a round-table looking at our favourite Top Five DTV titles of the year - take a listen and see if you agree!
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This week Mike, Steve, Amanda and Will tackle the latest films to be hitting home media. As usual, click the links to see trailers for each of the films!
 
We kick off with BRIDE HARD (Signature Entertainment) in which superspy Rebel Wilson must thwart Stephen Dorff and his mercenaries when they gate-crash her best friend's wedding!
SHARK ISLAND (High Fliers Films) finds a group of supermodels on a tropical island, surrounded by sharks and hunted by a killer after a $20Million necklace...
THE NAUGHTY LIST OF MR SCROOGE (Miracle Media) sounds cringe but is actually about a group of ex-college friends being hunted by a masked killer during a holiday weekend!
M: BEYOND THE WASTELAND (GrimmVision) is a Serbian post-apocalypse tale which follows a young boy seeking answers about his past...
BONE LAKE (Signature Entertainment) - finds two couples double-booked at the same luxury weekend getaway...
NAZI SUPERSOLDIER (4Digital Media) is a German Independent horror about some journalism students discovering a secret bunker....
DIRECTOR'S CUT (Miracle Media) is about a local metal band agreeing to make a music video with a strange director...
A DESERT (Blue Finch Film Releasing) finds a photographer crossing paths with a dangerous couple out in the desert...
Our Short Shot is FULL MOON GLORYHOLE - warning, this is NSFW! Click the link, to watch the whole 5 min short!
Our DTV Throwback is FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE, starring and co-directed by Stephen Chow (Chow Sing Chi) in his love-letter to all things Bond, mixed with a 90s HN aesthetic. You can find a high quality version on Amazon Prime.
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Nearly nine years in the making, we have reached our 300th episode! To mark the occasion, we invited some guests to join the regular team:
Tom Jolliffe is a screenwriter and producer, who has appeared on the show before; Nathan Lunn, who has recently completed his book on Kaiju films which will be published next year, and Will Bentley, who has also contributed in the past!
We have a lot to get through this week so take a deep breath and lets dive in!
Kicking off with THE BITTER TASTE (4Digital Media), in which a former pentathlete must rely on her old skills to survive strange goings-on at an old castle!
PLEASE DON'T FEED THE CHILDREN (Signature Entertainment) is the latest post-apocalypse-set film and one of two on this episode!
THE CELLAR (4Digital Media) is an independent horror film in which a young woman tries to outwit and escape from her captors.
THE PARTISAN (High Fliers) is a WW2 thriller set in rural France and based upon the true-life spy, Krystyna Skarbek.
BORELEY RECTORY: THE AWAKENING (Kaleidoscope Film Distribution) is the latest of a long line of films made about the most haunted place in England!
FORGIVE US ALL (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is the 2nd post-apocalypse set film for this week, albeit this one is set in Australia...
THE HOUSE AT HALLOW END (Signature Entertainment) is a horror film in which a young mother finds her baby at risk from supernatural forces!
GUNS AND MOSES (4Digital Media) is an off-kilter detective story about a Rabbi trying to solve a murder.
SNOW ANGEL (4Digital Media) finds a young woman dealing with a traumatic event that she can't seem to escape from
STRANGE HARVEST (Vertigo Releasing) is a faux documentary about the manhunt for a serial killer who may have a supernatural agenda.
Our Short Shot is the excellent THE SECOND TIME AROUND, in which a young waitress is visited by an old woman at closing time. Usually we would place a link for the film, but you can find it on the Channel 4 streaming app!
Our DTV Throwback was chosen by guest Tom Jolliffe: CONUNDRUM is a police procedural/murder mystery starring Michael Beihn and Marge Helgenberger as cops trying to bust a triad smuggling operation. You can find this on Amazon Prime, and no doubt other streaming services...
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In this episode Mike, Rich, Steve and Amanda tackle six new releases: as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film...
 
We kick off with BEAST OF WAR (Signature Entertainment) - set during WW2, it finds a bunch of army recruits at the mercy of a great white shark when their ship is sunk...
LONDON CALLING (Signature Entertainment) stars Josh Duhamel as a down-on-his-luck hitman having to take his boss's son under his wing...
DELIVERY RUN (Plaion Pictures) is a Duel-like tale of a food delivery driver beset by an unknown snowplow driver...
RED PLAGUE (4Digital Media) is a post-apocalyptic zombie story as a grizzled survivor has to escort a young woman across the desert...
THE SEVERED SUN (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is set in a secluded religious community where a young woman is accused of killing her husband and cavorting with the devil...
HELLOWEEN (Miracle Media) is a British mash-up of several genre sources and sees a psychotic clown escaping an asylum and wreaking havoc!
Our Short Shot is NIGHT SHIFT, about bonds of friendship, becoming an adult and other Life Changes - and a werewolf. Click the link to watch the whole 30min short!
Our DTV Throwback is DOWNTIME. This is an off-shoot of the Dr Who Franchise, and features several actors and characters from "classic" Dr Who. You can find it on Amazon Prime...
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In this episode Mike, Rich, Steve and Amanda tackle seven new releases, including two Scott Adkins movies! As usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film.We kick off with the WW2 set PRISONER OF WAR (Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment) in which Scott Adkins is shot down over the Philippiines, captured by the Japanese and forced to fight for the commandant's entertainment. Scott's co-star in the Debt Collector films, Louis Mandylor, directs!
A BREED APART (Signature Entertainment) sees a bunch of influences invited to a tropical island to help rescue some feral dogs. Its as dumb as it sounds, but is it entertaining?
BONEFACE (High Fliers Films) takes the usual summer camp slasher scenario and turns it into a murder whodunnit...
DEVIL IN THE DUST (Signature Entertainment) finds Guy Pearce having to help a mother and daughter trek across the old west to find a faith healer for the daughter, who may be possessed or a carrier for a deadly contagion...
SCURRY (Signature Entertainment) is set during an alien invasion of sorts and focuses on two people trapped in underground tunnels...
THE DROWNED (Vertigo Releasing) takes the premise of Reservoir Dogs and adds a supernatural element to it...
DIABLO (Signature Entertainment) is our second Scott Adkins film, here teaming up with the awesome Marko Zaror and director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza for some mayhem in Colombia!
Our Short Shot is FIRST SIGHT, a futuristic dating story with a dark twist. Click the link to see the whole 20 minute short!
Our DTV Throwback is DOLLMAN VS DEMONIC TOYS - possibly the most cynical cash-in ever conceived. You can see it on Amazon Prime and other platforms.
 
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