Marker (2008)

Matt is an elite ex-cop whose life has gone down hill since he was kicked off the Force. After a rough encounter with a mysterious henchman, Matt is brought face to face with his only chance at reclaiming his life and clearing his gambling debt markers. Only after he gets started on his new tasks does he recognize good guy from bad. Meanwhile Matt's love for his only daughter helps him battle one of his greatest enemies, alcoholism

Mit Steven Seagal, Lance Henriksen, Blanchard Ryan u.a.
Regie: Roel Reiné

Drehort: Connecticut, USA


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Ich konnte mit dem Regisseur Kontakt aufnehmen und arangieren, dass er in einem englischen Forum viele Fragen von Fans beantworten kann, hier der gesamte Fragen- und Antwortenkatalog:

Zitat:

Hi to you all, Roel Reine here to answer your questions. I will answer them within this long reply: Dear mr. Reine, how was Your experience in working on a movie with Seagal? -> I loved working on this movie, it was a blast and a challenge because it was a very tight schedule. Your previous movies have been made with a very small budget, this is your first movie with a budget over 10 milion. Does the increase in budget translate in more investment in visual quality or does it all disappear in more manpower? -> On this level of making movies, the budget is maybe higher but with these production things in place it is a low budget movie. We had 19 days to shoot this movie. Because I know how to shoot low budget movies, MARKER will look like a high budget film. Also in the end it doesn't really matters how much money you have to spend, it al comes back on the script, your actors and were do you put the camera. On your website you've posted to be in the editing/post production phase of Marker. When do you expect to be able to release the movie and does it have potential for a theatrical release? -> I don't know when it will be released, there is not a date set yet. Is it hard for a Dutch-man to get a movie-career going in the US and do you think working with people like Seagal and Henriksen are helpfull in evolving your career to a next level? -> It is not so difficult working in Hollywood for me as a Dutch-man, with this movie I made for the first time a studio movie and that will help. But right after I'm finished I'm doing an independent movie again. All the things we have seen uptill now from Marker do look promising, only downside at this point is that we've only seen Seagal on set but not acting or in action yet. Did mr. Seagal do all his characters work of was there frequent need of body/stunt doubles? -> In my first meeting with Mr. Seagal I spoke with him about that and that I really wanted for him to do everything himself. In MARKER he did, he has done almost every shot. Sometimes it is just to dangerous and you use a stunt double and sometimes it is a time schedule reason I used a double. But he never did so much stuff himself in any movie in the last 7 years then in MARKER. Are there many action scenes in Marker? And how many hand-to-hand-fights are there? And who did the fight choreography and did he include Seagals aikido-techniques? -> Yes, there are many action scenes in Marker, in the end there is this incredible gun battle that runs almost 10 minutes. Yes, there is a lot of hand-to-hand fights in this movie. At those moments I've seen how fast he is and shot some very cool shots. I hate all these other movie that use quick cuts and close-ups to edit a fight scene. i made sure to have incredible master shots, with moving camera's were you see Seagal fighting. I think you guys will love it. Many people are a bit terughoudend (I couldn't think of the English word) about a dutch director who most of them never heard of. Does this put an extra stress on you to make the movie a succes or do you feel the underdog that can make a difference by just doing his job right? -> I'm absolutely not nervous at all. I went in this project as I always have done, I'm a Rebel and love shooting movies. MARKER is the best movie he has done in many years. What's the running time of the film? -> I don't know yet, but probably between the 95-100 minutes. Did you used any stock footage (I hope not, or not many...) ? -> Hell no, we shot everything ourselves. Did Steven gives a good performance in it? -> the best in years, action and drama Is "Marker" the final title? -> Yes, I think so. How long was the shooting? And when is the post production finished? -> We shot in 19 days and the movie is finished in 2 months from now. Which of the old Seagal Films could be best compared with this here? -> I think this one is unique by itself. it has a very personal story. Do you think this the best Seagal Films since Exit Wounds? -> Yes!! Because the most of the films since Exit Wounds aren't that good (with too muchs stunt/photo doubles, bad effects and too much stock footage) and all fans around the world hope, that there will come a new time with better films with Mr. Seagal. -> This is that movie. Do you want to work with Steven again and if yes, is there something in discussion? -> I had great fun working with Steven. There are several movies I'm working on right now that are not with Seagal. But you never know what will happen in the future. whats the budget for the film? -> $10 mln does seagal play a flawed character? -> What do you mean? are you the editor of this film? -> No, Todd Ramsey is, but I cut the teaser. - Does Steven makes good fights in it? In the last films there were a lot of fight and stunt doubles for Steven, and the fans don't liked that. I hope that he makes the most of the fights without a double. -> He did everything himself this time and it looks really cool. - What kind of action is there to see in this film? -> Hand-to-hand fighting (multiple scenes), car chase, gun battles, etc. - Is the film shot in 1.85 : 1 or in 2.35 : 1 ? -> 1.85 - Did you liked to work with Steven? -> Yes, he is a great guy with a lot of good ideas and very nice to work with. - When could we see a first trailer and poster on your website? -> There is a teaser, but I don't know when I can put this on a website, that is up to Sony. - Do you think this film has a theatrical look? -> Absolutely yes, that is also my style. I operated the A-camera and came up with all the shots. - Who makes the music of this film? -> probably Jerry Brunskill - Could you tell us something about the story and about the role of Lance Henriksen? -> You can read that on IMDB. Lance plays the guy Seagal needs to work for. And: Do you have more photos of this film? Could you upload some photos? For example from the action scences, from Seagal and from Lance Henriksen. -> I have to wait on Sony with that, sorry. 1.what kind of movie is it going to be..ie is it a all out action film or is it more a crime/thriller? -> It is an action crime movie, a lot of story in the beginning and a lot of action in the end. 2.are your 2 films deadwater and drifter going to get cinema releases? -> DRIFTER, small release in Europe, DEADWATER i think not in USA. 3.what would you say your directing style is? -> My directing style is very emotional intens, stylistic, camera moves all the time, wide shots, stylistic action like a opera, I use a lot of slomotion, a lot of focus on performance. 4.what kind of fight scenes are in the movie..ie are the fight scenes gritty or less violent? -> Both, It shows the old styly Seagal but shot more stylistic and it shows you a new style of Seagal. 5.what kind of acting performance does seagal give in this film? -> You will see sides of him that are very surprising. He has some very emotional Father-daugther scenes in it and also some good revenge kills. All in all unique stuff. -> Thanks for your interest in this movie and I hope MARKER will be a movie on your favorite list, together with Under Siege and Exit Wounds off course. Greetings Roel

Wow, der Hammer. Wenn es stimmen sollte würde es mich aber auch nicht allzu überraschen, denn Seagal war schon immer für Überraschungen gut und war auch in seinen weniger tollen Filmen cool.

leute ihr glaubt doch nicht wirklich das ein low budget action film von seagal, gefilmt in nur(!) 19 tagen rocken wird?

alle letzten JCVD dtv filme wurden innerhalb 7 wochen gefilmt und man merkt das ne längere drehzeit von nöten gewesen wäre.

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Original von van_dammer_1 leute ihr glaubt doch nicht wirklich das ein low budget action film von seagal, gefilmt in nur(!) 19 tagen rocken wird?

Hey, Du warst aber auch derjenige, der Sheldon Lettich geglaubt hat, als der sagte, dass HARD CORPS rocken würde...

@kami

lol ja ich war von der Vorfreude der Van Damme Fans auf THC so begeistert, dass ich mich mitreißen ließ obwohl ich gar nicht wusste warum sie da war.

Wenn der Regisseur sagt 10 Minuten Action im Finale und der beste Film seit Exit Wounds dann erfindet er das nicht nur sondern meint es halbwegs ernst. Und es wäre nicht das erste Mal, dass sich Seagal bei den Kampfszenen nicht doubeln lässt ("Submerged"). Ist bestimmt kein schlechter Film.

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Original von Ka-Kui Wenn der Regisseur sagt 10 Minuten Action im Finale und der beste Film seit Exit Wounds dann erfindet er das nicht nur sondern meint es halbwegs ernst. Und es wäre nicht das erste Mal, dass sich Seagal bei den Kampfszenen nicht doubeln lässt ("Submerged"). Ist bestimmt kein schlechter Film.

DITO!

Ich halte mich mit meiner (Vor)freude noch zurück, denn zu DIESEM (CLICK) sagt der Regisseur auch ne Menge, was den Fans natürlich zusagen wird und wenn das stimmt, dann wissen wir, dass es doch noch geht.

@vandammer

Du bist Van Damme Fan, das ist mir bewusst und magst den Seagal auch net. Das sieht man auch an deinem Beiträg, denn hätte ein Van Damme Regie so etwas geschrieben, würdest du ausflippen.

Was diesen Film angeht musst du bedenken, dass er wirklich keine so üblen Chancen hat ein kleiner Überraschungshit zu werden, denn

-das Drehbuch stammt vom Drehbuchautor von "Ronin" und das sagt schon ne Menge
-der Regisseur ist einer, der bisher nur kleine Filmgedreht hat und sozusagen ein Newcomer ist, anders als die Schrott Regiesseure wie Michael Keusch oder Michael Oblowitz
-der Cast um Lance Henriksen ("Aliens", "AVP", "Harte Ziele"), Blanchard Ryan ("Open Water"), Arthur J. Nascarella ("World Trade Center", "Running Scared"), Paul Calderon ("The Sentinel", "21 Gramm") sehr vielversprechend ist

und weil, ganz objektiv gesagt (ich erkenne auch an, dass die letzten von Van Damme um einiges besser sind als die letzten von Seagal) dieser Film kinotauglicher, besser und vielversprechender zu sein scheint als die kommenden von Van Damme was Crew, Cast und sonstige Voraussetzungen angeht.

Wir werden sehen..

leute, ich bin kranker van damme fan der alles gut findet was er macht, ich bin sogar sehr kritisch ebenso bin ich kein seagal hasser. war ich nie. finde ne menge seiner filme gut und habe einige zu hause und schaue mir "fast" alle seiner DTV filme aber was er in letzter zumutet, pähhh. deswegen habe ich mal einfach ATTACK FORCE ausgelassen sonst aber alle gesehen und SUBMERGED fand ich ok, MFJ war ebenso ok und BELLY OF THE BEAST war gut aber der rest war ne frechheit und da ist HARD CORPS ein traum dagegen wenn ich auch sagen muss das sheldon lettich den fans einfach zuviel versprochen hatte und genau das glaube ich bei diesem seagal film ebenso der fall. er kennt vielleicht TICKER? da gings ähnlich zu. HARD CORPS fehlte das budget für mehr action und es standen 2 millionen usd mehr budget bei dreifacher drehzeit verglichen zu MARKER zu verfügung, ebenso wurde mit Vivica A. Fox ein bekannter co-star wie lance henrikson verpflichtet.

ihr shätzt mich da falsch ein. die ausgangsposition von HARD CORPS war wegen budget, drehzeit, locations etc. einfach vielversprechender und die director wollen sich einfach nur puschen und ihr produkt verkaufen. das muss ja auch verständlich sein das ihre film nicht schlecht reden und das screenplay von HARD CORPS war nicht übel geschrieben, leider fehlte es am geld um es mehr rocken zu lassen aber der film ist eh kein action film, er ist für breiteres und auch älteres publikum gedacht. mir hat er wesentlich besser als SECOND IN COMMAND und besser als die letzten 4 seagal filme gefallen.

Neue Fotos! Eure Meinungen?

Hier ist der Trailer zu "Pistol Whipped" enthalten, gleich nach einem anderen Film:

http://www.rebelfilm.com/film/Rebel_Film/Directors_Reel.html

Sieht IMO sehr gut aus für einen DTV-Film! Ich denke Action- und Seagalfans können sich drauf freuen!

seagal scheint sich mit diesem und seinen letzten film endlich wieder gefangen zu haben. das sieht doch für einen DTV film ganz ordentlich aus was man in diesem trailer zu sehen und hören bekommt.