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Scott Adkins a veteran in the action genre and a legend of the DTV scene during the COVID-19 pademic decided to did a lil side-project that at first, just a way for him to kill time and chatting with fellows martial artist/actor such as Marko Zaror. Kane Kosugi... about their time on set quickly become one of the most insignful show for any action lovers out there. Not only Scott did a damn good job at interviewing them both big name in the industry right now like: Chad Stahelski creator of the John Wick franchise, Gareth Evans with The Raid series... he also put numberous faces which not many people know or already fade over time on the spotlight again that not only make his show less formulaic but also make each time an episode come out more and more people got to finally know about their childhood heroes backstories and the one behind the stunts that elevated the whole movie experiences. I truly cannot recommend this series enough and since Scott did it for free on Youtube, why don't y'all go and give the man some support right now ?

So Hydra is one of the movie that I'm been dying to see after the release of Re: Born (2016) Japan answer to the booming of the new gun-jiujitsu style of action movies that started with John Wick. Unlike the Western folks, the Japanese adapted to this new trend with a different approach when they complete drop the realistic aspect and amplified the wow factor with hypnotic body movement and flashy hand to hand combat techniques that look outer-worldly cool to the eyes of audience. Kensuke Sonomura who body of works already speak volume in the low-budget action movie scene of Japan teaming up with Masanori Mimoto another veteran of the scene to create Hydra a low budget action movie that clearly a passion project that mean much for these guys yet end up bitten off more than it can chew. Hydra despite the short runtime and easy to digest premise was a real snooze-fest that barely saved by the action when it not only short but also so few and far between. I'm still think that the movie is worth watching on the choreography alone but I'm you really want to see something different from the usual Hollywood stuff, check out Re: Born and hopefully Baby Assassin in the future.