Fantasia Review: Shaun Piccinino's AMERICAN FIGHTER Flies A Flag Of No Holds-Barred Underdog Heroism

[ballisticcinematheque]

Following their exploits with Alex Ranarivelo’s American Wrestler: The Wizard, producer Ali Afshar and actor George Kosturos brace for more fictional territory under the stewardship of filmmaker Shaun Piccinino. Their latest effort, American Fighter, returns Afshar’s on-screen persona, Ali Jahani, back on camera for a more martial arts-tinged, revved up sequel that welcomes Tom Flanagan […]
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[Film Combat Syndicate]

[…] Fantasia Festival just wrapped while my review coverage of the event is also finally culminating. Click and you’ll find at least one review for director Shaun Piccinino’s latest hard-hit…American Fighter, billed as a non-canonical follow-up to Alex Ranarivelo’s notable hit, […]