goldcoastnews "Hollywood By The Sea" by Renee RedmondPROFESSIONAL Gold Coast fighters tossed the rule book out of the ring and fought like thugs to give the independent film Vigilante an authentic, gritty feel. The group of local fighters and trainers gathered at The Fightboi Gym at Mermaid Beach yesterday where a boxing ring was set up for action.Writer and director Aash Aaron said the movie was making the Gold Coast look like Vegas, incorporating the back alleys and the glitz and glamor as well."We're doing a scene in an underground illegal fight club so we've brought in pro fighters who have volunteered to make it look real", he said. "No Rules" fighter Roy Luxton of Mermaid Beach and Southport Muay Thai fighter Adam Cox were first in the ring for the "illegal" bout.Luxton said the scene was just as intense as a real fight. "We had people cheering us on and cameras filming, it was pretty full on and we were hitting each other pretty hard," he said. "Underground fighting means no gloves no rules."Filming of the 1.1 million feature film is due to wrap up on December 22. "The passion of the Gold Coast businesses and community has made this film possible, they just say "Whatever you want Aash. We've even got the Oasis Shopping Centre stopping and starting the monorail for us while we're shooting in Broadbeach," said Aaron.Vigilante is being produced by Aaron's Gold Coast production company, Outlandish Films. Funding was raised through private investors who wanted to put their money into the local project.

rickdonaldson76 Well done Aash Aaron Studios.Vigilante and ICU are awesome!I especially love how you use local Queensland actors instead of going interstate.Some stand out actors are actually Aash's previous acting students I found out! All of whom have moved on to many other feature films and TV shows?Margot Robbie, Christian Radford, James R Dean and of course Ozzie Dervish. (Who just quietly, steals ever scene he is in, in both films). He is one mean looking bastard! Those eyes simply scare the crap out of me. I'd hate to run into him in a dark alley!Richard D

longjeff593 Aash Aaron has created an amazing couple of films.ICU & Vigilante.I can't wait to see what is next? We support you her on the Gold Coast Bro and love your films.You write, producer, direct, cast, edit and whatever else? Man what don't you do? Rock on man your films are awesome! I don't know why anyone would want to rip you off? You do what hardly any other filmmakers in Australia do.Which is produce one film after another.Very cool.

M. Douglas Me and a pal came across this movie while looking for some old style action flicks. And while it does provide some good action and fights, ultimately it's let down by the lead actors wooden performance.It's your standed revenge type flick that sees the hero's life "Luke" destroyed by 3 wannabe tough guys in a senseless violent act. This sets him on a path of self destruction and redemption that has been done before and a lot better too.The lead actress and actors performance where dull, lifeless and unbelievable. Only once did we ever believe him throughout the flick. We both found it hard to sympathize or care about the guy and could care less about his journey. I suspect this has to do with not only his acting but the direction and editing too.Where this flick really shines is in the supporting cast. The 3 tough wannabe crims were all fabulously brought to life and every time they came back on screen the atmosphere picked up.It was these guys that we both found interesting and wanted to watch. Funny, angry and a tad crazy the bad guy "Alex" was a stand out. We both related to him as he had issues with his father that i think most could follow. Though i really felt sorry for his 2 pals that had to follow him around.Over all the movie was a tad disjointed but watchable only for the bad guys and their hilarious attitudes. An average movie made better by these three stooges.MD