"Warrior" Press Release

WILL THE MAGIC OF AN ANCIENT CULTURE
TRIUMPH OVER AN EVIL OF MODERN CIVILIZATION!

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"WARRIOR"

March 10, 2002 LOS ANGELES TIMES

THE WORLD
Mexico Captures Tijuana Drug Lord
Narcotics: The arrest, and the recent death of another Arellano Felix leader, could spark a power struggle within and outside the cartel.

By CHRIS KRAUL, TIMES STAFF WRITER

MEXICO CITY -- Declaring one of the world's most powerful drug gangs "dismantled," Mexican authorities announced the capture of Tijuana drug mobster Benjamin Arellano Felix on Saturday while confirming the death of his brother Ramon in a police shootout last month.
The blows to the Tijuana cartel are significant because it is thought to control a quarter of all cocaine entering the United States from Mexico. Both brothers were on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's most-wanted list and carried $2-million bounties for their arrests.

"Competing Mexican drug cartels are destroying each other ... and that's where 'Warrior' begins ..."

... with Mexican drug lord, Carlos Eldoran (Ron Joseph, "Navy Seals", "Barfly", "Scarface", "Born in East L. A.") ruthlessly executing an informer, then bribing the government's new anti-drug czar, General Figueroa (Hector Mercado, "Delta Force 2"), to conspire with him in the perfect partnership ... using the military to establish a drug traffic monopoly by building a secure operation deep in the remote jungles of Costa Azul.

Unknowingly ... the General is about to invade the quiet and peaceful enclave of the Native American Esselen Indian Tribe who are hiding deep in the Mexican jungle ... and meet an opposing force he could never imagine ... the
supernatural son of a divine force with magical powers: Dreadmon (Vincent Klyn, "Cyborg", "Point Break"), who, separated from his biological parents at birth and having discovered that he has been adopted by the Chief of the Tribe, has set off on a quest to find the secrets of his true identity. Dreadmon must use his magical powers only for good or lose his powers and feed the strength of the evil witch Mootin ... the supernatural daughter of the divine force ... if he misuses his powers.

As General Figueroa's soldiers clear the jungle to build their drug manufacturing and distribution center, they invade the tranquil existence of the Esselen. Dreadmon, witnesses the execution of his adoptive father in cold blood and, contrary to the "way" he has been taught, reacts in anger and unleashes a lethal charge of electricity and fire ... driving off the soldiers ... but drawing to him the evil Mootin ... who is re-ignited with the desire to seek him out and destroy him.

After an argument with his "brothers" about whether to flee or fight the soldiers, Dreadmon leaves the exotic jungle behind and enters the concrete jungle of Puerto Vallarta ... to seek help from the local "policia". The local police captain is a cartel puppet who tells Eldoran that Dreadmon is seeking help to defeat the slave raiders who have killed his father. And when Dreadmon is arrested after using his supernatural powers in a bar fight, the cartel's hit man (Matt Gallini, "End of Days," "Crimson Tide", "Rudy") bails him out and takes him to meet Eldoran, who cons Dreadmon into using his powers to destroy competing drug cartels.

To see through Eldoran's deception and become the Warrior he must become to save his adopted homeland, Dreadmon must undergo an agonizing inner battle, which calls forth his own inner spirit in the form of the Midnight Sun (international rap star recording artist "Yukmouth of the Luniz"). Only when Dreadmon surrenders to the truth does he gain the strength he needs to defeat the treacherous Eldoran drug cartel ... and face the dreaded Mootin in spectacular climactic combat.

"Warrior" is a richly photographed action/adventure fantasy, filmed on location in the exotic jungles of Costa Azul and the urban grit of Puerto Vallarta, which matches mythological powers against modern day corruption in a unique portrayal of the classic confrontation between "good and evil".

TELEVISION SERIES:

The story of "Warrior" is suitable for the development of an episodic
action/adventure fantasy television series and the Picture … “produced for theatrical, television and home video distributionˇ … could be the "pilot" and catalyst for such a series. The lead character in the story is the chosen son of a divine force and may be portrayed as a "positive role model" (in the "Superman" and "Batman" superhero category) fighting for justice with the magical powers of an "ancient culture" (which Dreadmon uses without killing anyone and which he will lose if he misuses) against the "evils" of modern civilization in the form of the Mexican drug cartels and other forms of modern-day criminal activity which threaten the people around him. As Dreadmon continues in his journey to return to his native homeland and uses his magical powers to combat the "evils" of modern times which confront him along the way, the storyline lends itself to the use of spectacular cial effects amidst car chases, pyrotechnic explosions, romantic and sensual love scenes and "beauty" shots (targeting the fifteen to forty year old male demographic). The series could become the modern day version of David Carradine's "Kung Fu" series (with a black male lead in a positive role model capacity) and fill a void in current television programming and ride the crest of the recent popularity of the "Hercules" and "Xena" syndicated action/adventure television shows.

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"WARRIOR"

PRODUCER: BRUCE H. SINGMAN
WRITERS: WILLIAM LAWLOR AND WILL HARPER
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: MARIO FRANK
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: DAVID SHOSHAN
DIRECTOR: WILL HARPER
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: RICK LAMB
EDITOR: ROLLIN OLSON
MUSIC COMPOSER: PETER MEISNER
COSTUME DESIGN: TERESA BRADFORD

CAST: VINCENT KLYN, YUKMOUTH OF THE LUNIZ, HEATHER MARIE WAYNE, RON JOSEPH, BLAIR VALK, JAMIE LUNER, CHRISTIAN GOMEZ, TONEEY ACEVEDO, HECTOR MERCADO, DANNY WAYNE, ZARON BURNETT, MATT GALLINI, MERCEDES COLON, ESTELLE BERMUDEZ

DELIVERY DATE: AVAILABLE

SUGGESTED RELEASE DATE: TO BE DETERMINED

RUNNING TIME: ONE HOUR THIRTY SEVEN MINUTES

PRIMARY LOCATIONS: COSTA AZUL, PUERTO VALLARTA MEXICO

SUMMARY: THE ACTION/ADVENTURE FANTASY FILM "WARRIOR"
(ABOUT THE SON OF A DIVINE FORCE) IS A STORY OF A YOUNG MAN'S
QUEST TO FIND HIS TRUE IDENTITY SET AGAINST THE TWIN BACKDROPS
OF NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKLORE AND THE TREACHEROUS MEXICAN
DRUG TRADE AND A PORTRAYAL OF THE CLASSIC CONFRONTATION
BETWEEN "GOOD AND EVIL"

"WARRIOR"
CAST:
Vince Klyn (Dreadmon) Jamie Luner (Alana Teresa)
Film: Cyborg (star w/ Jean Claude
Van Damme) TV: Profiler
Melrose Place
Point Break (star w/ Patrick Swayze, Savannah
Keanu Reeves)
Red Surf (w/ George Clooney)
TV: Baywatch (guest star)
Danny Wayne (Jericho) Hector Mercado (Figueroa)
Film: Batman and Robin Film: Delta Force II, Hair Power Rangers: The Movie TV: Acapulco Heat
Power Rangers: Turbo NYPD Blue
TV: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers MyGyver
(series regular)
Tales From The Crypt
Matt Gallini (Chavez) Blair Valk (Marias)
Film: Crimson Tide International Model
Rudy and The End of Days Film: Alien in L.A.
TV: Melrose Place w/ Steven Baldwin)
NYPD Blue Nemesis
Seinfeld TV: Babylon 5
Young And The Restless Seinfeld
Ron Joseph (Eldoran) Heather Marie Wayne (Mootin)
Film: Navy Seals Film: That Thing You Do
Barfly
Scarface Austin Powers
Born in East L.A. TV: Boston Common
TV: Space: Above and Beyond Life With Roger
Northern Exposure Step By Step
Murder She Wrote California Dreams
Moonlighting Silk Stalkings
Broadway: Sweet Charity

PRODUCER: Bruce H. Singman is a graduate of the University of Illinois and the University of California (Berkeley) School of Law. Prior to his association with William Harper and Palisades Productions for the production of “Warrior”, Mr. Singman created, wrote and produced HBO Sports Video Spirit Award and Telly Award winning sports entertainment projects for broadcast television and home video and was engaged in the private practice of law as a securities and entertainment attorney.

DIRECTOR: William H. Harper is a graduate of San Francisco State University and a member of the Director's Guild of America. He has over twenty years of experience in the production and creative development of television properties for studios including Paramount, Universal/MCA, Fox, NBC, ABC and Buena Vista. He won an Emmy Award for creating, directing and producing the kid's show "Superkids". Mr. Harper created and produced the special "The Winans: The Real Meaning of Christmas" and directed and produced "The Making of 'Bird' " with Clint Eastwood.

TV Guide

"WARRIOR"

This chimerical bit of movie exotica combines elements of fantasy films, sarong flicks and action movies into one super-hero package. Three Indian teenagers, Jericho (Kenny Greyson), Dreadmon (Zaron Burnett) and Sonata (Mercedes Colon), spend their adolescence frolicking in a tropical paradise near Mexico's Sierra De Vallejo. Meanwhile, city-based drug dealer Eldoran (Ron Joseph), who's been waging an ongoing war against competing cartels, is looking to relocate his drug laboratory someplace quieter. Spurred on by corrupt anti-drug czar General Emilio Figueroa (Hector Mercado), Eldoran orders his soldiers to open a jungle facility in the teenagers' homeland. Chief Papolli (Toneey Acevedo) is gunned down when he waves an olive branch at the dope manufacturers. Meanwhile, half-breed Dreadmon experiences a revelation as he strives to reach his tribal majority. Born in Vanuatu, Dreadmon (Vincent Klyn), wields such powers as telekinesis and lethal kickboxing. Unaware that drug lords are a far greater threat to his tribesmen than slave traders, the headstrong Dreadmon foolishly wastes his newly discovered powers. His spirit guide warns him about the dark forces of evil personified by trampy vamp Lola (Estelle Bermudez), but she introduces him to the pleasures of the flesh, distracting Dreadmon from his mission to rescue his people and preserve their way of life. Dreadmon travels to the big city and becomes Eldoran's pawn, losing sight of the forces menacing the jungle. Despite Jericho's efforts to wise up his buddy, Eldoran dupes Dreadmon into eliminating the urban competition. Will Dreadmon wake up and smell the coca before his powers dissipate? If he doesn't, the palm trees will soon be replaced by a forest of cocaine labs. Dreadmon is certainly a novel savior, battling inner demons and city slickers armed with little more than a loincloth and his natural assets. Overall, this David vs. Goliath tale is choppy but entertaining. - Robert Pardi

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