1 of 5 | Scott Adkins and Nicole Deon star in "Reckless," on digital video-on-demand Friday. Photo courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films
LOS ANGELES, May 22 (UPI) -- As a martial artist, Scott Adkins has faced fighters like Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donnie Yen, Marko Zaror and even John Wick himself in movies. In Reckless, on digital video-on-demand Friday, Adkins enters the British crime genre and faces Vinnie Jones.
Adkins, 49, plays Devon, a gangster who goes down for a robbery. When he gets out of prison to even the score with his old crew, cirme boss Trent (Jones) sends more thugs to quiet Devon.
In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Adkins said he and screenwriter Stu Small emphasized the British elements of Reckless. Jones broke into movies with Guy Ritchie's gangster ensembles Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch.
"Stu and myself, we inject a lot of the Englishness into it which we enjoy," Adkins said. "I love it. I love making British movies. The more British the better."
