Jalal Merhi
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Jalal Merhi is a Canadian action film producer. He started his film career by selling his jewellery business to start a film production company. He has produced and acted in numerous action films that can be considered martial arts B movie
s. Because of this he is known as “Beirut’s Steven Seagal
.”
B movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
s. Because of this he is known as “Beirut’s Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan...
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Filmography
- Young Alexander the Great (2007)
- Soccer DreamsSoccer DreamsSoccer Dreams, a.k.a. Football Dreams, is a Canadian reality television programme that gives footballers ages 14-19 in North America the opportunity to win a contract with the Everton Football Club....
(2007) - The Circuit 3 (2006)
- Into the Heat (2003)
- The Circuit 2: The Final Punch (2002)
- The CircuitThe Circuit (2002 film)«The Circuit» - is a 2002 arena-fighting film starring Olivier Gruner -Plot:Years ago, Dirk Longstreet walked away from The Circuit, the merciless underground fight club with no rules, where money changes hands as men are killed. But now gangsters have got his brother, and only one more journey...
(2002) - G.O.D. aka Guaranteed On Delivery (2001)
- Tiger Claws III (1999)
- Crisis (1997)
- Expect to Die (1997)
- Tiger Claws II (1996)
- Expect No MercyExpect No Mercy (film)Expect No Mercy is a 1995 action/science-fiction film starring Billy Blanks, Jalal Merhi, Wolf Larson, Laurie Holden, Anthony De Longis, and Michael Blanks. The soundtrack was composed by Varouje. The film was written by Stephen J...
(1995) - Operation Golden PhoenixOperation Golden PhoenixOperation Golden Phoenix is an annual preparedness exercise conducted in the southern California area which includes participation of civil, military and volunteer organizations...
(1994) - Death Junction (1994)
- TC 2000TC 2000 (film)TC 2000 is a 1993 action/science-fiction film starring Bolo Yeung, Jalal Merhi, Billy Blanks, Bobbie Phillips, Matthias Hues, Harry Mok, and Kelly Gallant. The film was written by T.J. Scott from a story by J. Stephen Maunder and Richard M. Samuels, produced by Jalal Merhi and directed by T.J. Scott...
(1993) - Talons of the EagleTalons of the EagleTalons Of The Eagle is a 1992 American martial arts action film starring Billy Blanks, Jalal Merhi, Matthias Hues and James Hong and directed by Michael Kennedy. It received a limited release on November 6, 1992, and was released on video on December 23, 1992....
(1992) - Tiger ClawsTiger ClawsTiger Claws is a 1992 film directed by Kelly Makin. The movie is notable for being the film that according to Canuxploitation.com, introduced the world to Film One Productions, a company started by Jalal Merhi who also co-starred in the film, although Black Pearls, another Film One production, was...
(1992) - Black Pearls aka Fearless TigerFearless TigerFearless Tiger aka Black Pearls is a 1991 Canada-shot martial arts movie, directed by Ron Hulme.-Plot:Jalal Merhi, Bolo Yeung and Monika Schnarre star in the tale of a martial artist who studies under an old master in the hopes of avenging his brother's death at the hands of a drug...
(1991)
External links
- Film One Movies (Mproduction company)