Preventing on MMA’s greatest stage helped Keith Jardine put together for his unlikely profession as a filmmaker.
Throughout his five-year run with the UFC, Jardine competed against a slew of former champions and Corridor of Famers, together with Forrest Griffin, Chuck Liddell, Wanderlei Silva, and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson. He additionally went toe-to-toe with Gegard Mousasi, Luke Rockhold, and Roger Gracie earlier than wrapping up his profession in 2012.
Within the years since, Jardine has grow to be a presence on the large display, showing in characteristic movies like Crank: Excessive Voltage, Gamer, John Wick, Chicken Field, and Inherent Vice. Now, Jardine has jumped from being in entrance of the digicam to being behind it, serving as director on the psychological thriller Killer Kafé in his directorial debut from December 2023.
Earlier this yr, he made his characteristic movie writing and directing debut with the time loop thriller Kill Me Once more, starring Brendan Fehr, Majandra Delfino, and himself in a supporting position.
Like with MMA, filmmaking requires stability
Talking with MMA Fighting, Jardine mentioned his transfer from MMA to the silver display and the way his time as knowledgeable fighter has helped put together him for taking over a extra inventive position within the movie business.
“Being in a theater watching individuals react to your movie is on par or possibly even higher than strolling out for a few of my greatest fights,” Jardine mentioned. “All of the work, coronary heart, and love you set into it, seeing individuals snicker or get shocked — meaning every part to me.”
“Preventing taught me to coach laborious day-after-day. To be good at performing and filmmaking, you must prepare simply as laborious. Writing places me in a zone like combating did — when two characters begin speaking, the story reveals itself. However more often than not, it’s struggling and torture, similar to coaching for a combat. You want that stability.”
With greater than 50 critiques from customers on evaluation aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Kill Me Once more has a 100% score, with one reviewer calling it an “wonderful psychological thriller.” One other added that it’s a “very cool tackle a well-recognized story.”
You’ll be able to at the moment lease or purchase Kill Me Once more on varied digital platforms, together with Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Films, Fandango at Dwelling, Plex, and YouTube.
