'John Wick's Underrated Action Icon Teases Unique Period-Set Thriller, 'Bedlam'

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John Wick star and still one of the most underrated action icons of modern times, Scott Adkins has teased his next project. And it appears that the actor and martial artist will transport his particular set of skills into a period setting.

Sporting long hair and fashion choices made popular during the 1700s, Adkins took to Instagram to share our first look Bedlam, a period-set action movie that follows a bare-knuckle boxer who must fight his way through all manner of opponents to break his sister out of an “infamous mental asylum.” The footage takes us behind the scenes of the pretty unique action flick, with Adkins revealing more about Bedlam in a caption alongside the clip...

“Romanian TV news clip from the set of new movie - Bedlam. Set in 1750’s London the film follows the gripping journey of a bare-knuckle boxer, a man of grit and determination, who faces formidable enemies and overwhelming odds. His mission is deeply personal: to break his sister out of the infamous mental asylum Bedlam. Wrongfully imprisoned by the Duke of Cumberland, her plight serves as the catalyst for his relentless quest for justice.”

Adkins tease what’s to come in Bedlam, which sounds a lot like a period-set take on The Raid as Adkins’ character, Jack, enters the building and fights his way through hordes of violent staff and patients to get to his imprisoned sibling. While Adkins may have now, finally, made his way into the Hollywood spotlight more than ever before thanks to his role as Killa in John Wick: Chapter 4, the actor and martial artist is clearly still determined to continue to fly the flag for thrilling B-movie fare that takes a distinctive approach to the action genre.

And, while Bedlam may well be his most distinctive action movie yet, Adkins will once again demonstrate why he remains one of the best in the action game with this month’s Prisoner of War, which has been hailed as “pure, unfiltered and savage Scott Adkins at his bruising best” by John M Jerva of action-flix.com. Fred Topel of UPI, meanwhile, calls Prisoner of War “more than just a fight movie,” before declaring it “a full-bodied throwback to physical action movies where the heroes really get their hands dirty.”