Information about the September 2009 issue of Impact Magazine.
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12 / district 13: ultimatum
We begin our Districtly interesting coverage with a look at this parkour-paced sequel. Luc Besson pens the full-on action follow-up and Paris will never be the same again!
16 / district 9
More Alien Nation than Independence Day, this monsters-amongst-us epic, set in South Africa has been getting rave reviews. John Bierly examines a case of alien apartheid.
20 / pros and cons 09
July was the month for comic conventions... Impact takes a look at the London Film & Comic Con and the ever-growing San Diego event!
26 / danny trejo: a cut above
After years as a key supporting player, Danny Trejo has just started filming Machete - a movie that will put him centre-stage at last. He talks to Impact about the project and his views on Hollywood...
30 / give 'til it hurts
Critics, including Impact�s editor John Mosby, are already calling this one of the best films of the entire year. In the first of a two-part feature, we examine its journey to the screen.
34 / [asian extreme] grotesque & 13: game of death
Calum Waddell takes his monthly walk along the controversial borders of extreme action. This month he casts his eye over gross-out-fest Grotesque and the superior 13: Game of Death.
38 / [japanime] sengoku basara
Andrez Bergen takes a look at Sengoku Basara - the latest project from Production IG.
40 / [japanime] mamoru oshii
Andrez Bergen meets Mamoru Oshii to discuss his future projects.
42 / [anime attack] chanbara beauty
Festival favourite One Chanbara hits UK shores with a new name. Anime Attack investigates...
46 / [review] murderer
The Hong Kong release of Murderer, the directorial debut of Roy Chow [Chow Hin-yeung], starring Aaron Kwok [Stormriders], has racked up a successful run at the box office, but also a huge amount of controversy. Impact�s Eastern editor Mike Leeder brings us the first UK review.
48 / [interview] murderer
Impact�s Eastern editor Mike Leeder talks to Murderer director, Roy Chow [Chow Hin-yeung].
52 / action boys
Korean movie-making may be expanding, but how difficult is it to earn a good living as a stuntman within it? Mike Leeder goes behind the scenes...
54 / the man with the deadly lens
Ross W Clarkson shoots people for a living... and they like it. Impact meets one of the most talented action cinematographers in the business...
58 / raging phoenix
After breaking heads in her bone crunching debut Chocolate, Thailand�s first lady of fighting females, Jeeja Yanin, looks set to break hearts as well as heads in her most welcome second starring role, Raging Phoenix which opens in Thailand this month. Impact�s Eastern editor Mike Leeder takes a first look at the project.
60 / [deja view] true blood
Each month impact looks at the shows you should be watching or seeking out on DVD. This month we look at the continued success of the hot-blooded vampire outing True Blood.
62 / green hornet
With more key roles cast, Impact takes a look at the progress made in bringing the Green Hornet to the silver screen.
64 / toyz 'n' the hood...
GI Joe is loud, proud and brassy but has fared better with film critics than its other Hasbro stable-mate, Transformers. Impact finds out why...
68 / let the reich one in
What is even scarier than zombies? Nazi zombies! John Mosby talks to the director of the festival-favourite and distinctly silly Scandinavian guilty pleasure Dod Sno / Dead Snow.
70 / [far from fragile] zombies
Beau Smith is back with his insider�s view of the comic-book industry. Still on the theme of the undead, he wonders why zombies can never get an even break (except with a cricket bat or other assorted blunt objects!)