Modern life?

For This Is Film (1992-1994) became Underground Productions (1994-1996) became Modern Life? (1997- )

Early years

From 1993 - 2001, Modern Life? with partner Ross Boyask was involved in the production of almost 40 short films.

In 1998 short film Lone Wolf was screened, edited, On Channel 4 in the UK.

In 1998 he saw their first feature film in development, the darkly comic 'Brighton Born, Brighton Dead' which sat with Miramax UK for over 2 years. Eventually the relationship broke down and the screenplay was lost into development hell. It remains unproduced to this day.

In 2000/2001 Modern Life? managing partner Phil Hobden was offered the chance to work on the Dave Courtney gangster action film Hell To Pay alongside it’s original director Ross Boyask but turned it down, instead focusing on setting up Modern Life?

In 2001 Short film Pure Vengeance, starring Scott Adkins (''Bourne Ultimatum, Sheppard: Border Partol), Brendan Carr(Love Struck, Ten dead men)and Gordon Alexander(Accidental Spy, The Purifiers'')was screened on the Jonathan Ross show Stop Kung Fu.

Left For Dead

In 2002 Modern Life? started work on their first feature film, the low-budget now cult, martial arts action feature Left for Dead (2004 film).

Starring Glenn Salvage & new comer Andy Prior, the film features cameos by Bourne Ultimatum star Joey Ansah, Brendan Carr, Cecily faye & Jeremy Bailey. Finished in late 2004, the film was shot for under £10k UKP and has been released in over 15 countries to date, including the UK, Canada, USA, Thailand and others. The film was Released in the US to rave reviews in September 2005 and then eventually in the UK in March 2007.

Left for Dead (2004 film) was acquired for broadcast on Sky channel Movies4Men in late 2007. However Movies4Men subsequently decided the film was too violent and opted NOT to screen the movie.

Ten Dead Men

Modern Life?'s second film is the action thriller Ten dead men. Again directed by Ross Boyask and producced by Phil Hobden the film stars a host of the UK's best talent including Brendan Carr, Pooja Shah, former Steps singer Lee Latchford-Evans, JC Mac, Silvio Simac, Terry Stone and more.

Ten dead men sees Brendan Carr star as Ryan, a former killer gone straight who is dragged violently back into the life he left behind... with brutal and bloody consequences.

Ryan has spent years putting his brutal past behind him. A different man now to the stone cold killer he was a lifetime ago. But when an old face from the past arrives on his doorstep, Ryan is called upon to repay a blood debt from years ago. But the price is too high. Betrayed, and with his life falling apart around him, Ryan goes on a murderous, bloody revenge spree against the Ten Men who took his life away from him. Ten men took away his life. Now Ten Men Will Pay. Ten Dead Men is a pulse pounding British action feature, brought to you by the team behind the cult international success 'Left For Dead'.

With action by famed Hong Kong stunt man Jude Poyer (28 Weeks Later, Hitman starring Jet Li, and many more), and executive produced by legendary David Hannay (of Stone and The Man From Hong Kong fame) and Anthony I Ginnane.

So far Ten dead men has been released in France, Indonisia and Japan with a UK release expected in 2008/9.

Additional Projects

Modern Life? have numerous additional interests: From martial arts action comic book, Night Warrior (www.nw-comic.co.uk) which is based on a short film made by Modern Life? in 1994 to PulpMovies.co.uk in which Modern Life? has been responsible for releasing UK films Infestation and The Silencer, in partnership with UK studio Blackhorse Entertainment.

In 2008 Modern Life? took over ownership of massively successful Brit film focused lovebritishfilm.com. Rebranding the site lovebritishfilm.co.uk, the website aims to be the no1 source of news and reviews for all types of British films from mainstream to arthouse, from studio to independent.

The Future

2009 Will see Modern Life? return with a yet unnamed ultra low budget sci-fi horror film.

Associated Companies

PulpMovies

Raging Psycho Comics

Night Warrior (2004-2007) Ten Dead Men - The Last Job (2008)

combat film

lovebritishfilm

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Review

Filmography

  • Untitled Invasion Film Director(2009)
  • Ten Dead Men Producer(2008)
  • Left for Dead (2004 film) Producer(2005)
  • The Johnna Man Associate Producer(2005)
  • Lone Wolf 2 : Break Time Producer(2004)
  • Pure Vengeance Producer(2002)
  • Blue Eyes Director/Producer(1998)
  • Lone Wolf Producer(1998)
  • And Penance More Director(1997)
  • Fixing To Blow Director/Producer(1995)
  • Butterfly Man Fight Co-Ordinator(1995)
  • Boyz Gone Bad Director/Producer(1994)
  • Project Assassin Grip/Extra(1993)