Special Report: Lexi Alexander on Absolute Dominion (2025)

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Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Mike welcomes director Lexi Alexander to discuss her latest film, Absolute Dominion (2025), a dystopian martial arts thriller set in a world torn apart by religious warfare. They dig into the film’s provocative premise, the challenges of balancing action with social commentary, and the process of staging large-scale fight sequences on screen. Lexi shares insights into the production, working with actors like Désiré Mia and Alex Winter, and her thoughts on the state of modern genre filmmaking.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.1	Shut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off.
0:26.9	Oh! Eight attacks in the last week, and all of this is in the name of God.
0:46.2	Every religion out there, choose a fighter, train them.
0:51.3	And whoever is left standing at the end, that is the religion that we worship.
0:57.2	This is the final opportunity for fighters who aren't ranked to qualify for the battle for absolute dominion.
1:07.6	Since when did we even talk about Bruno?
1:10.2	The Institute of Humanism and Science, and that makes him a story.
1:13.6	How come we've never seen one of their fighters before?
1:15.6	They did what scientists do.
1:18.6	Engineers one.
1:24.6	Are you fighting to end God?
1:25.6	He cannot win this tournament. Fight her!
1:28.3	I don't care what the odds are.
1:30.3	We need to make sure he doesn't make it into the top 50.
1:34.3	Is he going to be safe?
1:36.3	I don't know how far they'll go to stop him from qualifying.
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