WFG RATING: A-

Quiver Distribution presents a Random Art Workshop production in association with BondIt Media Capital. Written and directed by Derek Ting. Produced by Derek Ting and Joyce Yung. Cinematography by Zach Trout. Edited by Chris Damadyan.

Stars Derek Ting, Marc Singer, Sheila Kwan, Nikki Leigh, Jason Scott Jenkins, Matthew Ryan Burnett, Teo Briones, and Chuck Norris.

Jim Yung is back and this time, he’s getting some help in the form of two legends in the latest installment of the franchise from star/filmmaker Derek Ting.

After defeating both aliens and his former team members who went rogue, enhanced agent Jim Yung has been recruited to join a Marine team on a dangerous mission. At a secret base in New Mexico, an energy disturbance has arisen and a unit led by Captain Lila Rupert has resulted in her abduction. The captain’s father, Colonel Green, is sent to not only find the disturbance but also rescue his daughter. 

Despite some reluctance, Jim is recruited due to the enhancements that have turned him from mild-mannered clerk to superpowered agent. The team also gets help in the form of Alastair, a former Marine commander whose memories have been installed in a robotic physical body that resembles the man himself. Together, the team must endure a mysterious being who has the ability to control a group of brainwashed soldiers. This will be a battle Jim will soon never forget. 

After 2017’s Agent Intelligence and 2021’s Agent Revelation, Derek Ting returns with this third installment to the franchise. He explained and admitted how much he learned after making the second film and decided to go with a more linear approach with this film. Where we see the evolution of his character Jim go from a mild-mannered trainee to becoming a superpowered warrior, we see Jim going on his first major mission after learning to control his powers (as seen in Revelation).

Aside from Ting, the film has two action legends in the mix as Jim’s allies. The first is The Beastmaster himself, Marc Singer, as mission leader Colonel Green. Not only does Green have an agenda involving the mission but it becomes a personal one as well when his daughter, a Marine captain, is kidnapped in the midst of things. Singer, at the age of 76, performs many of his own stunts and action thanks to his experience in his decades-long kung fu training and work on movies and TV. 


The second legend is the martial arts legend that is Chuck Norris. His first appearance since 2013’s The Expendables 3, Norris wanted to do another action project and was very supportive of Ting’s script. His character of Alastair was a Marine commander who, being killed in action, has his memories stored in a cybernetic physical form. Those hoping for Norris to throw down once again where he didn’t get that chance in his last appearance will get their chance to see it. With his son Dakota as his choreographer, we see the now 84-year-old Norris still move as if he’s in his 30s and 40s. 

Agent Recon is an improvement from Agent Revelation and even Derek Ting can admit that, thanks to its more linear story and use of two action icons who still move as if they are in their prime. The film leaves open a fourth installment that is in the works. 

The film will be released on Demand and Digital on June 21, 2024.