‘Absolute Dominion’ Review: You Gotta Fight! For the Right! Theoooo-logy!

Special Report: Lexi Alexander on Absolute Dominion (2025)

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 t…

‘Absolute Dominion’ Review: You Gotta Fight! For the Right! Theoooo-logy!

Okay, settle down and listen up, because this premise is a doozy. In the near future, religious extremism leads to so many terrorist attacks that all the world’s faiths finally agree to stop killing each other. Instead, they’ll each train one martial artist and hold a big fighting tournament. The faith that wins will take over the world, and all the others will be outlawed. That’s Lexi Alexander’s “Absolute Dominion,” and if it sounds more like …

Lexi Alexander’s Returns to Filmmaking in ‘Absolute Dominion’

A fact that doesn't get nearly distributed far enough is that Lexi Alexander was the very first woman to direct a Marvel film with the ultra violent and ultra delightful Punisher: War Zone back in 2008. With her last film being Lifted in 2010, Absolute Dominion is a most welcome return for this Palestinian-German filmmaker…