A FORMER Royal Marines commando is on a mission to create some action in Nottingham.
Adam Collins left the Marines last year to pursue a career in acting.
After gaining parts in several independent films he has decided to take things into his own hands and make his own film from scratch.
Heart of Chaos tells a tale of corruption, secret societies, kidnap and murder, and it's all set in his home city.
Mr Collins, 27, said: "I wanted to do something a bit different.
"Nottingham has got people like Shane Meadows and This is England and that kind of thing but I wanted to bring something new and put Nottingham on the map as far as the film industry goes. No action films are ever made here.
"People always think they have to head to London or Manchester if they want to be in films, but there's lots of very talented people up here and I wanted to prove that."
Most of the filming for the film is already done but this weekend they will be shooting its main action sequence at a derelict warehouse in Basford.
He said: "We'll have gas canisters being blown up, people being set on fire, all sorts.
"We've got a pyrotechnics expert coming in and we've liaised with the police and fire service to make sure they know what we're doing," he added.
The film is self-funded, with Mr Collins estimating he has probably spent around £4,000 of his own money on it so far.
He wrote the plot and the script himself and has called in favours from friends at The Actors' Workshop in Nottingham to help.
He said: "It's all snowballed really. Since I left the Marines I have done several independent films and along the way I've met people that are really passionate about films and keen to help with what I'm doing.
"All the camera crew are people that I've worked with before."
Mr Collins, who grew up in Calverton and went to the Minster School in Southwell, says he has always been in to films but his passion for them blossomed when he worked as a stuntman before joining the Marines – after being spotted at a martial arts competition in Paris.
He said: "I've been into martial arts since I was a kid and competed for England. The stunt work followed on from that and I was lucky enough to appear in some big films including Batman Begins which was absolutely incredible.
"I played a ninja and was working with martial artists from all over the world. It was a fantastic experience as I was only 18."
Eventually the work dried up and the money ran out, so he decided to join the Marines but, unable to shake off his passion for film, he left last December after two tours of Afghanistan and a stint in Libya.
He hopes that Heart of Chaos will be complete by November and is hoping to screen its premiere at the Broadway Cinema with some of the proceeds going to Help for Heroes.
