The blending of gymnastics and martial arts for an action movie certainly seems like a natural idea, Jackie Chan practically made a career out of it, but in 1985 director Robert Clouse adapted a short story by Dan Tyler Moore called “The Terrible Game” and the result was a terrible movie. But how can such…
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The Punisher (1989) – Review
Don Pendleton’s pulp action book series “The Executioner,” told the story of a Vietnam veteran and his wars against organized crime after his family was brutally killed by the Mafia, sound familiar? Yeah, it was this book series that Marvel comic book writer Gerry Conway took for inspiration when he created one of the most…
Thunderball (1965) – Review
The fourth Bond film has a very interesting genesis as it was based on a book that originally started out as a screenplay by Jack Whittingham which was based on an original story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, and Ian Fleming. To say this led to some very complicated rights issues would be a massive…
Goldfinger (1964) – Review
In this third outing, the poster proclaims “James Bond is Back in Action” and with Bond facing off against the likes of the nefarious Goldfinger and the sexy femme fatale Pussy Galore we get all that promised action and a whole lot more. It’s with this entry that the series truly came into focus as…
Extreme Prejudice (1987) – Review
Movies centering around a lone man standing up against insurmountable odds is about as old as cinema itself, from Westerns to cop dramas the stoic hero has been a staple of the film industry, but then in the 80s that simple concept met the action genre and that combo exploded onto the scene with the…