Watching any film with commentary by master director Oliver Stone is nothing less than impressive. Now imagine watching a film directed by Oliver Stone based on experiences from Stone’s own time in Vietnam. It’s some seriously...
You could say that I experienced “superhero fatigue” about 7 years ago. For a guy who has collected comic books for 35 years and spent decades begging for superhero films to be made to just stop...
Once you’re engaged in battle, fight to win. That is the cardinal rule of battle for the Yagyu Clan. The cardinal rule of The Checklist is to grade a singular episode from a television series based...
I believe that John Cena has finally reached a point where he’s no longer at any risk of losing his place among the action stars. He’s had a successful comic book series, a couple of really...
It seems like each year there is a new film released trying to be that big holiday crowd pleaser. Last year was Violent Night and this year we got the American return of John Woo in...
This website is fully dedicated to the action genre. It’s something that is near and dear to each of the BPA writer’s hearts and I take great pleasure in knowing that we rarely stray from that...
There are far too many things in this world for us to argue about; religion, politics, Nickelback, thick or thin crust, and whether you’re a tits or an ass man. In fact, we’ve spent a majority...
The “City of Angels” has gone through an awful lot of disasters over the years; earthquakes, wildfires, race riots, and who could forget the municipal bus full of 30 hostages taken by the maniacal Simon Phoenix!...
The Most Dangerous Game subgenre of action flicks is a vast one. We’ve covered probably a dozen or more of them and they always make me smile. Something about watching a group of people violently hunting...
I know you’ve all heard of the saying “kill two birds with one stone”. It’s a pretty popular one and it clearly means to achieve two goals with only one single action. It’s important to understand...
