Bullet Points: Savage Justice (1988)
A movie marketed as a female Rambo? A movie starring Betty Childs from Revenge of the Nerds as an action star? Yes, please and yes, please. Thank you, Savage Justice. Savage Justice is a fun little...
Matt Spector
Bullet Points: Covert One: The Hades Factor
Robert Ludlum had a very successful career as a novelist, but his name really entered the action movie universe with the The Bourne Trilogy starting with The Bourne Identity in 2001. When something works, Hollywood is...
Bullet Points: Second in Command
You might have heard that second is the first loser. Naming a movie after the first loser doesn’t seem like a good idea. However, having Jean-Claude Van Damme in your movie is a good idea. We...
Bullet Points: Mad Mission Part 3: Our Man from Bond Street
Mad Mission (or Aces Go Places) is right at the top of my all time favorite action comedy series. James Bond is right at the top of my all time favorite action espionage series. When they...
Bullet Points: Deadlier Than the Male
I can never get enough James Bond movies and James Bond clone movies. And by that I mean there is no way I have time to watch all the different options. That doesn’t stop me from...
Bullet Points: 7 Lucky Ninja Kids
Sometimes movies with different names can be confusing. Other times it doesn’t matter which name you use because they are both perfect. The latter is true for 7 Lucky Ninja Kids or as you may also...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About A View to a Kill
I once heard that all good things must come to an end. And so it is true with Sir Roger Moore’s run as 007 with 1985’s A View to a Kill. Roger Moore is joined by...
Scene of the Week: How to Become a Teenage Ninja
The heyday of direct to video movies wasn’t just a bastion for action movies. Self-help and instructional videos found their way to VHS and just like the action movies I never heard of during that time...
Bullet Points: Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct: Ice
I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t read all of the 87th Precinct novels by Evan Hunter under the pen name Ed McBain. That doesn’t stop me from watching any of the 87th Precinct...
Bullet Points: Twister’s Revenge!
A word of advice for all you action filmmakers, put a monster truck in your movie and I am going to watch. Bill Rebane with his unique brand of Wisconsinploitation knew exactly what he was doing...
