Cannon

The Ultimate Cannon Countdown

I honestly do not believe there would be a Bulletproof Action if there was never a Cannon Films. Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus changed the movie game and created a generation of action junkies in the process....

Bullet Points: Runaway Train

It’s not often that I get to talk about Cannon movies being legitimately great movies and it’s even more rare for those movies to star Eric Roberts. So what we have here is a unique experience...

Scene of the Week: Battle of the Boogaloo

It is safe to say that the Cannon Group is synonymous with the action genre. Their biggest stars were Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris, Michael Dudikoff and Jean-Claude Van Damme. With that stable of talent Cannon gave...

Bullet Points: Rescue Me (1992)

I consider myself something of a connoisseur of Cannon Films. I have gone down many a internet rabbit hole researching the independent movie company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. If there is...

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Cyborg

Admittedly I have never been the world’s biggest Cyborg fan. Of all the classic Van Damme movies from the late 80’s and early 90’s, Cyborg was always at the bottom of my list. But when I...

Unsung Heroes: Death Wish II

As vigilante Paul Kersey in 1974’s Death Wish, Charles Bronson’s performance had audiences hooting and hollering and on their feet in movie theaters. Finally someone was taking a stand against the increase in crime in the...

Bullet Points: P.O.W. the Escape

When I come across a Cannon action film I expect an action packed ride filled with explosions and an invincible hero. When I come across a movie starring the laconic David Carradine I do not expect...

Scene of the Week: Superman, Cannon Style

1987 proved to be an ambitious year for Cannon Films. They paid Sylvester Stallone a ton of money to star in the arm wrestling themed Over the Top. They brought He-Man from the toy aisles and...

10 Things You Didn’t Know About 10 to Midnight

Many would categorize the movies that Cannon Films produced to be nothing more than guilty pleasures from decades past. But thanks to two documentaries, a number of special edition Blu-Ray releases and even a few books...