10 Things You Didn’t Know About Murphy’s Law
I am sure many of you out there familiar with the adage of Murphy’s law that states anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. I am sure many of you have probably experienced the feeling...
Cannon
10 Things You Didn’t Know About American Ninja
I first became aware of Olive Films when they released two classic Charles Bronson films on Blu-Ray, Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects and Messenger of Death. Among the other classic action flicks Olive has released in beautiful Blu-ray...
Movie Kumite: American Ninja 2 vs. Revenge of the Ninja
Last September two ninja films from the legendary Cannon Films library battled it out in our Movie Kumite. In that battle, American Ninja destroyed Enter the Ninja. I knew at some point Sho Kosugi needed a chance...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ninja III: The Domination
Cannon Films is credited with popularizing ninja films in the United States with a variety of ninja themed movies released in the 1980’s including Enter The Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, American Ninja and the most...
Scene of the Week: The End of the Beginning
One of the most interesting tales to come out of the documentary, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, centers around Cannon’s Missing in Action franchise starring Chuck Norris. Don’t stop me if you’ve...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About River of Death
Throughout the 1980’s, Cannon Films made several attempts at creating their own version of the Indiana Jones box office blockbusters. First there was King Solomon’s Mines and Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold starring...
Bullet Points: Over the Top
I’ve said it a thousand times and I’ll continue to plead my case that Over the Top is the greatest film to ever combine a child custody battle with competitive arm wrestling. By far! I’m sure...
Bullet Points: Platoon Leader
In our continuing effort to write about legendary action star Michael Dudikoff as much as possible, I fished out my old copy of Platoon Leader and sat back to reminisce of my own times in war....
Bullet Points: Street Knight
In comparison to many action stars, Jeff Speakman had a short run in the world of action films. In fact, some of the stars who came before him are still going strong today. While Jeff Speakman’s acting...
Movie Kumite: American Ninja vs. Enter the Ninja
Popularizing the ninja genre is one of the many things Cannon Films is famous for. In this edition of Movie Kumite we pit two of Cannon Films’ ninja movies against one another. On one side, the...
