Cannon

Movie Kumite: Death Wish 2 vs. Exterminator 2

On July 24th, 1974 the original Death Wish opened in theaters and forever changed action cinema. Audiences fed up with crime in their cities literally cheered in the movie theater as Charles Bronson, in the role of...

Bullet Points: Invasion USA

How dare you try to invade my country?!? I’m afraid I have no choice but to unleash the most remarkable, mass-murdering, mean-spirited, mustachioed man on God’s green Earth. His vengeance is just and swift and when...

Scene of the Week: Blind Beggar Bar Fight

One of the many accomplishments of Cannon Films in the 1980’s was introducing the action world to a man by the name of Michael Dudikoff. Dudikoff starred in many a Cannon Film, including Avenging Force and...

Bullet Points: Number One With A Bullet

Cannon Films were always right on the pulse of the movie going public. Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus knew how to make magic, whether it was by giving actors their big break, like Jean-Claude Van Damme,...

Bullet Points: Masters of the Universe

I don’t know why this movie gets shit on so much. I guess it doesn’t quite follow the shitty cartoon that it was developed from but who cares. The cartoon was made to sell toys that...

Bullet Points: American Ninja 2: The Confrontation

Cannon Films gave the world plenty of movies with ninjas. Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, Ninja III: The Domination… but they also gave us the American Ninja, Michael Dudikoff! The original American Ninja launched...

Bullet Points: Death Wish 3

What makes a movie great? There are two major factors that make movies great in my opinion… 1) You can watch the movie again and again and never tire of it. 2) The movie allows you...

Bullet Points: Bloodsport

I will be the first to say that Jean Claude Van Damme is one of my favorite actors of all time. I mean, he’s not my favorite actor like Daniel-Day Lewis is my favorite actor; Van...