Scene of the Week: Shanghai Knights
When Jackie Chan’s Hong Kong movie career really started to take off, it was only natural for Chan to try and replicate that success in Hollywood. Numerous attempts were made over the years starting with 1980’s...
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Scene of the Week: Ready Player One
As we approach the one year mark of a pandemic that has impacted us all in numerous ways, I think it is safe to say we all wish we could immerse ourselves in a place like...
Scene of the Week: Motel Mayhem
No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder has the distinction of launching the action movie careers of both Loren Avedon and Matthias Hues. While Matthias Hues’ fighting skills had to be built from the ground up,...
Scene of the Week: “I’m Listening to the… Song!”
Hockey is a sport that has a variety of fans all over the world, but one thing most have in common is their love for the 1977 film Slap Shot. While I would only consider myself...
Scene of the Week: Extreme Prejudice – Gas Station Shootout
It would be hard to find a director with the action resume that Walter Hill has. Since his directorial debut in 1975 with Hard Times, Hill has consistently put out intensely satisfying action films starring a...
Scene of the Week: Last Man Standing (1995)
Jeff Wincott, like any actor in the 1990s with some kickboxing skills, found himself making a kickboxing themed movie for PM Entertainment. That movie was 1992’s Deadly Bet. But Jeff Wincott’s second go around with PM...
Scene of the Week: Sh-Boom
Road House is one of the quintessential action movies that everybody needs to see. A movie about a bar bringing in a bouncer to straighten up the place may seem like a silly idea, and it...
Scene of the Week: Invasion U.S.A.
If you ask the average person on the street to name a Christmas action movie, they are most likely going to throw Die Hard at you… some might even say Lethal Weapon. But unless you are...
Scene of the Week: The Last Boy Scout- Football is the Devil
It’s the most famous scene of the movie and it doesn’t feature either of the stars of the film! What the hell is going on here? Of course it had to happen in Cleveland. Land of...
Scene of the Week: Yes, Madam!
If you were going to make a list of female trailblazers in the world of action entertainment, that list damn sure better include the names Cynthia Rothrock and Michelle Yeoh. Both women would establish themselves as...
