Cannon Films

What Not To Watch: American Kickboxer 1

Sometimes I feel bad about categorizing a movie as “What Not To Watch”, this is not one of those times. Who releases a movie and calls it American Kickboxer 1? The answer would be the post...

5 Questions: Death Wish 2

On February 19, 1982 Cannon Films unleashed Death Wish II on the world. At that point, it was the biggest film Cannon had been a part of as we rejoined Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) 8 years...

Brainwaves: Electric Boogaloo

It is time for another edition of Brainwaves! Thanks for checking in again and reading my random thoughts on the world of action entertainment… Electric Boogaloo: I am happy to report that one of my New...

Bullet Points: American Samurai

It seems fitting on Throwback Thursday, to take a look at the first major film role for Mark Dacascos… American Samurai. Dacascos plays opposite David Bradley in a movie that combines elements of Cannon’s American Ninja...

Bullet Points: Murphy’s Law

I wanted my first review of 2015 to be something special, so I had to turn to my favorite action star of them all… Mr. Charles Bronson and the film Murphy’s Law. Murphy’s Law is my...

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...

5 Questions: Ninja III: The Domination

The toughest part of doing a 5 Questions post on Ninja III: The Domination was narrowing it down to 5 Questions. This movie will make you question pretty much everything. Especially everything you knew about ninja...

Bullet Points: Kickboxer

After his breakout performance in Bloodsport, Jean-Claude Van Damme hit a bit of a sophomore slump with Cyborg in my opinion. It’s not that Cyborg is awful, but the bleak post apocalyptic back drop doesn’t give...