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...
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Scene of the Week: Beach Brawl
On May 1, 1987… the wait was finally over, Michael Dudikoff was back as the “American Ninja” Joe Armstrong in American Ninja 2: The Confrontation! Considered by many fans of the franchise to be a superior...
What Not To Watch: The Adventures of Hercules
Let’s talk turkey. It is Thanksgiving Day here in the United States and there are many things associated with the holiday. You’ve got the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys playing football, you have people planning their...
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...
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: 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...
Bullet Points: Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
In this edition of Bullet Points, I look at Charles Bronson’s last movie of the 80’s Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects. Kinjite would also mark the end of an era as it was the final Cannon produced movie...
5 Questions: Braddock: Missing in Action III
Cannon Films may have had the reputation of being schlockmeisters. And some of that reputation was deserved. To their detractors all Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus did was make mindless action movies on a budget. But fans...
Bullet Points: The Delta Force
The Gist: The story is partially inspired by a real plane hijacking en route to Rome from Athens in 1985. The plane here is taken over by Lebanese terrorists and forced to land in Beirut. As...
