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Bullet Points: One-Percent Warrior

Action star Tak Sakaguchi continues his return to the world of action with a film that is sure to bring action fans to their feet. Tak’s frenetic style of fighting and the almost autobiographical nature of...

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Bullet Points: Battle for Saipan

Some of the nicknames given to the features surrounding the Battle of Saipan in 1944 include “Hell’s Pocket”, “Purple Heart Ridge”, and “Death Valley”. Not only are these names indicative of the hellish danger that American...

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You Should Be Watching: KENGAN ASHURA

When I think about it, I should have been a fan of Anime all along. It’s full of violence, weird cartoon nudity, and ridiculous action that just couldn’t be possible in any other medium. I guess...

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Bullet Points: Yakuza Apocalypse

Takashi Miike has made some weird ass movies over the years. I’ve personally seen several of them and have only heard of the extreme weirdness of others but Yakuza Apocalypse has piqued my interest because of...

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Bullet Points: Sonatine (1993)

Today marks the return of Foreign Film Friday! There has been an amazing response to it in the past. I’ve received hundreds of thousands of letters/emails/faxes/sexts from fans about films that I’ve reviewed or films that...

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Tough Chicks: Asami – Gun Woman

When the character of Mayumi (aka Gun Woman) shows up on screen for the first time she is shivering and sweating, a mess of a woman in need of her drug of choice. Mayumi was a...

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Bullet Points: The Streetfighter

If you are an action fan and you haven’t heard of either Sonny Chiba or The Streetfighter then brace yourself for a rude awakening. Quentin Tarantino is pretty much obsessed with both and you can see...