Martin Kove

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Bullet Points: Without Mercy

When I saw that Frank Zagarino was in a movie titled Without Mercy, I thought to myself… I don’t think there could be a better title for a Frank Zagarino movie. For more than three decades...

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Bullet Points: Shadowchaser (1992)

The direct to video action landscape of 1992 was very different from what we currently have today. Sure, we have some bonafide DTV stars like Scott Adkins and Michael Jai White, but both of them have done...

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Bullet Points: Steele Justice

When I think of Martin Kove, I think of one of the most prolific movie villains of my lifetime. Kove is probably most known for playing karate school proprietor, Sensei John Kreese in The Karate Kid. To say Kreese is...

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What Not To Watch: Con Games

Every movie, no matter the genre, has both pros and cons. There are very few movies I’d say were perfect and could not be improved upon. But there are a lot of great movies that have...

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Bullet Points: Mercenary

In my time as a movie reviewer I have learned that there are two ways to make an Olivier Gruner film watchable. 1) Limit the amount of dialogue that Gruner’s character has and 2) Surround Gruner...

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Brainwaves: Karate Tiger USA

In this edition of Brainwaves I am going to play a little game of “What if”. More specifically what if the American produced martial arts movies that were released in Germany under the Karate Tiger banner...

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Bullet Points: Death Match

If you are anything like me sometimes you wake up in the morning and just have a hankering to watch a Matthias Hues movie. Most recently, 1994’s Death Match scratched my Matthias Hues itch. Not only does...

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5 Questions: To Be the Best

After the positive response to my review of Fists of Iron, including Michael Worth himself sharing the review with his fans on social media, I was already anticipating watching another Michael Worth flick and sharing my...