Matt Spector

Bullet Points: Adventure Scouts

One genre of action movies I always come back to is biker movies. I don’t know why because I don’t ride a motorcycle, but it probably has something to do with how many there are. When...

Bullet Points: The Black Windmill (1974)

Sometimes I watch a movie because it has an actor I like. Other times it may be because it is based on a good novel. And a good movie poster will always get me to watch....

Bullet Points: Savage Justice (1988)

A movie marketed as a female Rambo? A movie starring Betty Childs from Revenge of the Nerds as an action star? Yes, please and yes, please. Thank you, Savage Justice. Savage Justice is a fun little...

Bullet Points: Covert One: The Hades Factor

Robert Ludlum had a very successful career as a novelist, but his name really entered the action movie universe with the The Bourne Trilogy  starting with The Bourne Identity in 2001. When something works, Hollywood is...

Bullet Points: Second in Command

You might have heard that second is the first loser. Naming a movie after the first loser doesn’t seem like a good idea. However, having Jean-Claude Van Damme in your movie is a good idea. We...

Bullet Points: Deadlier Than the Male

I can never get enough James Bond movies and James Bond clone movies. And by that I mean there is no way I have time to watch all the different options. That doesn’t stop me from...

Bullet Points: 7 Lucky Ninja Kids

Sometimes movies with different names can be confusing. Other times it doesn’t matter which name you use because they are both perfect. The latter is true for 7 Lucky Ninja Kids or as you may also...

Scene of the Week: How to Become a Teenage Ninja

The heyday of direct to video movies wasn’t just a bastion for action movies. Self-help and instructional videos found their way to VHS and just like the action movies I never heard of during that time...