Matt Spector

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Bullet Points: Twister’s Revenge!

A word of advice for all you action filmmakers, put a monster truck in your movie and I am going to watch.  Bill Rebane with his unique brand of Wisconsinploitation knew exactly what he was doing...

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Bullet Points: Fifty/Fifty

I usually don’t like to think about math when I watch action movies, but I recently watched an action movie that can best be described with a mathematical equation. 50% action plus 50% comedy equals 100%...