Mel Novak

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Bullet Points: Black Belt Jones

Black Belt Jones celebrated a milestone anniversary earlier this year when it turned 50 on January 28th, It had easily been 40 years since I last watched Jim Kelly’s leading man debut, after making a splash...

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Bullet Points: A Force of One

Last month the good people at Kino Lorber released three special edition Blu-rays of some Chuck Norris classics… 1978’s Good Guys Wear Black, 1980’s The Octagon and the subject of this edition of Bullet Points, 1979’s...

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Bullet Points: Expert Weapon

After supporting roles in movies like Kickboxer 3: The Art of War and Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel, Ian Jacklin would have a chance to be the action star in 1993’s Expert Weapon… That...

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Bullet Points: Direct Hit (1994)

PM Entertainment was not afraid to take the road less traveled when it came to the casting decisions they made during their impressive run in the direct to video market. Kickboxers, former porn stars, TV stars...

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Ryan Shoots First: Syndicate Smasher

Where could a movie with a title like Syndicate Smasher go wrong!? Oh yeah, it gets better the movie is produced by a film company named GenerAsian Pictures… get it? Like generation. I think you see...

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Bullet Points: Sword of Heaven

There are some holier than thou types out there that would probably consider taking the time to do a deep dive into the filmography of Tadashi Yamashita as a monumental waste of time… and they would...