Michel Qissi

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The Jean-Claude Van Damme Experience – Part 1

As I write this, Jean-Claude Van Damme has just celebrated his 64th Birthday and I’m looking back on knowing the man for more than 35 years and being a fan of his work from day one....

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Bullet Points: Extreme Force

A Michael Qissi Film. Those four words were enough for me to check out 2001’s Extreme Force… despite the fact that I was not overly familiar with the star of the movie, martial arts champion Hector...

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Scenes of the Week: Kickboxer – The Legend of Tong Po

Legends aren’t always built from a single moment in one’s life. Often times they are layered atop one another like some sort of pyramid of awesomeness. While the rare case of doing something absolutely epic does...

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Scene of the Week: David Sloan vs. Tong Po

In 1991, a sequel to Kickboxer was released but there was one key ingredient that was missing… the star of the original 1989 movie, Jean-Claude Van Damme. That’s because Van Damme opted to make Double Impact...

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The Ultimate Albert Pyun Countdown

Bulletproof Action is not only celebrating its 6th Anniversary, we are also celebrating the filmography of one of the most divisive genre filmmakers of our time, Albert Pyun. Love him or hate him, you can not...

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Bullet Points: To the Death

I was not a huge fan of American Kickboxer 1… a big part of my dislike was that the title of the movie was American Kickboxer 1. Who did this movie think it was just presuming...

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Scenes of the Week: Broken Glass Everywhere

If there is one thing that has always stuck with from watching Kickboxer as a youngster so many years ago it is the sight and sound of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Kurt Sloane and Michel Qissi’s Tong...