Richard Norton

Bullet Points: Tough and Deadly

I recently read an interview with Billy Blanks conducted by David J. Moore for Moore’s book The Good, The Tough and the Deadly (a book I highly recommend). In that interview, Billy Blanks spoke with great...

5 Questions: Not Another Mistake

Austria gave us Arnold Schwarzenegger. Belgium gave us Jean-Claude Van Damme. Sweden gave us Dolph Lundgren. England gave us Scott Adkins. Thailand gave us Tony Jaa. Chile gave us Marko Zaror. Redondo Beach gave us Michael Dudikoff and...

10 Things You Didn’t Know About American Ninja

I first became aware of Olive Films when they released two classic Charles Bronson films on Blu-Ray, Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects and Messenger of Death. Among the other classic action flicks Olive has released in beautiful Blu-ray...

Bullet Points: Cyber Tracker

I am not sure there is an action fan on the planet that would name a Don “The Dragon” Wilson film as their all-time favorite action movie hero. But I am not sure the action world...

Bullet Points: China O’Brien 2

There is no denying the fact that Cynthia Rothrock broke down barriers and laid the groundwork for women to be viewed as more than damsels in distress or pretty sidekicks in action movies, more specifically the...

What Not To Watch: Ironheart

Move over Hammer Down and Ninja Vengeance, there’s a new worst movie ever in town and its name is Ironheart. Ironheart is so bad, it almost made me want to give up on movies altogether.  And...

Bullet Points: China O’Brien

Cynthia Rothrock broke into the boys club that was the action movie genre in the latter half of the 1980’s. She was the star of several films including the movie I will discuss today, China O’Brien....