Scene of the Week: Conan the Gladiator
The Conan the Barbarian character has been around for a long time. It was way back in 1932 when Conan first appeared in a story written by Robert E. Howard that was published in Weird Tales magazine. The...
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Scene of the Week: Sabotage
Most of you are probably familiar with the 1994 Beastie Boys song “Sabotage.” Most of you are also probably familiar with the widely popular music video that spoofed 70’s action cop shows. You know the one....
Scene of the Week: Beach Brawl
On May 1, 1987… the wait was finally over, Michael Dudikoff was back as the “American Ninja” Joe Armstrong in American Ninja 2: The Confrontation! Considered by many fans of the franchise to be a superior...
Scene of the Week: To Live and Drive in L.A.
To Live and Die in L.A. is underrated action crime film from the mid 80’s. It expertly captures a darker side of the City of Angels as we follow Secret Service agent Richard Chance (William Petersen)...
Scene of the Week: The Rocksino!
2004’s Walking Tall was one of the first steps on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s ascent to Hollywood superstardom. The movie could be best described as a re-imagining of the 1973 Joe Don Baker classic and not...
Scene of the Week: Short Time
There are several things I like about the 1990 action comedy film Short Time. I could probably start and end with the fact that it stars Dabney Coleman. It is great to see a character actor...
Scene of the Week: Midnight Run
The 1988 action comedy Midnight Run starring Robert DeNiro (as bounty hunter Jack Walsh) and Charle Grodin (as neurotic criminal/rogue accountant) Jonathan Mardukas, is one of the more critically acclaimed action movies of that decade. The film...
Scenes of the Week: The Odessa Steps
When something is successful the next thing to follow is imitators. They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery (but in my opinion nothing will flatter me as much as handing over to me...
Scene of the Week: Blindsided
Most people would think that sight is a prerequisite to being a great fighter but that conclusion would fail to recognize characters like Zatoichi, Marvel’s Daredevil, or Rutger Hauer’s character from the excellent film Blind Fury....
Scene of the Week: Drive Me Crazy
On February 26, 1964, future action star Mark Dacascos was born in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii. If you ask any fan of Mark Dacascos to name some of their favorite Mark Dacascos movies, 1997’s Drive is going to...
