Scene of the Week: Eye of the Tiger
Eye of the Tiger, starring Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto and William Smith, opened in theaters on November 28, 1986. It is a movie that completely flew under my radar upon its release and in the decades...
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Scene of the Week: Under Siege – Seagal vs Tommy Lee
Say what you will about Steven Seagal (you people always do) but he is the master at killing people well beyond what is needed. Think back to the end of Marked for Death and let this...
Scene of the Week: The November Man
The November Man seems to me to be a 2014 action movie that many people have overlooked and I think it might have to be because of the title. While those familiar with author Bill Granger’s...
Scene of the Week: Starship Troopers – Assault on Planet P
There was an intense feeling of ‘something is wrong here-ness’ from the very first moments that the mobile infantry landed on Planet P. Assaulting Klendathu was a massive strategic mistake and thousands of lives were lost....
Scene of the Week: Welcome to Fright Night
The final showdown between the protagonist and the antagonist is a common trait that the action movie and horror movie genres often share. One of my favorite final battles between good and evil was from 1985’s...
Scene of the Week: The Wrecking Crew
Haunted cars are not an uncommon storyline in movies, but it is hard to debate that 1983’s Christine is not the most famous. Based on a novel of the same name by Stephen King and being...
Scene of the Week: John Wick vs. Zero
John Wick 4 will be among 2022’s most anticipated action movies and for good reason. Joining Keanu Reeves, the star of the John Wick franchise, will be a who’s who from the action world… Donnie Yen...
Scene of the Week: Ah, Venice
Of all the places that Indiana Jones’ globetrotting adventures took him, I am not sure he enjoyed any of them more than he did Venice in 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The vistas, the...
Scene of the Week: Top Secret! Bar Fight
Top Secret! might not be the most remembered spoof movie from Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, but when their filmography includes Airplane! and The Naked Gun you can understand why it is sometimes overlooked. I am here...
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...
