Scene of the Week: The Great Pie Fight
Great is an adjective that can be overused, but there are rare instances when it short sells the action. When I tell you that The Great Race has a great pie fight, I actually mean it...
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Scene of the Week: Unhappy Meal
I am undecided on whether sequels that come out after many years after the original is a good thing. Generally, the sequel can’t hold up to the original, but the news of the new film brings...
Scene of the Week: Happy Birthday Matthias!
Matthias Hues was born on February 14, 1959 in Waltrop, Germany and action fanatics (especially Timon Singh) know that Matthias Hues was born to be bad… at least in the movies. From his first major role...
Scene of the Week: Shanghai Knights
When Jackie Chan’s Hong Kong movie career really started to take off, it was only natural for Chan to try and replicate that success in Hollywood. Numerous attempts were made over the years starting with 1980’s...
Scene of the Week: Ready Player One
As we approach the one year mark of a pandemic that has impacted us all in numerous ways, I think it is safe to say we all wish we could immerse ourselves in a place like...
Scene of the Week: Motel Mayhem
No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder has the distinction of launching the action movie careers of both Loren Avedon and Matthias Hues. While Matthias Hues’ fighting skills had to be built from the ground up,...
Scene of the Week: “I’m Listening to the… Song!”
Hockey is a sport that has a variety of fans all over the world, but one thing most have in common is their love for the 1977 film Slap Shot. While I would only consider myself...
Scene of the Week: Extreme Prejudice – Gas Station Shootout
It would be hard to find a director with the action resume that Walter Hill has. Since his directorial debut in 1975 with Hard Times, Hill has consistently put out intensely satisfying action films starring a...
Scene of the Week: Last Man Standing (1995)
Jeff Wincott, like any actor in the 1990s with some kickboxing skills, found himself making a kickboxing themed movie for PM Entertainment. That movie was 1992’s Deadly Bet. But Jeff Wincott’s second go around with PM...
Scene of the Week: Sh-Boom
Road House is one of the quintessential action movies that everybody needs to see. A movie about a bar bringing in a bouncer to straighten up the place may seem like a silly idea, and it...
