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...
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An Interview with Sam Firstenberg
When I first began writing for Bulletproof Action, interviewing director Sam Firstenberg was only a dream. But now that dream has become reality. One of Sam Firstenberg’s most famous films is the 1984 cult classic, Breakin’...
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)...
Bullet Points: American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
Most action movie aficionados know American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt as the movie where David Bradley takes over the leading man role from Michael Dudikoff, who had appeared in the first two American Ninja films produced...
Hall of Fame: Joe Armstrong and Curtis Jackson
Take a minute and think of the most iconic duos in action movie history… I’ll wait. For most, you may not land on Armstrong and Jackson without a little help, but for The Brain and myself,...
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...
Movie Kumite: American Ninja 2 vs. Revenge of the Ninja
Last September two ninja films from the legendary Cannon Films library battled it out in our Movie Kumite. In that battle, American Ninja destroyed Enter the Ninja. I knew at some point Sho Kosugi needed a chance...
Scene of the Week: Avenging Force Final Fight Scene
By the time that Matt Hunter shows up at the elaborately decorated home of Professor Elliott Glastenbury at the end of the film there are more than a few reasons why Matt would be in full-on...
The Essentials: Michael Dudikoff at his best
I took it upon myself to write this post about my favorite Dudikoff films to date. It seemed like it would be an easy thing to do. I adored the hell out of several of his...
Scene of the Week: Blind Beggar Bar Fight
One of the many accomplishments of Cannon Films in the 1980’s was introducing the action world to a man by the name of Michael Dudikoff. Dudikoff starred in many a Cannon Film, including Avenging Force and...
