Category: Action

Not My Samurai My Samurai uses a running gag in which Deborah (Lynne Hart) disparages Taekwondo. “It’s too violent,” she says to instructor Young Park (Julian Lee). To defend …

Kung Fu Gizmo Action Remember Stripe, leader of the naughty monsters from Gremlins? The producers behind director Andrew Lau’s Kung Fu Monster certainly seem to remember the movie, blatantly …

More Hot Action From Andy Sidaris Using a bevy of buxom Playboy playmates in lead roles, Andy Sidaris takes his campy formula of girls, bullets, and action to new …

Son of the Son of Shaft If possible, look past the drug investigation plot of Shaft. It’s a menagerie of cliches, routine, and derivative non-surprises. Underneath that though comes …

King Hu’s Early Wuxia Masterwork Lee Khan, a powerful general under the Mongolian Emperor in the Yuan dynasty era, acquires the battle map of the Chinese rebel Chu Yuan-chang’s …

Doling Out Punishment to the Man White Line Fever holds the unique distinction of being the only pro-trucker soap opera in all of cinema. Take pro wrestling out of …

Mature Storytelling Comes To DC Streaming Television These are not your father’s Teen Titans and this show is definitely not fit for the CW. Having seen Marvel obtain success …

Magic Man Shazam doesn’t have a secret lair; he doesn’t have a permanent home, either. So, Shazam visits a real estate agent to see if they have anything, say, …

Upsized TV Gold Before Anakin Skywalker shouted “Yipee!” from the driver seat of his pod racer, there was Justin’s “Ya-hoo!” in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. The difference is …

John Woo Lashes Out Heroes Shed No Tears features more close-ups of guns than people. This is John Woo fantasizing about his action-laced future, stuffed into a puerile post-Vietnam …

Twin Impact Van Damme plays two divergent personalities, twin brothers, one a mild Los Angeles karate instructor, the other a hardened Hong Kong-based gunman involved in Triad trade. Years …

A Carrot with Earrings You had to be there to understand Double Team. Jean-Claude Van Damme’s action stardom withered by the late ‘90s. Blame his starring role in Street …