Back in 1984, we returned to the times of high adventure with a direct sequel to John Milius’ absurdly macho take on Robert E. Howard’s
Category: Action
Disciples Of The 36th Chamber
Lau Kar-leung’s first two entries in his 36th Chamber franchise were both a couple of zippy training-fests that fused the bond between director and star,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows
One criticism leveled at the various incarnations of Ninja Turtle movies that’s come down the sewer pipe over the years is that a lot of
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I for one never had that much an issue with Michael Bay’s whirring, vorping, clanking and exploding face lift for 2007’s Transformers – after all,
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Shane Black seems to have devoted the vast majority of his career to the endless quest to make action movies into R-rated Christmas family films
Invasion USA
There is no such thing as a “perfect” Cannon movie (probably because they never came close to fucking making one), but if you were to
Spawn
Joel Schumacher’s much maligned 1997 war crime, Batman & Robin, is often touted as one of the worst comic book movies of the modern age.
TMNT
After the original movie series had devolved into broad slapstick, time travel and the dead eyed thousand yard stare of stripped back animatronic, the Teenage
Versus
From it’s first shot of a samurai slicing a zombie in two, Ryuhei Kitamura’s 2000 berserker breakout Versus aimed to put a familiar spin on
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze
After making literally all of the money that 1990 had to offer, a sequel to the adaptation of Eastman and Laird’s gonzo comic concoction was
Peninsula
Released in 2016 to universal acclaim, Yeon Sang Ho’s Train To Busan was the best thing to happen to the zombie genre in bloody ages.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Back in ’84, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s nutzoid, yet devilishly compelling indie comic was unleashed on the world and promptly caught on like fucking
Return To The 36th Chamber
Having a sharp tonal shift in your franchise is a dicey business and while it may keep things fresh for the faces behind the camera,
Total Recall
Regardless of how much we all complained, the immensely frustrating habit that the Millennium had of remaking 80’s action classics continued unabated with a glossy,
The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin
While still relatively new to the sword clashing and empire trashing worlds of Kung Fu that were brought to us by our friends, The Shaw
Battleship
Thanks to the truly biblical stacks of cash hauled in by Michael Bay’s flashy, trashy Transformers movies, toy company-cum-movie studio Hasbro obviously had the stench
Battle: Los Angeles
In the years since Independence Day cornered the market on crowd pleasing, flag waving alien invasion movies it seems that Hollywood has been trying to
Warrior King
In the world of martial arts cinema, it’s often interesting to compare the differing styles of face breakage displayed via the same opponents that may
The Night Comes For Us
After the Indonesian film industry got a shot in the arm (and face, and chest) thanks to Gareth Evans towering The Raid series, it seems
Five Elements Ninjas
It’s once again time to take another flamboyant trip to ancient Hong Kong to witness bursts of athletic violence interspersed with an over complicated plot
