Revisiting Kick-Ass (2010): the Ultimate Superhero Movie
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by Josephine Aulnois
5M ago
Let’s be real: you can dislike Matthew Vaughn’s work, but you can’t deny that when it comes to making action films, the director has a unique style and his own mark. In fact, Vaughn’s movies often look like comic books brought to screen and include the garish colours and crude humour we love in so ..read more
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The Betrayed Bond: How Revisionist Reviewers Get Pierce Brosnan’s 007 Wrong 
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by Nicolás Suszczyk
6M ago
Betrayal is a recurring subject throughout the James Bond films of the Pierce Brosnan era. In the 1995 blockbuster GoldenEye, Bond suffers the treason of his friend agent 006, who fakes his death and resurfaces as an arms dealer in Russia to plot a macabre revenge against Britain. Tomorrow Never Dies, from 1997, is a ..read more
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Fortress: A Splattertastic Sci-Fi Action Classic
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by Thomas Krebs
6M ago
A look back at Stuart Gordon’s ultraviolet and ultimate Fortress! Horror director Stuart Gordon was a master of combining cheap thrills with deeply immersive settings. He rarely ventured into action territory, but in 1992 he did, and made Fortress. Gordon teamed up with Christopher Lambert, and let his practical effects crew work some serious overtime ..read more
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Top Jeff Wincott Action Movies
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by Thomas Krebs
6M ago
Jeff Wincott delighted action fans in the 1990s with a string of DTV classics. Both a trained actor and martial artist, he was a complete action hero. In this ranking, we’ll present you the films where he took center stage in and outside the action sequences! 7 – Deadly Bet (1992) The early entries from ..read more
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Blood & Gold: Thrills, Humor, and Plenty of Ultimate Action
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by Thomas Krebs
7M ago
A review of how Peter Thorwarth’s ‘Blood & Gold’ (2023) helps to put German ultimate action on the map. German films about the darkest part of the country’s history typically broach the subject with the appropriate seriousness. But it seems the time had come in 2023 for a film like Blood & Gold with its ..read more
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Was ‘Equilibrium’ the Ultimate Early 2000s Action Classic?
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by Thomas Krebs
7M ago
A look back at the Christian Bale-led, Matrix-influenced sci-fi action classic Equilibrium (2002). The Matrix updated the dystopian movie genre for the 21st century. 2002’s Equilibrium may seem like another copycat at fist glance, but director/writer Kurt Wimmer together with rising star Christian Bale delivered a gripping Sci-Fi actioner, so let’s have another look! After ..read more
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Top 15 Mullets in Action Movies
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by Thomas Krebs
8M ago
The mullet has a timeless elegance, and was an indispensable accessory to make an 80s action hero complete. The haircut has seen a resurgence in the last years, so it was time we admire the originals, and present you the top 15 actors and their mullets in action movies!  15 – Will Forte (MacGruber) Based ..read more
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How ‘Red Sonja’ Still Delivers a Huge Dose of 80s Action Silliness
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by Thomas Krebs
8M ago
If you’re a sucker for S&S flicks, it doesn’t get much more ultimate than ‘Red Sonja’ (1985). The success of Conan the Barbarian triggered a wave of copycats, including its own sequel Conan the Destroyer in 1984. One year later, producer Dino de Laurentiis gave it another shot with Red Sonja, a character from the ..read more
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Ranking the Best Henchmen of the Mission: Impossible Saga
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by Josephine Aulnois
9M ago
A look at the most ultimate henchmen (and women) of the Mission Impossible universe. Much like there are the big missions and the side quests, there are the major villains and the minor ones who assist them. These henchmen are the tiny cogs in the criminal machine, which help to make any nefarious plan… well ..read more
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SXSW 2024: A Review of Jake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Road House’ Revival
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by Jourdan Aldredge
9M ago
Jake Gyllenhaal is no Swayze, but the new Road House still rocks! I’m going to start this review by acknowledging that there is simply no universe where a Road House reboot starring Jake Gyllenhaal could even come close to living up to the awesomeness of the timeless original.  Swayze and Gyllenhaal are about as far ..read more
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