Author: Ian Young

Growing up in the 80s Ian Young highlight of the week used to be when the mobile video store (a van with some videos in it) came down his street, it was more often than not that he rented these titles so frequently that the tapes disintegrated. He will also roundhouse kick anyone who says Cannon Films’ Masters of the Universe isn’t the greatest film ever made! Ian Young has spent the last decade or so, scribbling his thoughts on line, for pop culture websites, his most high profile article have been for Wargames Illustrated and conurbations for the greatest action movie blog of all time!

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How Classic Cinemas Sam Peckinpah Influenced Action Movies
ByIan Young May 7, 2018August 2, 2026

From the ‘The Wild Bunch and ‘Cross of Iron’ to modern action classics Recently I have been thinking about the origins of the genre of movies we love. What movies really helped to define the genre that we enjoy watching and which creatives behind the movies have inspired the action greats to make these movies….

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Red Dawn Back When American High Schoolers Kicked Russian Butt
ByIan Young April 20, 2018August 2, 2026

Just Patrick Swayze killing commies in Red Dawn (1984). Red Dawn (1984), starring Patrick Swayze and an ensemble cast, is an awesome action movie, not just a good one but a great one, from top to bottom, just a fantastic Easter egg of pop culture, referenced in everything from Family Guy to The Goldbergs, it’s…

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