‘Cobra Kai’ Channels ‘Karate Kid 3’ in a More Ultimate Season Two
UAMC reviews the second season of the Karate Kid Youtube spin-off series – COBRA KAI – and how it brings more ultimate martial arts action!
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Knightriders 1981 Review
The odd – but still ultimate – action of George A. Romero’s ‘Knightriders’ (1981). The close of the 1970s gave us a movie about a group of people borne out of their time. The time they would rather have existed in was Medieval Times full of knights and jousting and the lore of King Arthur….
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Merantau And The Introduction Of Silat Action Star Iko Uwais
Iko Uwais and his Pencak Silat debut ‘Merantau’ (2009). So with Triple Threat out, I thought this would be a good time to go back and review some of the Asian cinema and some of the actors early work. First up is Iko Uwais from Indonesia and the martial art he brings to the screen…
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Mel Gibson Vince Vaughn Get Tough In Dragged Across Concrete
S. Craigh Zahler beats the crap out of his two ultimate stars in ‘Dragged Across Concrete’ and it’s awesome! I was blown away by director S. Craig Zahler’s last film Brawl in Cell Block 99. It was a straight up grindhouse movie right out of the1970s that reinvented Vince Vaughn as a two fisted action…
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By The Sword The Most Ultimate Fencing Action Movie Ever
Eric Roberts Delivers the ultimate fencing goods in By the Sword (1991). Every sport needs its Rocky movie. In 1991, it was fencing’s turn and we got By The Sword, a movie about a mater fender running a successful fencing school preparing his students for nationals before the arrival of a mysterious individual from his…
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Honoring John Carpenter’s Ultimate Action Movie Classics
John Carpenter has a black belt in Action Movies! John Carpenter is known as the maestro of the horror film as the director of two of the genre’s greatest movies in Halloween and The Thing as well as the yet to be acknowledged In The Mouth Of Madness. But this graduate of the USC Film…
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Karate Kid 2018 A Review Of The New Cobra Kai Tv Series
But does Cobra Kai carry on the Karate Kid’s legacy? WARNING SPOILERS contained in this article! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! I love reliving the movies of my youth and The Karate Kid was up there. Just a couple of months ago, I was wondering who Danny LaRusso grew up to be. Maybe I was…
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Paparazzi Cole Hauser Is Mel Gibsons Tabloid Revenge
Cole Hauser Takes on the Press in Mel Gibson’s ‘Paparazzi’ (2004). In the 1980s, there was an actor that imbued all the live wire craziness that was Gary Busey but didn’t let it overwhelm the role. His name was Wings Hauser, and that name was destined to star in action movies. He starred in Vice…
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Car Fu 101 John Carpenters Black Moon Rising 1986
The 80s Car-Fu classic ‘Black Moon Rising’ gets our motor running! I’m going to let you in on a secret from the 1980s. It is one of the best low budget action as well as Car-Fu movies from that period, and starred a bunch of actors that all went on to become A list celebrities. It was…
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Discover Jason Bournes Vhs Roots In Timebomb 1991
TIMEBOMB: an UAMC Classic You Should Never Forget 1991 brought us a movie that I thought was way ahead of its time. It was Jason Bourne before we knew who Jason Bourne was. It was called TIMEBOMB and stared Michael Biehn as Eddie Kay, a man leading a simple life as a watch repairman. One…
