How Classic Cinema’s Sam Peckinpah Influenced Action Movies

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...

UAMC Reviews: ‘The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot’ (2018)

Sam Elliott embodies the legacies of the great men of action past. If ever there was a title that sold a movie it was this...

The Miz Finds His Range in ‘Marine 5: Battleground’ (2017)

One of the surprising standouts of The Marine series... A fatal drive-by-shooting leaves the leader of a biker gang riddled with bullets. The assailants manage...

UAMC Reviews Shane Black’s The Predator (2018)

But how does Shane Black's new 'The Predator' stack up against Arnold's original action classic? It has been a long 8 years since the awesome...

Thomas Ian Griffith’s Turn to Die Hard in ‘CrackerJack’ (1994)

Why send John McClain when Thomas Ian Griffith's Jack Wild can do the job! On my seemingly never ending quest to see every Die Hard...

How ‘Guyver: Dark Hero’ Created its Own Ultimate Anime/Action Niche

The rare rubber suit monster R-rated martial arts action flick that could! In his brief career as a movie director, Steve Wang immortalized himself with...

The Ultimate Significance of the Watch in ‘Die Hard’

Did you catch the whole thing with the watch in Die Hard? Like many members of the Ultimate Action Movie Club, I’ve probably seen Die...

An Ultimate Look Back at ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’

The Long and Winding Road: Chapter 3 – Study Abroad Despite another successful movie a sequel wasn’t guaranteed for our beloved underground street-racing scene. Producer...

How Ultimate is ‘Die Hard with a Vengeance’ Today?

Looking back at one of the most under-appreciated films of Bruce Willis' Die Hard franchise. Die Hard with a Vengeance was released in 1995 and...

Eric Roberts Tries to Out Cliffhanger Stallone in ‘Freefall’ (1994)

Can Julia Roberts’ brother outclimb Stallone in his own extreme sport action thriller? The answer to the question above is no. As much as I...