Point Break: How Kathryn Bigelow Constructed an Ultimate Action Masterpiece

A look into how the legendary action director Kathryn Bigelow created the singular greatest achievements in cinema ever! In honor of Women’s History Month let’s...

Red Scorpion: The Ultimate One-Man Army vs. Communism Actioner

One of Dolph Lundgren's most over-the-top and high-octane action romps. The 1980s saw a glut of cold-war themed action movies, and Red Scorpion closed out...

Why Licence to Kill is the Most Ultimate James Bond Film

Timothy Dalton at his James Bond Best Nowadays we are a lot more accustomed to a harder edge to Great Britain’s debonair super spy James...

The True Heir to Bruce Lee is Sonny Chiba in ‘The Street Fighter’

Give it up for certified UAMC legend Sonny Chiba! Everybody has an opinion about who was the natural successor to Bruce Lee upon his death...

Michael Worth and Matthias Hues Kill in ‘Fists of Iron’

Fists of Iron deserves to be talked about as one of the crowning achievements of 90s martial arts action! The other night, I was in...
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David Bradley Goes ‘Death Warrant’ in ‘Hard Justice’ (1995)

Featuring a killer cast of UAMC characters with Yuji Okumoto, Charles Napier, Vernon Wells and Professor Toru Tanaka! By the mid 90's, David Bradley had...

How to Shape a Modern Kung Fu Actioner with ‘Lady Detective Shadow’

UAMC reviews 'Lady Detective Shadow' (2018) and its classic kung fu origins. Here's our Ultimate Action Movie Club review of Lady Detective Shadow directed by...

Fantastic Fest Standout ‘VFW’ channels the UAMC classics!

Joe Begos' VFW is truly a masterclass into how to make ultimate action in 2019... Let’s get this out of the way upfront. VFW is...

Why Didn’t ‘Action Jackson’ Get a Sequel?

The story of an ultimate 'Action Jackson' (1988) sequel. Action Jackson was the film that was supposed to launch the action movie career of its...

Will Smith Proves He’ll Always be an Ultimate Action Star in ‘Gemini Man’

The Cinema Drunkie has Will Smith's back with the critically-mixed, but ultimately awesome sci-fi actioner 'Gemini Man' (2019). When I saw the first trailer for...