The Carpenter Series Part 2: Rebelling Against the State in ‘Escape from New York’

Part 2 of our ongoing series exploring the ultimate action movies from the legendary John Carpenter. Welcome back to the Carpenter series! You can find...

The James Bond Gymnast: Remembering the UAMC Classic ‘Spitfire’ (1995)

Action Packed Super Spy Gymnast. It was 1995 and director Albert Pyun (Cyborg, Dollman) was prepping to film his new cyborg/kickboxing movie, Heatseeker. Facing delays,...

GoldenEye: What Did The Game Have That The Film Didn’t? (And Vice versa)

Nintendo 64’s popular video game GoldenEye 007 was separated from its source film by almost two years. The film, released in November 1995 and...

Mission Impossible 2: Hong Kong Takes Over Hollywood

Tom Cruise meets John Woo in M:I-2 Note: this is Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) - part of a 6-part series on all the movies in...

The Powers of Horror and Action Combine for ‘Tribal: Get Out Alive’

A solid genre mash-up with some very ultimate action! Over the years, I have discovered that, as an ultimate action movie fanatic, I share a...

Charles Bronson Delivers the Ultimate Goods in ‘Assassination’ (1987)

Is there anything the Bros-man can't do? Everyone in life must find their own path and carve out their own niche. This can only be...

The Greatest Foreign Action Film is Luc Besson’s ‘District B13’ (2004)

Because who doesn't love ultimate action more than the French? I would like to nominate a movie for the greatest foreign film in the Ultimate...

UAMC Review: ‘Midnight Ride’ is an Ultimate 90s Guilty Pleasure!

Mark Hamill, Michael Dudikoff and Savina Gersak star in Midnight Ride (1990). Housewife Laura (Savina Gersak) has had it with her cop husband Lawson (Michael...

Doomsday: An Ultimate Homage to 80s Escapism and Action

A look back at Neil Marshall's critically under-appreciated Doomsday (2008). Neil Marshall established himself as an expert for creating nerve-wrecking horror-action hybrids with his first...

Mean Guns: Albert Pyun’s Ultimate Battle Royale Film

A masterclass in indie action filmmaking by the late genre auteur Albert Pyun. Recently, the sad news of Albert Pyun's death broke. It is a...