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...

UAMC Reviews: John Wick Chapter 3 – Parabellum #2

If you want war, prepare for Wick... John Wick is the living personification of martial arts and Parabellum is the masterpiece he is about to...
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UAMC Reviews: John Wick Chapter 3 – Parabellum #1

Apparently 'Parabellum' is Latin for overblown? 2014’S John Wick was a pleasant surprise. And ticked all the boxes for a successful action movie – brutal...

The Comforting, Unpretentious and Ultimate Legacy of ‘Patriot Games’ (1992)

Harrison Ford's Jack Ryan serves up an ultimate helping of action movie comfort food. Patriot Games is not a movie that’s going to blow your...

How Mark Dacascos Paved the Way for John Wick in ‘Sanctuary’ (1997)

Before there was Keanu Reeves as John Wick, there was Mark Dacascos as Father Luke. One of my favorite straight to video titles of the...

The Rise of Ultimate Action Disaster Movies with ‘Damnation Alley’

George Peppard, Jan Michael Vincent and the greatest vehicle in movie history! The 1970s was the decade of the disaster movie. It brought us Airport,...

Assassins: How the Stallone Action Thriller Inspired The Matrix

Assassins occupies a strange place in the Sylvester Stallone action movie canon. Neither widely acclaimed or roundly lambasted, it’s a film that’s largely been consigned...

Sudden Death: When Jean-Claude Van Damme Checked Die Hard

It's Van Damme on ice in Sudden Death (1995). Yes, we all love Die Hard. While it might technically owe its roots to other disaster...

UAMC Reviews the Camp Action of ‘Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance’

A look into how Samurai Cop II (2015) expounds upon the campy original actioner. In her “Notes on Camp,” Susan Sontag noted that the best...

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...