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...
Knightriders: Remembering George A. Romero’s Motorcycle Renaissance Film
The odd - but still ultimate - action of George A. Romero's 'Knightriders' (1981). The close of the 1970s gave us a movie about a...
3 Reasons ‘U.S. Marshals’ is Better Than ‘The Fugitive’
Wesley Snipes steps in for Harrison Ford, but Tommy Lee Jones gets the spotlight. Based on the popular 1960s TV series, the 1993 remake of...
The Documentary Story of How Chuck Norris Defeated Communism
Chuck Norris = 1. Communism = 0. Chuck Norris has literally altered the course of human history. And he did it without firing a single...
Air Force One: When a Fictional American President Became Ultimate
All hail Harrison Ford's Ultimate President Marshall! When I first viewed Air Force One (1997), I really did not like the film. That’s because for...
Jeff Speakman is in Rare and Ultimate Form in ‘Running Red’ (1999)
A surprisingly solid Saturday night actioner! Before streaming channels like Amazon Prime, Hulu, Netflix and scores of others popped up, Blockbuster Video ruled supreme. But...
‘No Chance’: The Ultimate Action Movie Sequel/Spoof to ‘Commando’
Arnold's 'Commando' deserves the ultimate legacy that is 'No Chance' (2017) Action movies from the 1980s are a special breed unto themselves. Not only did...
