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

Top Gun (1986) takes on its “ultimate knockoff” Iron Eagle (1986)! We have ourselves another ultimate showdown between two high flying dogfighters, the original Top Gun (1986) versus Iron Eagle (1986). (Check out past episodes on Batman vs Black Scorpion, Lethal Weapon vs. LA Vice, The Fugitive vs. Fugitive X, RoboCop vs. RoboVampire and Double Impact vs. Twin Dragons.) Copycats is a…

Neglected but not forgotten. The 90’s were a strange, fluid time for action flicks. The old model of making them – a huge star would be the lead, the budget would be in the high millions, there’d be a ton of blood and one-liners thrown about, along with f-bombs – was changing into a safer,…

Let’s see if we can give these Oscar-winning dramas an ultimate action kick! Some stories could be told as dramas or action films. Filmmakers tend to prefer to make dramas because they’re more prestigious than action films. A drama can get you an Oscar nomination. An action film can get you lambasted by pseudo-intellectual film…

Vince Murdocco takes action Direct-to-Video God, I loved the video store. Trolling the shelves of my local Blockbuster or Planet Video for the hidden gems of action and horror movies. Sure, I saw a lot of crummy flicks, but every once in a while, I found a video that blew my mind. Trolling through the…