Sometimes even just a picture of Chuck Norris is all you need to intimidate. Chuck Norris is not a man you mess with.The mere mention of his name in any given scenario is likely to send bad guys running for the hills. Everyone knows the score when Norris is around. But the power of the…
The embattled director is no longer helming the sword-and-sorcery actioner. While news of Arnold Schwarzenegger pushing for a third Conan the Barbarian movie heats up (reportedly a King Conan final role for Arnold is in the works), the sword-and-sorcery female led spin-off Red Sonja reboot has dropped director Bryan Singer amidst his sexual assault allegations….
The story of how Jean-Claude Van Damme “wept” when he saw the first cut of Bloodsport, and how he was able to get it recut into the ultimate action classic!
Re-examining Kevin Costner’s ‘Waterworld’ (1995) and how it could have been made ultimate! Believe it or not Kevin Costner was once thought as an action movie star. Not for long. He had a few films categorized as action; The Postman and Dances with Wolves (which was more of a drama) for example. But the film…
Arnold back as “King Conan”? Yes ultimately please! Arnold Schwarzenegger is an action movie star of many franchises; Terminator, Predator and The Expendables to name but a few. But one franchise that’s been sorely overlooked in recent times is Conan the Barbarian. John Milius’ inspired 1982 effort based on the comic book character created by…
Steven Seagal keeps the hits coming with new Japanese actioner ‘General Commander’ (2018). Our ultimate action movie tough guy aka Akido action master Steven Seagal is at it again messing around with some bad dudes in this latest trailer for General Commander. Seagal – who has been an action movie enigma in these years past…
The Avengers gets the fan-made retro trailer makeover to up its ultimateness 1990%! We’ve gone through the debates on this before. One true Ultimate Action Movies need to be from the UAMC golden era predominantly focused on the 1980s and 90s. We’ve also debated if Marvel superhero movies like The Avengers: Endgame are even ultimate…
The mystery of Van Damme’s reasons have finally be solved… Kinda. Though it seems hard to fathom now, there was a time when John McTiernan’s 80s action sci-fi classic was set to pit Arnold Schwarzenegger and a young Jean-Claude Van Damme. The Muscles from Brussels was originally casted at the titular alien only to suddenly…
‘Die Hard’ Meets ‘Shaun of the Dead’ in This Fun, Fast-Paced Action Thriller. The perils of low-budget filmmaking are given a fresh and frenetic twist in this inspired action thriller from writer-director Marc Price. Nightshooters centres on a group of budding horror movie makers who, during a night of filming at a soon-to-be-demolished high-rise, end…
Just the ultimate facts about Van Damme’s action classic – Bloodsport (1988)! Back in 1988 a budding martial artist from Belgium was searching for his big break having been unceremoniously dumped from his previous movie, Predator (which is a story unto itself). His name was Jean-Claude Van Damme and, as fate would have it, he was…
