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Why Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie is Pure 90s Gold

Animated Action Packs A Punch in Street Fighter II (1994) By the early 1990’s, arcades were in a massive decline. Once the haunt of choice...

Bruce Lee: The Dragon Lives in ‘A Warrior’s Journey’ (2000)

The Game of Death Brings Bruce Lee to life What if I were to tell everybody that there is a Bruce Lee movie that nobody...

Legionnaire: Van Damme’s Period Desert Epic

Jean Claude Van Damme gets real in Legionnaire (1998) The late 90s was an odd time to be a fan of action movies. Many big action...

The Birth of ‘The Man with No Name’ Action Movie Archetype

How 'Yojimbo' and 'A Fistful of Dollars' shaped the modern action movie star When Italian director Sergio Leone began production on what would become his...

Bill Hader Tries Serious Action and Acting in ‘Barry’

But does the HBO action comedy work? Best known for his time at Saturday Night Live and being buddies with Lebron James in Trainwreck, Bill...

An Introduction to the Samurai Way in ‘The Challenge’ (1982)

Scott Glenn, Toshiro Mifune and the Way of the Samurai. The Challenge is a 1982 martial arts masterpiece and one of my all time favorite...

Remo Williams: Fred Ward as America’s James Bond

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) I was raised reading a series of pulp novels entitled The Destroyer.  It told the story of a NYPD...

Why ‘Pray for Death’ (1985) is the Ultimate Ninja Movie

Sho Kosugi, Ultimate Ninja Warrior As a child of the 80s, I grew up with a lot of awesome things. Saturday morning cartoons. Comic books....

5 Underappreciated Action Movies of the 1990s

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...

Lionheart (1990): Van Damme’s Forgotten Masterpiece

Lionheart takes on Bloodsport for JCVD Supremacy With Jean-Claude Van Damme’s recent revelation that later this year he will begin filming Lionheart 2, a direct...