Pre-Bond Brosnan Goes Ballistic in Taffin (1988)
Before he was James Bond, Pierce Brosnan was kicking butt and taking names as Mark Taffin in the Irish action classic Taffin (1988).
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Car Fu 101 John Carpenters Black Moon Rising 1986
The 80s Car-Fu classic ‘Black Moon Rising’ gets our motor running! I’m going to let you in on a secret from the 1980s. It is one of the best low budget action as well as Car-Fu movies from that period, and starred a bunch of actors that all went on to become A list celebrities. It was…
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Ranking The Die Hard Movies From Worst To Best
Bruce Willis welcomes UAMC to the party, pal! All the Die Hard movies ranked! Everyone knows which the best Die Hard movie is. Anyone suggesting otherwise should be forced to walk the streets wearing a sandwich board extolling the virtues of Die Hard 4.0. But trying to separate the rest of the ultimate Bruce Willis franchise…
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Discover Jason Bournes Vhs Roots In Timebomb 1991
TIMEBOMB: an UAMC Classic You Should Never Forget 1991 brought us a movie that I thought was way ahead of its time. It was Jason Bourne before we knew who Jason Bourne was. It was called TIMEBOMB and stared Michael Biehn as Eddie Kay, a man leading a simple life as a watch repairman. One…
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Why Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie is Pure 90s Gold
An ultimate action movie anime classic, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie packs a pure 90s golden hurricane kick of animated action awesomeness!
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Action Has A New Name A Review Of Excessive Force 1993
Thomas Ian Griffith in his finest role. Excessive Force is a fun little direct to video actioner from 1993 starring Mr. Terry Silver himself, Thomas Ian Griffith, as an asskicking, mullet rocking, jazz playing badass cop taking down mobsters in Chicago. The movie was intended to make Griffith the new action hero of the 90s….
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Legionnaire Van Dammes 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 heroes saw their star power fade as audiences began to turn away from their awesome movies of violence and revenge in favour of more tame fare. What a truly hellish…
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Birth Man 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 Western epic, A Fistful of Dollars, little did he know that he would be setting the wheels in motion for what would become the blueprint for the modern day action…
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Bill Hader Tries Serious Action Acting 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 Hader’s new HBO show Barry blends comedy with classic hitman action – kind of. But what does an action comedy look like in today’s day and age? Is it something…
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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 action movies. Set in modern day Japan, it tells the tale of two brothers. One a corporate titan and the other a modern day Samurai – fighting to reunite two…