Movies 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 cop whose death is faked as he’s recruited into a top secret government organization called CURE, tasked with eliminating the enemies of America. In change of his training to…
Movies Before he was James Bond, Pierce Brosnan was Mark Taffin. For many people of a certain age, Pierce Brosnan is their James Bond. Racking up an impressive four outings as Britain’s most famous secret agent, he truly made the part his own in the 1990’s. Being tall, dark and handsome, combined with an intimidating…
Movies STREET KNIGHT, Jeff Speakman, 1993. ©Cannon Films Jeff Speakman delivers the ultimate action goods in Street Knight (1991). UAMC honors the great Jeff Speakman and his breakout performance in Street Knight! 1991 saw the introduction of American Kenpo Karate master Jeff Speakman to the masses. He had bit parts in Lionheart, Slaughterhouse Rock as well…
Movies ‘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,…
Movies The Hidden. Ultimate Gem. Directed by Jack Sholder, The Hidden came out in 1987, which was a great year for action movies with such classics as Predator, Robocop, Lethal Weapon and Beverly Hills Cop. To say the 80’s was a decade of excess is a bit of an understatement. Excessive Roots When you think of…
Lists Cynthia Rothrock rocking out action style! Cynthia Rothrock is the Ultimate Queen of Action Movies! Cynthia Rothrock kicking ass as usual Women have always played roles in action movies, but in this testosterone fueled genre they mainly took a backseat to the men. They were sidekicks, eye candy, victims who needed saving. Cynthia Rothrock…
Lists 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…
Movies COP, James Woods, 1988. ©Atlantic Releasing Corporation James Woods Gets Dirty in the Genre-Defining ‘Cop’ (1988) Back in 1997, the adaptation of pulp crime writer James Ellrory’s novel L.A. Confidential hit the screen and was met with rapturous applause. The performances, cinematography, score, writing, editing and direction were all praised and blessed with Oscar…
Lists Lethal Weapon (1987) Takes on its Ultimate Knockoff L.A. Vice (1989) We have an ultimate showdown between UAMC-favorite Lethal Weapon (1987) versus its awesome B-movie rip-off L.A. Vice (1989) in this edition of COPYCATS! (Check out past episodes on The Fugitive vs. Fugitive X and RoboCop vs. RoboVampire.) Copycats is a bimonthly column about…
Movies Did Bruce Willis Bring Death Wish Back to Life? The career of Bruce Willis has certainly taken a heat since his action movie heyday of the 80s and 90s. With mostly DVD-only releases, minus some pretty not good Die Hard sequels, he’s been doing cameo-heavy work from project to project. He even messed things…
