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The John Woo action classic FACE/OFF (1997) is getting a reboot. RIP to the original John Travolta and Nicolas Cage awesome madness…

A dive into some of the great director John Woo’s American action movie ultimate classics like HARD TARGET, BROKEN ARROW and FACE/OFF.

Apparently ‘Parabellum‘ is Latin for overblown? UAMC reviews John Wick 3 (2019) 2014’S John Wick was a pleasant surprise. And ticked all the boxes for a successful action movie – brutal shootouts, a cool lead character, excellent cinematography, pulsing music and slimy villains – but best of all, our hero wasn’t just a stone-faced killing…

John Wick, like Keanu Reeves, will never die! The first trailer for John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum has landed with Keanu Reeves back on top form as the gun-toting assassin on the run from an army of bounty-hunting killers. In John Wick, he was out for revenge while the sequel John Wick: Chapter 2…

A retrospective into how Bullitt has endeared as a classic 1960s actioner. Even before their 80s/90s heyday, action and thrills have always been a big part of the movies. During the silent era, comedians like Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd peppered their movies with daring stunts and wild chases which inspire filmmakers like Jackie Chan…

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Does Not Get John Carpenter’s Blessing for Big Trouble in Little China Remake. John Carpenter has hit out at Dwayne Johnson’s plans for a Big Trouble In Little China follow-up fronted by WWE icon The Rock. The filmmaker hit out at the project during a round table discussion with CinemaBlend, set…

John Carpenter has a black belt in Action Movies! John Carpenter is known as the maestro of the horror film as the director of two of the genre’s greatest movies in Halloween and The Thing as well as the yet to be acknowledged In The Mouth Of Madness. But this graduate of the USC Film…

Tom Cruise meets John Woo in M:I-2 Note: this is Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) – part of a 6-part series on all the movies in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Click here to read Part 1 on the original Mission: Impossible (1996). By the summer of 2000 the action movie was absolutely back in favor with audiences…

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 noms, and some awards. Hollywood said the makers…