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Movie Review – Black Creek (2024)

June 20, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Black Creek, 2025. Directed by Shannon Lanier and Mike Möller. Starring Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton, Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Patrick Kilpatrick, Keith Cooke, R. Marcus Taylor, Eliza Kelley, Brandy Futch, Benny Urquidez and Keith Vitali. SYNOPSIS A sheriff’s sister seeks revenge against the terrifying leader of a group of outlaws after discovering he brutally murdered […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Benny Urquidez, Black Creek, Brandy Futch, Cynthia Rothrock, Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson, Don Wilson, Eliza Kelley, Keith Cooke, Keith Vitali, Patrick Kilpatrick, R. Marcus Taylor, Richard Norton

The Queens of the B-Movie

November 9, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe celebrates some of the most popular B-movie queens of the video era onward… Think of those legendary actresses of the last few decades. Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Scarlett Johansson, Margot Robbie… Big names, capable of selling a film themselves and a regular big screen fixture. As someone who grew up in the VHS […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bai Ling, Brigitte Nielsen, Cynthia Rothrock, Joan Severance, Linnea Quigley, Shannon Tweed, Sybil Danning

Lady Scorpions trailer sees Cynthia Rothrock out to rescue her granddaughter

August 16, 2024 by Amie Cranswick

Tiger Style Media and Paramount Movies have shared a trailer, poster and images for the action thriller Lady Scorpions. Directed by Bruce Del Castillo, the film stars action icon Cynthia Rothrock as a former FBI agent who teams up with her daughter (Caitlin Dechelle) – a martial arts master – to take down a crime […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Bruce Del Castillo, Caitlin Dechelle, Cynthia Rothrock, Lady Scorpions

The Female Action Hero

July 31, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

Tom Jolliffe on female action heroes… With the impending UK release of Atomic Blonde, it now seems a good time to consider the female action hero. You may think this ‘phenomena’ only stretches back to around the time Sigourney Weaver donned a mecha-suit, but it goes back further. There has certainly been a significant rise […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Angela Mao, Carrie-Anne Moss, Charlize Theron, Connie Chan, Cynthia Rothrock, Gina Carano, Halle Berry, Jeanne Bell, Josephine Siao, Michelle Yeoh, Milla Jovovich, Pam Grier, Scarlett Johansson, Sigourney Weaver, Tamara Dobson

90s Video Action Stars Part II – Jeff Wincott, Michael Dudikoff, Mark Dacascos and Cynthia Rothrock

June 19, 2019 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe continues his look back at 90’s video action stars (read the first part here)…  As I continue on with my 90’s action rampage, revisiting those VHS purveyors of fisticuffs and footicuffs (footicuffs?), I find myself already suffering brain degradation. Some films I revisit have blurred in my memory and re-watching only confirms what […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Cynthia Rothrock, Jeff Wincott, Mark Dacascos, Martial Outlaw, Michael Dudikoff, Rescue Me, Sanctuary, Sworn To Justice

Movie Review – The Last Kumite (2024)

May 28, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

The Last Kumite,2024. Directed by Ross W. Clarkson. Starring Mathis Landwehr, Matthias Hues, Kurt McKinney, Billy Blanks, Cynthia Rothrock, Michel Qissi, Abdul Qissi, David Kurzhal, Kira Kortenbach, Mona Moula and Mike Derudder. SYNOPSIS Michael Rivers, a skilled martial artist is forced to fight in an illegal fighting tournament in order to save his daughter. Along […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Abdel Qissi, Billy Blanks, Cynthia Rothrock, David Kurzhal, Kurt McKinney, Mathis Landwehr, Matthias Hues, Michel Qissi, Paul Hertzog, Ross W Clarkson, Stan Bush, The Last Kumite

4K Ultra HD Review – China O’Brien / China O’Brien 2

April 27, 2024 by admin

China O’Brien / China O’Brien 2, 1990 Directed by Robert Clouse. Starring Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton, Keith Cooke, Cindy Clark, Tiffany Soter, Nijel, Billy Blanks. SYNOPSIS: 4K UHD box set featuring both Cynthia Rothrock-led martial arts action classics from the VHS era. In a genre where the underdog is constantly being championed and many prize […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Billy Blanks, China O'Brien, China O’Brien 2, Cindy Clark, Cynthia Rothrock, Keith Cooke, Nijel, Richard Norton, Robert Clouse, Tiffany Soter

Martial arts throwback The Last Kumite gets a trailer and poster

April 27, 2024 by Gary Collinson

Altitude has released a poster and trailer for The Last Kumite, and 80s and 90s-influenced martial arts throwback from director Ross W. Clarkson and featuring an ensemble cast of martial arts favourites including Cynthia Rothrock (China O’Brien), Billy Blanks (Talons of the Eagle), Michel and Abdel Qissi (Kickboxer), Matthias Hues (Death Match), Kurt McKinney (No […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Abdel Qissi, Billy Blanks, Cynthia Rothrock, David Kurzhal, Kurt McKinney, Mathis Landwehr, Matthias Hues, Michel Qissi, Mike Möller, Ross W Clarkson, The Last Kumite

Cannon’s Avengers: What If… Cannon Films Did the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

April 6, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Here in the Flickering Myth multiverse, we look at how a Cannon-produced Avengers epic may have been cast… The Marvel Cinematic Universe enjoyed an unprecedented run of success after Robert Downey Jr kicked off a major era in movies back with 2008’s Iron Man. Some might not have enjoyed the all-powerful grip that the MCU […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Albert Pyun, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Drago, Brandon Lee, Brooke Shields, Bruce Lee, cannon films, Carl Weathers, Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris, Corey Feldman, Cynthia Rothrock, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Frank Langella, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lou Ferrigno, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Michael Dudikoff, Mickey Rourke, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Steve James, Sylvester Stallone

Ten Action Sequels The World Needs To See

January 14, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Originality be damned in Hollywood, it’s time to look at some action sequels the world needs… Recently it was announced that Sly Stallone would be donning his climbing gear and hitting the mountains for a Cliffhanger sequel. That sent the Flickering Myth office into a frenzy of ideas… actually, it was just me in a […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Big Trouble in Little China, China O'Brien, Conan the Barbarian, Cynthia Rothrock, Dark Angel, Dolph Lundgren, Dredd, Drive, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Karl Urban, Keanu Reeves, King Conan, Kurt Russell, Lionheart, Mark Dacascos, Matthias Hues, nemesis, Olivier Gruner, Sandra Bullock, Speed, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Universal Soldier: Regeneration

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