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Cobra Kai needs a Cynthia Rothrock Sting

March 1, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on why Cynthia Rothrock should be a part of Cobra Kai season 5… Cobra Kai Season 4 is still fresh from the oven on Netflix. Like every season before it, it’s a perfect unison of slightly soapy coming of age angst, brawls, humour, nostalgia and just the right level of fan service. It’s […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Cobra Kai, Cynthia Rothrock, Martin Kove, Ralph Macchio, The Karate Kid, Thomas Ian Griffith, William Zabka

Cynthia Rothrock: The First Lady of International Action

August 2, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the career of action heroine Cynthia Rothrock… Western stars who have managed to break China and Hong Kong successfully are a rare breed. In fact there’s probably only one person who has found success as a major action star in China, as well as in the west. Some have […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: China O'Brien, Cynthia Rothrock, Fast Getaway, Lady Dragon, Millionaires Express, Righting Wrongs, Sworn To Justice, Tiger Claws, Yes Madam

Unsung Action Heroines Who Deserve the Spotlight

April 1, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos presents underappreciated action heroines… It’s a fact that men dominated the action genre of the 80s and 90s. Sure, occasionally you had some women stand out like Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor and Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, but studios were more prone to highlight their male counterparts in the marketing department. And […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: Angela Mao, cynthia khan, Cynthia Rothrock, kara hui, karen sheperd, Marvelous Videos, Michelle Yeoh, michiko nishiwaki, moon lee, sophia crawford, Zoe Bell

Tiger Claws II: The Lunar New Year Film to See

February 12, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

With Lunar New Year upon us, Tom Jolliffe looks back at an oddball straight-to-video opus set over Chinese New Year… We’re into the year of the Ox. Across the world many people have been celebrating the Lunar New Year, whether it’s their cultural norm, or whether they’ve been allured by a supermarket promotion to give […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bolo Yeung, Cynthia Rothrock, J.Stephen Maunder, Jalal Merhi, Tiger Claws, Tiger Claws II

An Action Classic That Never Happened: William Friedkin directs Stallone and Rothrock in The Executioner

September 6, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe dives back to a potential action classic that never got rolling. Sylvester Stallone as directed by William Friedkin, with Cynthia Rothrock also attached at one point… Let’s talks action. Let’s throw the name of an icon into the mix…Sylvester Stallone. The man who gave the world Rambo and Rocky. At a time during […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Cynthia Rothrock, Sylvester Stallone, The Executioner, William Friedkin

A 90’s Video Double Bill: Sabotage and Night Vision

August 29, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at two well cast 90’s video thrillers, Sabotage and Night Vision… Many a 90’s straight to video special has been left cast asunder by time. Some left forever to remain as rare VHS copies, occasionally appearing on Ebay, or low resolution uploads on Youtube. Certain cult favourites do find their way […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Carrie Ann Moss, Cynthia Rothrock, Fred Williamson, Gil Bettman, Graham Greene, John Neville, Mark Dacascos, Night Vision, Robert Forster, Sabotage, Tibor Takacs, Tony Todd

A Look Back at The Expendables Franchise (And a Look Forward…)

August 13, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Ten years on from the release of the first movie, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Expendables franchise and then looks at where it can go now (and who needs to join the crew)… When The Expendables was first announced in late 2009, my excitement levels went through the roof. Initially it was Sylvester Stallone, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chad Stahelski, Cynthia Rothrock, Danny Trejo, Dave Bautista, Dolph Lundgren, Don Wilson, Donnie Yen, Eric Roberts, Gary Daniels, Jackie Chan, Jason Statham, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jet Li, Mark Dacascos, Michael Jai White, Mickey Rourke, Patrick Hughes, Simon West, Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables, The Expendables 2, The Expendables 3, The Expendables 4, Wesley Snipes

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

Action ensemble Showdown in Manila gets a poster and trailer

January 16, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Two posters and a trailer have arrived online for the upcoming action thriller Showdown in Manila, which sees Mark Dacascos directing a cast that includes Alexander Nevsky, Casper Van Dien, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere, Matthias Hues, Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock and Olivier Gruner; check them out here… Private detectives Nick (Alexander Nevsky) and […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Alexander Nevsky, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Casper Van Dien, Cynthia Rothrock, Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson, Mark Dacascos, Matthias Hues, Olivier Gruner, Tia Carrere

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

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