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 […]
Action ensemble Showdown in Manila gets a poster and trailer
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 […]
The Female Action Hero
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 […]
Movie Review – The Martial Arts Kid (2015)
The Martial Arts Kid, 2015. Directed by Michael Baumgarten. Starring Jansen Panettiere, Don Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock,Kathryn Newton and Matthew Ziff. SYNOPSIS: When misguided teen orphan, Robbie Oakes (Jansen Panettiere) gets in trouble with the law one too many times, his grandmother has little choice but to uproot him from Cleveland to Cocoa Beach to live […]
Watch the trailer for Showdown in Manila featuring Mark Dacascos, Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock and more
An international teaser trailer has arrived online for the upcoming action thriller Showdown in Manila, which sees Mark Dacascos directing and starring alongside the likes of Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Alexander Nevsky, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Oliver Gruner, Casper Van Dien, Matthias Hues, Monsour del Rosario, Tia Carrerre and Natalie Gubina. Check it out here… […]