Steele Justice (1987)
In-between Karate Kids, Hollywood sought fit to grant Martin Kove a leading role in an action film. Does Kove have the charisma to pull off a starring role? Spoiler alert: no.
Final Score (1986)
Final Score is a film on a mission. A mission to deliver more punches, kicks, broken bones, dead stuntmen and exploding houses than any other movie, and I think it might just have succeeded.
Hollywood Cop (1987)
RAPING, ROBBING, KIDNAPPING, KILLING... THE ACTION NEVER STOPS. This is the tagline that’s proudly displayed on the poster for Hollywood Cop, so my expectations were pretty high already.
Excessive Force (1993)
It's cheesy in the right spots and brutal when it needs to be. If you want to take a break from Seagal and Van Damme but still have a hankering for 90s action, Excessive Force is a worthwhile sidestep.
Russian Terminator (1989)
Russian Terminator is a film that kind of defies description. There is a ninja, but in no way could you call Russian Terminator a ninja film. Also, there aren't any Terminators in it, although there are at least two scenes that rip off The Terminator
Special Silencers (1979)
I've learned to expect certain things from Arizal: indecipherable plotting, terrible acting, hilarious scripting, ridiculous hair, sweat, comedy villains, funky music, explosions and insane stunts. And while Special Silencers delivers on all counts, it ups the ante by adding something new to the repertoire — Gore.
Killing American Style (1990)
Killing American Style won't reignite your passion for the great American action movie. But then hey, neither does The Expendables, and I know which one I'd rather watch.
The Intruder (1986)
Rambu is about to go on his own personal mission to smash everything in sight. And by everything, I mean everything.
Samurai Cop (1989)
Samurai Cop is like taking a peek into the unfiltered mind of an intense 14 year old boy's macho wet dream fantasy. Its uneasy mixture of tasteless laughs and extreme violence makes it essential viewing for trash lovers.
The Stabilizer (1986)
To rattle on about this movie in depth is to do it an injustice – there is no brain behind this thing and there is nothing to consider other than what it is – a ridiculous actioner. And it's all the better for it.
Back in Action (1993)
Roddy Piper joins wooden Billy Blanks. Wooden would be praise. Wood has grains and knots. In other words wood has character. Blanks is more like a muscled shirtless slab of fuming MDF. But Blanks makes up for his acting by turning Back in Action into his own kicking rampage.
Cop (1988)
James Woods. Not only is he a fantastic and ridiculous actor, he’s also a fascinating person. Everything about the guy is odd – his absurdly high IQ, his intensely right wing political views (which I don’t subscribe to, by the way) and his controversial, often bizarre, statements. Outside of Tom Cruise, I struggle to think...
