Who Killed Captain Alex (2010)
Who Killed Captain Alex is a blast throughout its short length. And personally, I found it kind of inspiring. These men from the slums of Uganda use every resource they can to make movies and entertain people, no matter how silly they turn out.
Cynthia Rothrock destroys Richard Norton with a thousand kicks
Well, maybe not a thousand, but there's certainly an inordinate amount of kicking in this clip from Lady Dragon.
Kathleen Wilhoite’s creative insults
Wilhoite pumps out some of the most gloriously creative insults I've ever heard. I can't decide on my favourite. It's either "dinosaur dork" or "jizzum breath".
“Sorry about your house, buddy!”
This is my favourite scene of shit blowing up in Action U.S.A.. The house of some superfluous hicks gets in the way of a car chase, and, for some reason, IT BLOWS UP!
Bad English in Dragon Fight
Billy Tang's Dragon Fight — a decent Jet Li actioner — features an entire room of confused foreign actors. The dubbed English dialogue constantly mumbles and bumbles over the scene. Someone even yells "SHUT UP!" in the middle of the scene.
Catty martial arts
This scene features Cynthia Rothrock, US martial artist megastar, but the highlight is a fellow American, Jeffrey Falcon, who, for some odd reason, occasionally imitates a cat while fighting.
The Intruder (1986)
Rambu is about to go on his own personal mission to smash everything in sight. And by everything, I mean everything.
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.
How to swear like a bad guy
When Nicole Kidman and her BMX buddies steal walkie-talkies in Brian Trenchard-Smith's teen classic BMX Bandits, it infuriates some hardened criminals. But this reaction from terrifying tough man (David Argue) is utterly chilling.
Over the Top (1987)
Years after Rocky Balboa punched his ways into our hearts and John Rambo shot his load in a few guys, Sylvester Stallone brought to the world his cinematic ode to arm-fucking.
Action movie blu-ray/DVD poetry contest!
To celebrate the addition of our latest regular article, Tough Guys, we’re having a contest/giveaway! If you win, you’ll receive a couple of horrible action movies on blu-ray and DVD. All you have to do is write a short poem about your favourite tough guy of yesteryear. Who’s your favourite action star? Seagal? Lundgren? Van...
Brian Bosworth feeds Fido
Stone Cold (1991) is my favourite action film ever. It’s full of jaw-dropping stunts, Lance Henriksen, great bad one-liners, violence, general stupidity and an amazingly bloody finale. It also stars Brian Bosworth – ex-football player – a casting choice which is both the film’s biggest downfall and its greatest asset. Bosworth looks ridiculous and is...
