Sofia Boutella leaps into action with guns firing on all cylinders for a new image for Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon: Part Two – The Scargiver. Fans of Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire are counting the days until the release of Rebel Moon: Part Two – The Scargiver, touching down on April 19, … Read more
We take a look back at Rapid Fire, the very underrated Brandon Lee action movie that should have made him a star. THE STORY: A college kid (Brandon Lee) witnesses a gangland hit. Betrayed by witness protection, he’s recruited by a task force headed by a no-nonsense cop (Powers Boothe) as a pawn, but little … Read more
Chad Stahelski is upping his working relationship with Lionsgate by signing a multi-year first-look deal focusing on action films. Lionsgate and John Wick aficionado Chad Stahelski are taking their working relationship to the next level after the stuntman-turned-premiere filmmaker inked a multi-year producing deal with the studio focusing on action films. Per today’s official press release, the … Read more
1991’s Ricochet is a terrific action movie starring Denzel Washington and John Lithgow, but it’s frustratingly hard to find. A lot of really fun movies from the eighties and nineties are tough to get decent copies of. While some of the stories have happy endings, other films seem all but doomed to languish until a … Read more
Bob Odenkirk is ready to “get his ass handed to him” once more with Normal, his latest action movie from Nobody screenwriter Derek Kolstad. After getting in on the action game with Nobody, Bob Odenkirk is ready to “get his ass handed to him” once again. It was announced last week that Bob Odenkirk would … Read more
1988’s Shoot to Kill, starring Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Clancy Brown and Kirstie Alley, is a lost 80s action gem. Recently, I wrote an article about movies that were surprisingly hard to find on streaming or Blu-ray, and one of the movies I mentioned was a little-remembered 1988 thriller called Shoot to Kill (aka Deadly … Read more
Dev Patel directs and stars in NBCUniversal’s Monkey Man trailer, featuring a brutal display of power, revenge, and badassery! Move over, John Wick, the Monkey Man, is here to bring revenge cinema to a new level! NBCUniversal debuted a trailer for the Dev Patel-directed action bonanza Monkey Man on Friday, showcasing a brutal display of power that … Read more
Renny Harlin’s The Bricklayer is a ton of fun. It’s gotten a low-key release and has been overshadowed by the (excellent) Beekeeper, but the film is a bit of a hidden gem. Harlin gives it an old-school 80s/90s vibe, making it the best pure action vehicle star Aaron Eckhart’s ever had. I recently had the … Read more
We interview Nina Dobrev about her pivot to action in Renny Harlin’s The Bricklayer, opposite Aaron Eckhart. Nina Dobrev has had a great career, being the lead on The Vampire Diaries for an amazing six seasons while also appearing in movies like Let’s Be Cops, the Flatliners remake and more. Yet, she’s never gotten to … Read more
There are few action movie actors as instantly recognizable as Jason Statham, the steely-voiced Brit whose baleful gaze and skill at stunt work make him one of the most sought after action actors working today. Often slipping into his trademark Cockney accent, Statham brings a street level machismo that grounds even the most out-there plots. … Read more