Action Movie Hall of Fame

There are still no buddy comedies in the Action Movie Hall of Fame, but Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker will try to be the first with 1998's Rush Hour. Will the chemistry of the two leads propel the movie into the AMHOF, or will they end up hitting a road block?

Up for potential induction on this week's episode of the Action Movie Hall of Fame is 1987's Robocop. Has the action satire aged well enough over the years, or will Matt and Dereck cut Robocop down to size?

Before he was a bad boy, he was a fresh prince. With an up and down action movie career, does Will Smith deserve entry into the Action Movie Hall of Fame, or will he get tossed to the curb like his DJ friend?

We celebrate the week of 420 with the first action-comedy up for consideration for the Action Movie Hall of Fame, 2008's Pineapple Express.  Will Seth Rogen and crew be able to take Pineapple Express to a greater state of consciousness, or will their chances go up in smoke?

Here at the Action Movie Hall of Fame, a movie must be out for 5 years to be considered for induction. But that doesn't mean we can't review contemporary movies. We ease into reviewing our first new movie, with the 4 hour behemoth of a film: Zack Snyder's Justice League. Will this be a movie worthy of a future review for the AMHOF?

The sequel to 28 Days Later is more action than horror, so we give it a run on the Action Movie Hall of Fame. Will 28 Weeks Later be able to break down the doors to the HOF, or we will we be forced to firebomb the whole thing?

We usually review movies for the Action Movie Hall of Fame, but this week we're taking a look back at 2 individual vying for entry to the HOF. Does Ridley Scott's long career help or hurt his action movie credentials? And will Mark Wahlberg be able to muscle his way into the Hall?

It's the movie that launched Liam Neeson into an action icon late in his career. But do 2008's Taken, and it's star, have a very particular set of skills, skills acquired over a very long career, to make it into the Action Movie Hall of Fame, or will this podcast be a nightmare for people like them?

This week on the Action Movie Hall of Fame, we're not sure if we're reviewing John Rambo, or if John Rambo is reviewing us. The 1982 action classic of a broken man with a deadly background who's just looking for a bite to eat - does First Blood have what it takes to make it into the AMHOF, or will we tell Rambo to get out of town?

Terminator 2 was revolutionary when it was released in 1991, but 30 years later, does it still hold up? Smash your face through the windshield of a helicopter, pour your body through the jagged hole, sit down in the pilot seat, and join the ride as Matt and Dereck discuss whether T2 will be immortalized in the Action Movie Hall of Fame, or if will it face it's own Judgement Day.

This week, we're trying something a little different on the Action Movie Hall of Fame.  Instead of looking at potential movies for induction, we're looking at people. More specifically, director John McTiernan, and actor Harrison Ford. McTiernan has brought us action staples like Die Hard and Predator, but will his late career flops work against him? Then we deep dive off a dam into the...

In 1994, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock jumped onto a bus and into our hearts in the summer action movie blockbuster,  Speed.  Famously, the bus made an impossible jump over a portion of missing freeway. But does  Speed  have what it takes to make the leap from summer blockbuster to the Action Movie Hall of Fame?

We take our first look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the movie that started it all, 2008's  Iron Man.   The movie was enough to bring Robert Downey Jr.'s career back to life, and give life to the MCU. But do Tony and his crew have enough heart to make it into the Action Movie Hall of Fame?

It's the AMHOF's Valentine's Day episode. Big mistake! Upon re-visiting this movie, we discover Arnold's character Harry treats his wife, Jamie Lee Curtis, horribly and doesn't deserve her. Will his bad behavior keep  True Lies  out of the Hall of Fame, or can James Cameron's action-directing chops save the day?

This time, it's war! Sigourney Weaver returns to the role of Ellen Ripley in 1986's Aliens,  sequel to 1979's  Alien.   Once again, she finds herself face to face with the xenomorph, but will she find herself in the  Action Movie Hall of Fame?

We're trying something new on the Action Movie Hall of Fame this week. For this episode, we're checking out the trailer for Nobody , starring Bob Odenkirk. Based on the trailer, Matt and Dereck will guess what score the movie will eventually receive on Rotten Tomatoes. Will Nobody be Fresh? Check out the trailer, then listen to the show! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZti8QKBWPo

How do you like them apples? Matt Damon busts onto the action scene in 2002's  The Bourne Identity.   Once Jason Bourne realizes his true identity, does he have the skill to get out of the hitman business, and into the Action Movie Hall of Fame?

Denzel Washington plays a unstoppable killing machine in the name of good in 2014's  The Equalizer. Sure, Robert "Bob" McCall knows his way around a HomeMart...but how well versed is he with the Action Movie Hall of Fame?

Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery star in the 1996 action classic The Rock. But does a 90s action movie directed by Michael Bay deserve entry into the the Action Movie Hall of Fame ?

Welcome to the Action Movie Hall of Fame! Each week, our co-hosts Matt Brand and Dereck Bordeleau do a deep-dive on an action movie, then decide if it belongs in the Action Movie Hall of Fame. This week, find out if Daniel Craig has what it takes to get the James Bond Franchise its first entry into the AMHOF with 2006's Casino Royale.

Welcome to the Action Movie Hall of Fame! Each week, our co-hosts Matt Brand and Dereck Bordeleau do a deep-dive on an action movie, then decide if it belongs in the Action Movie Hall of Fame. To celebrate the release of their first episode, the AMHOF crew is reviewing Die Hard on Christmas Eve.