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188 - Seasons Greetings from Tristan & Greg! We have a VERY special episode this week, a bit of a two-parter; One part The Muppet Christmas Carol, and one part '2022 Year in Review' where we revisit some of our top (and bottom) films that we have covered this year. That's two for one, folks! A Christmas miracle!!!!! Continue the conversation over on our 'Friends of the Show' Facebook group here Se...

187 - It's our first Fincher! But not our first Michael Douglas (ooee). Join us as we dive into the oft-neglected classic wedged between Seven and Fight Club. Is this film classic Fincher? Or tier 2? How re-watchable are movies with twists? Does Charlie Wilson sing the definitive version of the Yams song? This and more in this weeks episode. Enjoy! Full version of Sweet Yams by Fetty Was and Charl...

RE-RELEASE - In the lead up to Avatar 2, what better cure for James Cameron fever than that other sequel he made 31 years ago.  Continue the conversation over on our 'Friends of the Show' Facebook group here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook Group Follow us on TikTok

185 - We are nearly 200 hundred episodes in and have only covered ONE Steven Seagal movie. That changes now. We are now doubling our Seagal coverag with our second outing, Under Siege. Do you like Die Hard? Do you like boats? Do you like Gary Busey in drag? You came to the right place. Join us as we dive into that movie with that one scene that changed your life as a young teen. Continue the conve...

When you were eight and you had bad traits You go to school and learn the golden rule So why are you acting like a bloody fool? If you get hot, you must get cool Continue the conversation over on our 'Friends of the Show' Facebook group here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook Group Follow us on TikTok

183 - for our final week of our Halloween Spooktacular series, we are doing things a little different, and diving into an ICONIC Simpsons episode. This is the first time we are diving as deep into a 22 minute episode as we do an entire movie, so join us and let us know if you want more of this sort of thing! Continue the conversation over on our 'Friends of the Show' Facebook group here See omnyst...

182 - HAPPY HALLOWEEN, FOLKS! We have the episode you probably haven't been waiting for right here ready to accompany you on your spooky commute to or from work. Or on a spooky treadmill. Or maybe some sort of spooky pilates class. Halloween season is very much a season of the witch in many ways, as is this film - except there are no witches at all in this film. Sometimes writing these blurbs is h...

181 - We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a VERY special episode with one of our WOTS (wives of the show), Ara Ko, while Greg is somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. So join us as we talk Witches, witchcraft, and the Salem Witch Trials, and decide how this Halloween favourite holds up in 2022. Continue the conversation over on our 'Friends of the Show' Facebook group here Se...

180 - When it comes to iconic horror films, it doesn't get much bigger than The Shining. And of course, the bigger the movie is, the deeper we go. So in addition to the the usual origin story, plot and legacy breakdowns, we deep dive into all the rich little nuggets that this film provides, from Scatman Crothers and Ancient Indian Burial ground tropes to reappraisals of Shelly Duval's performance...

179 - It's week two of our 3rd annual Halloween Spooktacular and we are going SLIGHTLY further back than usual with 1976's The Omen. in addition to all the usual pieces you have come to expect, we dive into 70s foods for some reason, as well share spooky stories from the 'cursed' production of The Omen (and other famous 'cursed' films), because Halloween. Continue the conversation over on our 'Fri...

178 - is spooky season let's gooooooooo! Our first spooktacular film of the season is found footage pioneer, The Blair Witch Project. This is an interesting one. Can an iconic and ground breaking film in from 1999 feel a little boring in 2022? Maybe... (maybe not). Continue the conversation over on our 'Friends of the Show' Facebook group here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. F...

177 - We have a very special episode this week, with Petros Patsilivas (from the Caged In / Coppola Connections podcast) joining us while Greg is away on family vacay. So join us as this Aussie and Pommy dive into the childhood American dream with Rookie of the Year! You can find the Caged In / Coppola Connections pod all on the same feed, here for Apple, and here for Spotify. If you love Nic Cage...

176 - It's the final week of Sequel September and its a doozy. Predator 2 is a fascinating pop-cultural artefact, a box office disappointment and critically panned at the time, it's easy to overlook in the Predator franchise, but what if.... it's freaking awesome?! Join us as we unpack this 1990 time capsule and find out! Continue the conversation over on our 'Friends of the Show' Facebook group h...

175 - Sequel September continues with Axle Foley and the gang and a kinda hard to follow plot, but jam-packed with Eddie Murphy magic nonetheless. So join us as we dive deep into this 80s classic and decide how it holds up in 2022.  Continue the conversation over on our 'Friends of the Show' Facebook group here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Fr...

174 - It's Sequel September and we are kicking it off with a bang! It's Back to the Future Part II, folks, what else do we need to say? Tune in for a deep dive on one of the most classic 80s sequels of all time. Continue the conversation over on our 'Friends of the Show' Facebook group here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Fac...

173 - This one has been a long time coming, especially for our Aussie friends of the show. Now the bad news is that this doest seem to be streamable or rentable anywhere in the US currently, but I will say that this episode is safe from spoilers if you haven't seen the movie (it's not a very plot driven film) - so come along as we unpack the Mark 'Chopper' Read, the metamorphosis of Eric Bana and...

172 - It's been a while since we hit a non-action movie, so we decided to even it out all the violence of the past 10 weeks, with the magic of song - and Travolta - AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN!! What a sweetheart. Join us as we dive into his film, and a quick dip into the TV show Renegade (for a reason that will make sense we promise). Continue the conversation over on our 'Friends of the Show' Faceboo...

171 - We have reached an interesting turning point in our JCVD journey. This film would be the last theatrically released Van Damage joint until 2008's JCVD. So into the valley we go.... BUT despite this film not really being a JC highlight, we find some pretty interesting things to dive into, from the Soprano's, to the epic love story that is JC x Gladys, and even a semi-deep dive into heavy meta...

It's the final week of our miniseries 'Lat Pack: Past and Present', and what better way to close off the series than with the more modern take on the classic Lat Pack formula that is The Expendables? So join us as we dive into this all-star action movie and evaluate how it holds up through the lends of Lat Pack greatness! Continue the conversation with us over on our Friends of the Show Facebook p...

We are doing something a little different this week - we are a man down so Tristan is opening up the Double Impact mailbag and diving into topics like female lat pack movies, Nic Cage, iconic 90s Aussie movies, Yahoo Serious and much much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook Group Follow us on TikTok

168 - It's a double feature babyyyyy! Yes we missed last week's episode due to a technical issue, but we are back and are double stuffing your ears with double the Rambo. Based on some of the comments on our socials announcing these episodes, it appears these are pretty polarising films, so let us know if you agree with our take and continue the conversation with us over on our Friends of the Show...

Apologies - we had some technical issues and need to re-record our Last Blood episode, but why not take this opportunity to go back to where it all began for old Johnny Boy, with our First Blood episode from May Madness last year? Yeah. Do it. If you want. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook Group Follow us on TikTok

167 - We are back with the latest episode in our 'Lat Pack: Past & Present' mini-series, and boy this is the big one. The prototype. The blueprint. It's RAMBO. We dive deep into the history of the character, and the franchise, but more importantly break down just where this fits in the evolution of the 'Lat Pack' action genre. Did this define a genre all its own? Or do we need to look at other 198...

166 - We are back in the (relative) present-side of our "Lat Pack: Past & Present" miniseries, with he oft-overlooked weird and wonderful little number that is Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning. We go deep in all the usual places as you would expect, and for the first time in Double Impact history, we have had to issue a spoiler warning. We realise a lot of people probably haven't seen this one,...