Give Me Back My... the Podcast

We wrap up Pete's birthday month with a cinematic gift. Since there was an extra week in September, we picked a movie that we knew he would love... or at least we hoped he would love. Before Legendary Pictures rebooted the Godzilla franchise, they teamed up with Guillermo Del Toro to create arguably the greatest giant robot vs. kaiju film of the modern era. Heck, I think you can make a pretty good...

Imagine if, you will, that Hershel Gordon Lewis and Looney Tunes had a Kung Fu baby. Got that picture in your mind? No? Well, we just watched that Kung Fu baby in Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky. Based on a manga and accurately described as a Kung-Fu Splatter film, Riki-Oh lives up to the hype as the first Hong Kong film to be slapped with a Category III rating (NC-17 equivalent) for violence. If a th...

In a dystopian future where art and emotions are outlawed, one of the Clerics sworn to crush the resistance will see the light and join the fight for freedom! We're talking about 2002’s Equilibrium starring Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Taye Diggs, and Emily Watson! We dub this one the “Thinking Man's” action movie for its phenomenal acting, tough scenarios, and the introduction of the martial art kn...

Pete wraps up his birthday month with the Korean vengeance masterpiece Oldboy. We implore you to please watch this film before listening. We'd hate to spoil the events in this film that will leave you speechless. This film is as beautifully shot and acted as it is difficult to stomach the subject material. You've been warned.

By the grace of Godzilla, the gang was able to finish recording despite the podcasting god's best effort to sabotage today's episode. Anna got sick (get better buddy), and our online recording tool dropped us a record 4 times. Regardless, the team was determined to start the Nate/Pete dual birthday month lovingly coined Big Beautiful Brutal Bloody Bonanza Bonkers Birthday. Nate goes first and sele...

What's the JOB?! B-ACTION looks to the modern era of movies for a hidden gem in 2013 called Homefront starring Jason Statham! Former undercover cop “Phil Broker” (If that is his REAL name) is looking to settle down with his daughter in a quiet rural town in Louisiana. What he finds is meth dealers, family drama, and some good old boys looking for trouble! Not only is the cast list in this movie ST...

Finally, after 3ish years, Pete brings a movie that is the definition of what Give Me Back stands for and yet still succeeds in going off script having never watched it. Stuart Gordon's "Dolls" is a reminder of just how much fun low budget horror films were back in the 1980s. Delicious gore, shockingly good stop-motion, a creepy house, and a kid that genuinely does not suck at acting are the charm...

GUYS! GUYS! We found him!! We found Charlie!!! Turns out that our fearless leader has a side hustle as an NSA agent. Now that we know all about it, Charlie has to kill us but not before we watch a gem of an action movie. One of our bestest buddies Dustin from the Flicks and Friends podcast, B-Action, and The Barrens Hideout podcast joins us this week while we cover xXx, starring Vin Diesel as a pr...

It’s the Trash man! No, Not that one! Enzo G. Castellari takes us on a trip into a dystopian New York in 1983’s Escape from the Bronx! Trash leads the gangs in an underground rebellion to fight against a private corporation attempting to cleanse the streets with extreme violence! We’ll explore the physics of blowing up helicopters and armored trucks with revolvers and then pivot to the ethical con...

Our continued search for Charlie led the team to Mexico and we ran into a native tribe that offered us a delightful tea to quench our thirst. As we took our first big swig of tea, we hear a giggle coming from behind us. We turn to see one of our best podcasting buddies in the world Erin from Manic Movie Monday.  Anna asked what the giggling was about, and Erin just smiled an all-knowing smile and...

Our continued search for Charlie led to a delightful encounter: Nate intercepted our search to help lend a hand. After long days of searching, we all decided to take a break and talk about M3GAN 2.0. It's clearly been a while since we all have talked, and our conversation went all over the where. In the end we all liked the film for different reasons and unanimously agreed that both M3GAN films ar...

Lou Ferrigno and Reb Brown return to the Cage to settle the score…again! B-ACTION goes back to the well for another sequel, and this time it's 1994’s Cage 2! Billy finds himself in the dangerous underground cage fighting scene once again after he thought his best friend Scott had died. The filmmakers tried to recapture the heart of the original but ended up in cardiac arrest. Writing, acting, and...

From the desk of Pete: If you tuned in last week for the conclusion of an historic Month of Action, you heard Charlie go "Missing in Action" at the end of the show. Anna and Pete pooled their resources together and executed a worldwide man hunt for their fearless leader. Our first stop was the Land of the Rising Sun, JAPAN! Ultimately, we came up empty handed, however there were signs of Charlie h...

The year is 1986 and it’s an action kids dream! Highlander, Big Trouble in Little China, Delta Force, Cobra, Iron Eagle, Aliens. The list can go on and on. All of these have been covered on the show. But alas, there’s always one to slip through the cracks, and no it’s not Howard the Duck. Month of Action has come to an end for 2025 and yet there was one figure missing from this entire month. Arnol...

As The Month of Action comes to a close, we gear up for the most Charlie action movie we may have ever covered. Rambo 3 is a knock-down drag-out gun-blazing BOOM-gasm. If heavily armed helicopters, evil Russians, an absurd body count and a daring rescues are your kind of action movie then you need this movie in your life. Both Anna and Pete watch it for the first time while Charlie can't count how...

Double the roundhouses, double the biceps, and double the B-ACTION: It's time for Jean-Claid Van Damme‘s Double Impact! Derrick from Bad/Movies Worse People joins us to talk about this 1991 classic that puts JCVD’s acting chops to the test! It checks all of the B boxes: Awkwardly sex scenes, ridiculous plot armor, and deviously bad bad guys (with Henchmen!). Get yourself warmed up with some splits...

Since I've been podcasting, few things have brought me more joy than one of my co-hosts watching a film for the first time that I have loved for years. It's happened a few times on this show and always brings a smile to my face. Case in point this week for not only Lethal Weapon 4 but the entirety of the Lethal Weapon franchise. Our favorite Scream Queen, Anna, simply missed all of Lethal Weapon....

By this axe WE RULE, and if you don't like that, you can come and take it! The Month of Action goes barbarian with 1997’s Kull the Conqueror! However you may feel about Kevin Sorbo, this movie is METAL AF, from the music to the creature effects. This is a great “Conan adjacent” story that has some awesome lore and badass fights! We couldn't go without mentioning the stacked cast featuring Thomas I...

Practical effects, hand made miniatures, real explosions, realistic future dystopia, iconic characters, ULTRALITES! What's not to like about Escape from New York? Well, we find a number of holes in the the plot and a few questionable film making decisions that in NO WAY diminish our enjoyment of this movie. Yes this movie has faults but it's a genuine classic that keeps the Month of Action truckin...

The Month of Action fights back as Chuck Norris returns to B-ACTION in The Hitman! (No, not THAT Hitman. The 1991 one!) Italians, French Canadians, and Iranians battle for territory in the dark underground of Seattle. Grogan tries to trap them all as an undercover cop. But an old nemesis is out to take advantage of the chaos! Brutal violence, badass dialogue, and a dark noir theme get balanced by...

The Month of Action is coming in strong with another banger as we welcome in Nate to help cover Mad Max: Fury Road. Wait...who? Nate? He's still alive? Indeed he is and comes in strong with everything we've been missing since Pete broke him in February. The consensus for the film is don't think too much and watch it on the biggest screen with the baddest sound system you can find. This movie will...

Did you ever dream of flying to the Middle East in a fighter jet to save your Dad from a group of terrorists? If not, you can stand in the corner with Dustin as we kick off “The Month of Action” with 1986’s IRON EAGLE! Bad ass tunes, bullies on dirt bikes, high speed fighter jets, and a rag tag group of underdogs highlight one of the most underrated movies of the 80’s! This is a stacked cast of fu...

Do you like to watch Yahtzees get killed in a number of creative ways? I know I like watching Yahtzees get killed in a number of creative ways. That said, we kick off the annual MONTH OF ACTION with a modern classic, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. For reasons that can't be understood, the film didn't do well in the theaters and we, as action fans, should be ashamed that we didn't get out a...

WHY ARE WE YELLING?! BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KILLER ROBOTS WITH SPECIAL GUEST SEAN FROM MOVIE DUMPSTER!!! 1994’s Death Machine stars Brad Dourif as a classic maniacal, immature, perverted villain trying to maintain power and cause a shit load of chaos. He unleashes the ultimate killing machine called the “Warbeast” in a corporate building, killing anything and everything in its way! That inclu...

Sadly, the Month of Chaos has come to an end but we go out with a bang! The Wheel of Pain fell on Charlie's name and we were graced with the Jackie Chan / Chris Tucker blockbuster Rush Hour. So many mixed feelings led to an amazing conversation. Pete and Charlie both got in trouble with the Give Me Back HR department while Anna was laughing and pointing knowing she was still in good graces.