SLUGFEST - VOD Action Movies

We kick off MizMarine April with Mike "The Miz" Mizanin's first entry in The Marine franchise. Ryan and Brant continue their obsession with Michael Eklund, and ponder the environmental impact of the bad guys using a dilapidated river ferry as a hideout. Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and share our show over at Apple Podcasts or over on Spotify . Want to...

We're grabbing you by the lapels and telling you, you must watch THE PAPER TIGERS . The solid, funny martial arts film is one of those rare gems that will please action and non-action fans alike.  Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and share our show over at Apple Podcasts or over on Spotify . Want to give us your two cents? Curious about what's coming up on the...

Imagine a movie where Jean-Claude Van Damme has to square off against... Jean-Claude Van Damme! What? You've already seen one of those? Multiple ones of those? Well you haven't seen the direct-to-video Replicant, which stars JCVD as a serial killer, being hunted by his own clone. Oh, and the clone has the mind of a child, so he has to be supervised by Michael Rooker! Oh, and Michael Rook...

The slugs take in the highly watchable Korean dystopian action flick, Time to Hunt. Ryan really liked the unstoppable hitman, while Brant wants to know where all the citizens of future Korea have gone. You can check it out on Netflix. Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and share our show over at Apple Podcasts or over on Spotify . Want to give us your two cents? Curious ab...

The Slugs get tactical as Scott Adkins holds off an insurgent attack at a remote military detention facility in One Shot. It's a MUST WATCH CLASSIC. Brant gets real chatty about the virtues of the single-shot conceit, while Ryan breaks down the MMA moves in the final fight. Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and share our show over at Apple Podcasts or over on Spotify...

Johnny Messner's going to prison, so you just know there's gonna be punches thrown. Ryan and Brant love this movie's trashy thrills and Stacy Keach's immense performance. Ryan explains the SuperBowl to Brant. Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and share our show over at Apple Podcasts or over on Spotify . Want to give us your two cents? Curious about wh...

It's time to go back to some classic Kung-Fu theater with 1978's wildly violent Five Deadly Venoms . And fellow kung-fu enthusiast, Will Winn, returns to help us make sense of this beloved genre classic. Five Deadly Venoms is currently streaming on Pluto. Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and share our show over at Apple Podcasts or over on Spotify . Want to giv...

The Slugs go south of the border to learn why it's never smart to get in between Scott Adkins and a duffle bag of money. Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and share our show over at Apple Podcasts or over on Spotify . Want to give us your two cents? Curious about what's coming up on the show? Follow us on Instagram or Facebook . SLUGFEST Theme by: David Dumais a...

The Slug's critique this 2012 British Thriller starring Sean Bean. This one is Barely Watchable. Incredible cynical and trivializing of both muslim communities, and the geopolitics that came out of 9/11 and the London bombings. Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and share our show over at Apple Podcasts or over on Spotify . Want to give us your two cents? Curious abou...

If  you left 2 million dollars buried in the sheetrock of Michael Jai White's house, would you risk going back to get it? Neither did Mickey Rourke; that's why he sends his brothers. What follows is 2022's The Commando , a movie earns a low watchable from the Slugs. Not enough action, and not enough weird Mickey Rourke doing his weird Mickey Rourke thing. The Commando isn't str...

Ryan and Brant love prison so much, they asked to go back . This episode is a rewatch and a reassessment of RIOT, the movie the slugs reviewed for the very first episode of SLUGFEST! (An episode that is objectively terrible, no matter what Ryan says.) Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and share our show over at Apple Podcasts or over on Spotify . Want to give us your two...

Woof; HATEWATCH alert. This week the slugs take an unwatchable journey that starts with the '08 banking crisis, and ends with senseless slaughter. That's right, it's Uwe Boll's 2013 shitfest, ASSAULT ON WALL STREET. Ryan and Brant concede that the performances in this movie are actually quite good, but they can't save it from its senseless, preachy, and cynical script. So...

Buckle up, slugs! Ryan and Brant lay a huge patch as they chat about the 2017 Netflix  exclusive, Wheelman . It stars Frank Grillo as a getaway driver having a very challenging workday. Like action movies? Like car movies? Like Frank Grillo? Who doesn't!? Watch this movie, directed by Jeremy Rush. Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and share our show over at Apple Pod...

This 2014 action flick has Michael Jai White, a muddled plot, and sweet Capoeira moves. That automatically adds up to a solid watchable. Ryan and Brant disagree slightly on the breadth of MJW's dramatic range. Both agree that taking shots with spent bullet casings looks disgusting. Check out Falcon Rising on Amazon Prime, Tubi, or Vudu. Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, revi...

Ryan and Brant discover why it's a bad idea to go on a hike with Stone Cold Steve Austin, especially if you were planning on shooting him and leaving him for dead on said hike. Brant found this to be a simple, highly watchable affair, while Ryan deemed it a Hatewatch! You can find HUNT TO KILL streaming on Prime, Vudu, and Tubi. Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and...

The Slugs take in a 1993 picture show about the quicker-criminal-picker-upper, Bounty Tracker .  Lorenzo Lamas stars as a grizzled Boston investigator (natch) chasing down his brother's killers. Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and share our show over at Apple Podcasts or over on Spotify . Want to give us your two cents? Curious about what's coming up on the sh...

Hatewatch alert! In 1994, Corey Michael Eubanks was FORCED TO KILL . In 2021, Ryan and Brant watched this... BY CHOICE. The car stunts are rad! The karate kicks are stiff! The pectorals are well-oiled! The portrayal and of treatment of women are terrible!  Clocking in at only 39 minutes, this episode of SLUGFEST is like a Slim Jim : salty, spicy, a little tough, and gone way too soon! Check out Fo...

Mount up, slugulators. We ride for a MUST-WATCH neo-western, 2021's THE HARDER THEY FALL—available on NETFLIX. Ryan basks in the glory of picking a must watch, and Brant shares his obsession with Regina King. We loved this movie, and we hope you will, too. Do you like the show? So help us out! Listen, rate, review, and share our show over at Apple Podcasts or over on Spotify . Want to give us...

It's eastern martial arts time, so you know what that means... Will Winn returns to guest on a very special episode of SLUGFEST. We dig into 2015's The Final Master . Brant loved this movie, but only gave it a WATCHABLE, as did Ryan, who seemed to barely be able stomach the plot. Will was a bit so-so, but gave it a HIGHLY WATCHABLE. Yes, our ratings were confusing. Yes, this movie was co...

Could this finally be it? Could 2019's Beyond the Law give us a late-career Steven Seagal staring down moral reckoning caused by his own lifetime of violence, like Clint Eastwood's classic western Unforgiven ? Not so much. Seagal does go pretty broad for a performance that rarely requires him to stand up. Brant gave it a barely watchable, while Ryan gives it his second Saturday Morning S...

Ryan and Brant find out what happens when you mix the mafia, the CIA, and skate-punk hackers. Turns out, you get 1999's Hitman's Run , starring Eric Roberts, and directed by Mark Lester ( Commando , Firestarter ). Brant gave it a good 'ol hate watch, but Ryan was inspired to come up with a whole new grade — the Saturday Morning Special. "What's that" you say? Well lis...

Recorded when Ryan was out gettin' hitched, the Super Mountain Bros return to talk about TOUGH & DEADLY. You know... the SECOND   direct-to-video mid-90's action movie paring Rowdy Roddy Piper and Billy Blanks. That's right, it's the spiritual sequel to BACK IN ACTION. Mark is a little easier on Billy Blanks, while Scott offers high praise to the soundtrack. Do you like the...

Our Ninja miniseries continues with Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear . It was a MUST WATCH for both Ryan and Brant. We both loved the insane action sequences, the addition of more ninja skills, and the gorgeous Thailand location filming. If you love Scott Adkins, Isaac Florentine, ninja movies, or action movies in general—stop what you're doing and go check out Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear.  Do you l...

Under cover of darkness, Ryan and Brant sneak into your podcast feed to discuss 2009's Ninja, starring Scott Adkins and directed by action stalwart Isaac Florentine. The action is fierce when rival ninjas lay claim to inheriting the title of Koga Ninja master. Ryan thinks the leading female role was underdeveloped,  Brant's pitch for an  alternate version might be longer than the actual...

Ryan and Brant soak in the lethal time loop goodness that is Boss Level. This is a MUST WATCH exclusive to Hulu. The slugs didn't have a lot of time for the whole "becoming a better person" B plot, but with action hi-jinx this spectacular, who cares!? Yes Mel Gibson is in it, but who can say no to a movie where Mel Gibson gets killed... repeatedly!? Naomi Watts is woefully misused,...