The I.P. Squad

John & Mike Gorgone continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2010's "Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time." Listen to them discuss Gyllenhaal's bizarre accent, the needlessly complex plot, Disney trying make this the new Pirates and so much more. For early/exclusive episodes: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Michael Lissman continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2009's "Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun Li." Listen to them discuss the halfhearted attempt to ground this in reality, Neal McDonough's bizarre accent work, one of the worst attempts at being a badass action hero and so much more. For early/exclusive episodes: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast...

John & Mike Gorgone continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2008's "Max Payne." Listen to them discuss the supreme lack of bullet time, Max being an awful detective, convoluted story changes from the game and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com.punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Mike Gorgone continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2007's "Hitman." Listen to them discuss the weird casting of Olyphant, the constantly reshot action scenes, a plot that makes little sense and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Elliott Lewis continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2006's "Silent Hill." Listen to them discuss the punishingly long runtimes, cops wearing leather pants, Sean Bean's career and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Mike Gorgone continue the investigation into video game adaptation with 2005's "Doom." Listen to them discuss the strange choice to adapt a less popular sequel, the infuriating first person action sequence, where this lands in The Rock's rise to stardom and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

John & Brendan Jones continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2003's "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle Of Life." Listen to them discuss needless slow motion, Gerard Butler trying to save the movie, the boring as hell wingsuit scene and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Brendan Jones continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2001's "Lara Croft: Tom Raider." Listen to them discuss the severe lack of tombs being raided, Daniel Craig's American accent, Lara's inability to be anything but awesome and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchuepnt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the archives, here's a past episode discussion of 1999's "Wing Commander" from the Punch Up Entertainment show "The Action Shelf." For access to the full archive of past shows and episodes: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Mike Gorgone continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 1997's "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation." Listen to them discuss the near total replacement of the cast, this movie basically undoing all the accomplishments of the first movie, animalities and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

John, Mike Gorgone and Elliott Lewis continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 1995's "Mortal Kombat." Listen to them discuss the kick ass soundtrack, fights in hell, Christopher Lambert's bonkers performance and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the archives, here's a past episode discussion of 1994's "Double Dragon" from the Punch Up Entertainment show "The Action Shelf." For access to the full archive of past shows and episodes: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Michael continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 1994's "Street Fighter." Listen to them discuss Raul Julia's incredible performance, the lack of fight scenes, Van Damme watching home movies while driving a boat and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John starts a new investigation into live action video game adaptations, Mike Gorgone joins him to kick things off with 1993's "Super Mario Bros." Listen to them discuss the unbelievably weird choices this movie makes, cast members' miserable experiences, the loyal cult fanbase and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

John & Michael finish their investigation into the Universal Soldier franchise with 2012's "Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning." Listen to them discuss the bold shift in tone and genre, switching the lead to Scott Adkins, the unbelievably brutal fight scenes and so much. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Michael continue their investigation into the Universal Soldier franchise with 2009's "Universal Soldier: Regeneration." Listen to them discuss the darker tone of this entry, much more hand to hand combat, whether Dolph is the main villain and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Michael continue their investigation into the Universal Soldier franchise with 1999's "Universal Soldier: The Return." Listen to them discuss the attempt to get continuity back on the rails, the shameful under utilization of Michael Jai White, baffling camera angles and so much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Michael continue their investigation into the Universal Soldier franchise with 1998's "Universal Soldier 3: Unfinished Business." Listen to them discuss this being shot simultaneously with the last movie, Burt Reynolds as mastermind supervillain mastermind, the totally pointless return of Jeff Wincott and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted...

John & Michael continue their investigation into the Universal Soldier franchise with 1998's "Universal Soldier 2: Brothers In Arms." Listen to them discuss the dull replacement for JCVD, the protagonist switch, Gary Busey trying to carry this movie on his own and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

A new investigation begins as Michael Lissman joins John to examine the Universal Soldier franchise. They kick things off with 1992's "Universal Soldier." Listen to them discuss JCVD's casual nudity, the lack of hand to hand combat, making the horrors of war popcorn entertainment and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

John & Mike finish their investigation into the Alien and Predator franchise(s) with 2024's "Alien: Romulus." Listen to them discuss the strong lead performances, creepy CGI resurrected Ian Holm, this being the de facto third best entry in the Alien series and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Brendan continue their investigation into the Alien and Predator franchise(s) with 2022's "Prey." Listen to them discuss the back to basics approach, this being a streaming release, an all time great movie dog and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Mike continue their investigation into the Alien and Predator franchise(s) with 2018's "The Predator." Listen to them discuss the massive studio meddling, Olivia Munn's character making no sense, the near miss of an insane ending and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Mike continue their investigation into the Alien and Predator franchise(s) with 2017's "Alien: Covenant." Listen to them discuss the severely compromised vision, Fassbender on Fassbender fights, is this movie Island Of Dr. Moreau in space and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Mike continue their investigation into the Alien and Predator franchise(s) with 2012's Prometheus. Listen to them discuss the aversion to making this a real deal prequel, the incredibly stupid scientists, Fassbender damn near saving the movie and so much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.