Will and Matt

The first appearance of Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan to hit the big screen (not our podcast however, thanks randomizer...) Will and Matt discuss the IRA, Sean Bean, and do a lot of accents. DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! PATRIOT GAMES dir. Phillip Noyce starring: Harrison Ford; Sean Bean; Anne Archer

We go back to cover the original basis for  Point of No Return ... this time directed by the brilliant and problematic Luc Besson. It's like Pygmalion but with weapons. (Does contain spoilers for both La Femme Nikita as well as Point of No Return .) DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers!  LA FEMME NIKITA dir. Luc Besson starring: Anne Parillaud; Jean Reno; Tcheky Karyo

This 1990 film is an absolute MUST-SEE! Hands down, potentially the best film we have ever attempted to cover on this podcast. So legit, go watch it, and then come back here and listen to us wax poetic about how amazing this film is.  Shiva might just be PEAK cinema.  DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! SHIVA dir. Ram Gopal Varma starring: Nagarjuna Akkineni; J.D. Chakravarthy; Amala Akkineni

There may be more than a few movies named  Hybrid , but there is only one vision that could be brought to us by Fred Olen Ray! That's this one... for better or worse... that's this one. Long Live Fred Olen Ray! DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! HYBRID dir. Fred Olen Ray starring: John Blyth Barrymore; Brinke Stevens; J.J. North

The year was 1995...  And cinema threw an elephant out of an airplane... I mean, not really, but kinda! DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! OPERATION DUMBO DROP dir. Simon Wincer starring: Ray Liotta; Danny Glover; Denis Leary

Another in the Charles T. Kanganis filmography but now with Traci Lords, Luke from  Gilmore Girls , and Yaphet Kotto giving his best "I really don't want to be here" performance. DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! TW: SA INTENT TO KILL dir. Charles T. Kanganis starring: Traci Lords; Scott Patterson; Yaphet Kotto

Let's walk like an Egyptian through an intergalactic portal through the stars... almost like a gate... through stars... maybe one could say it is a...  Star... gate... Get ready for the most patriotic movie not made by Paul Verhoeven! DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! STARGATE dir. Roland Emmerich starring: Kurt Russell; James Spader; Jaye Davidson

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs steps behind the lens to bring us  Quiet Fire ! An action packed movie? Or a disaster waiting to happen? Who cares when Robert Z'Dar is in it! DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! QUIET FIRE dir. Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs starring: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs; Nadia Marie; Lance Lindsay

Matt went ahead and watched the first one before watching this one... Will did not... And both of them were starting fresh because this sequel has nothing to do with the original (which we will be covering later on). So tune in to whatever this movie is because it's wild and hilarious (we'd like to think intentionally, but we all know better.)  DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! EXCESSIV...

For the 200th episode of Missing in Action: Originally titled Drunken Master II and released in 1994, it would later hit America in 2000 as Legend of Drunken Master . Jackie Chan was born to be a world famous star, and this sequel to the the 1978 film (also starring Chan), sees him return as folk hero Wong Fei Hung (also played by Jet Li in the far more dramatic wuxia film  Once Upon a Time in Chi...

First, there are multiple films called  Riot from the 90s... so rest assured, this is the one done by Joseph "Las Vegas Pizzeria" Merhi that starred Gary Daniels and Sugar Ray Leonard... Secondly, want to learn who was really behind the L.A. Riots? Well, Gary Daniels is about to find out... because... sure, why not? DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! RIOT dir. Joseph Merhi starring: Gary...

The Boz is back... and so is Bruce Payne from  Warlock III ... in a weirdly disjointed action drama... let's roll the hawk screech sound effects! DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! ONE MAN'S JUSTICE dir. Kurt Wimmer starring: Brian Bosworth; Bruce Payne; Jeff Kober

A buddy cop sequel about Jim Belushi and a dog? Clearly this is going to be peak action! We also discuss potentially bringing justice to Jim Belushi's name.  DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! K-911 dir. Charles T. Kanganis starring: Jim Belushi; Christine Tucci; Wade Williams

Every now and again we get a movie that absolutely blows us away... this IS that movie...  DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA dir. Tsui Hark starring: Jet Li; Rosamund Kwan; Biao Yuen

A comical and yet sweet (?) action film that may be too much of a cartoon for its own good. Hackman, Aykroyd, and DeLuise star. DISCLAIMER: LANGUAGE AND SPOILERS! LOOSE CANNONS dir. Bob Clark starring: Gene Hackman; Dan Aykroyd; Dom DeLuise

What could possibly be bad about an action film where Mickey Rourke plays Harley Davidson and Don Johnson plays The Marlboro Man? Absolutely nothing, obviously. DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN dir. Simon Wincer starring: Mickey Rourke; Don Johnson; Tom Sizemore

Scott Glenn is awesome until he isn't as he chases down Andrew McCarthy who is doing everything he can to get caught... DISCLAIMER: LANGUAGE AND SPOILERS! NIGHT OF THE RUNNING MAN dir. Mark L. Lester starring: Scott Glenn; Andrew McCarthy; John Glover

After years of requesting, Matt gets his wish...  Airborne ! The hit 1993 rollerblading movie!! DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! AIRBORNE dir. Rob Bowman starring: Shane McDermott; Seth Green; Jack Black

The second live action Guyver adaptation takes a hard left into more violent territory... and a hard left into... the woods? DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers!! GUYVER: DARK HERO dir. Steve Wang starring: David Hayter; Kathy Christopherson; Bruno Patrick

An early 90s masterpiece of cinema from the legendary Bill Duke... starring Fishburne and Goldblum as they traverse the dark underbelly of drug dealing. DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! DEEP COVER dir. Bill Duke starring: Laurence Fishburne; Jeff Goldblum; Victoria Dillard

Hot off making  Pulp Fiction , Tarantino knocked it out of the park (in our opinions) with this Elmore Leonard adaptation and dedication to a bygone era of filmmaking.  DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers and Toes! JACKIE BROWN dir. Quentin Tarantino starring: Pam Grier; Robert Forster; Samuel L. Jackson

Carmen Electra stars in episode 1 of 1 of a "super" hero story that has it all... domino masks, a serial killer, milk...  DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! THE CHOSEN ONE: LEGEND OF THE RAVEN dir. Lawrence Lanoff starring: Carmen Electra; Conrad Bachmann; Tim Bagley

An existential action film starring Dolph Lundgren? Yes please!  DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! TW: SA SILENT TRIGGER dir. Russell Mulcahy starring: Dolph Lundgren; Gina Bellman; Christopher Heyerdahl

Sorry for the late post... someone had some dental surgery done yesterday! On this week's episode, we discuss  Final Impact ! A movie that has it all... or at least it has Lorenzo Lamas from TV's  Renegade ! DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! FINAL IMPACT dir. Joseph Merhi; Stephen Smoke starring: Lorenzo Lamas; Kathleen Kinmont; Michael Worth

Ready for another Charles T. Kanganis film? Yeah, neither were we, but here we are! DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers! TW: SA NO ESCAPE, NO RETURN dir. Charles T. Kanganis starring: Dustin Nguyen; Maxwell Caulfield; John Saxon