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Ninja III: The Domination – Revisiting a Ninja Classic with Director Sam Firstenberg

Posted 3 years ago

Chris What do you get if you take The Exorcist, cross it with Flashdance and then add some Ninjas for good measure? The answer, of course, is you get the Cannon Films cult classic Ninja III: The Domination. This was...

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Revenge of the Ninja (1983) Revisited + Director Sam Firstenberg Interview

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Revenge of the Ninja is up there with the best American Martial Arts films ever made. Star Sho Kosugi had made a big impression in Cannon’s Enter the Ninja the year before, stealing the show from his (heavily doubled)...

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Enter the Ninja (1981) Revisited: Action Movie Review

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Enter the Ninja was The Cannon Group’s big attempt to cash in on the martial arts movie craze that dominated action flicks since the mid-seventies and the public’s newer fascination with Ninjas thanks to the famous novel The Ninja...

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The Delta Force (1986) Revisited: Action Movie Review

Posted 4 years ago

Chris When terrorism strikes and Americans abroad are in danger, the Delta Force comes to the rescue. Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin save an oddball cast of seventies character actors in this weird but slick disaster film/ action flick mashup...

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Eraser (1996) Revisited: Arnold Schwarzenegger Action Movie Review

Posted 4 years ago

Chris In a lot of ways, 1996’s Eraser marked the end of the “classic” era of Arnold Schwarzenegger action movies. Following its release, he would infamously turn up as Mr. Freeze in Batman & Robin, before taking a few years...

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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) Revisited – Action Movie Review

Posted 4 years ago

Chris As far as action stars go, Andrew Dice Clay is a pretty unlikely candidate, and 1990’s The Adventures of Ford Fairlane was an attempt to turn the Diceman into a wise-cracking hero that, sadly, fell flat at the box...

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Point Break (1991) – Reel Action

Posted 5 years ago

Chris It’s crazy to think, but back in 1991, Keanu Reeves seemed an unlikely action hero. Then best known for the Bill & Ted movies, the studio, 20th Century Fox, took a big risk when the cast him as surfing...

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Hard to Kill (Steven Seagal): Reel Action

Posted 5 years ago

Chris I have a complicated relationship with the films of Steven Seagal. As a kid, I thought he was the greatest, and I went to see all of them in theatres. His aikido moves were badass, I dug his ponytail,...

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Cyborg (1989) – Jean-Claude Van Damme (Reel Action)

Posted 5 years ago

Chris In 1989, Jean-Claude Van Damme was riding high off the unexpected success of Bloodsport. At the same time, The Cannon Group saw their fortunes declining fast after losing a ton of money on would-be blockbusters Lifeforce, Masters of the...

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