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Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
When architect-turned-vigilante Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) returns to New York City, he discovers that one of his friends has been murdered by gang members. After the cops bring Paul in for questioning, he receives a tempting offer from the police chief (Ed Lauter) : Paul can have free rein to eliminate the gangsters, as long as the police get the credit. Paul agrees and goes to war against Manny Fraker (Gavan O'Herlihy) and his vicious gang of thugs.
Initial release: November 1, 1985
Director: Michael Winner
Box office: 16.1 million USD
Distributed by: The Cannon Group, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Based on: Characters; by Brian Garfield
Music by: Jimmy Page
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
This week we get a little 90s Goth with Brandon Lee's "The Crow"
The night before his wedding, musician Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his fiancée are brutally murdered by members of a violent inner-city gang. On the anniversary of their death, Eric rises from the grave and assumes the gothic mantle of the Crow, a supernatural avenger. Tracking down the thugs responsible for the crimes and mercilessly murdering them, Eric eventually confronts head gangster Top Dollar (Michael Wincott) to complete his macabre mission.
Release date: May 11, 1994 (USA)
Director: Alex Proyas
Distributed by: Miramax, Dimension Films
Adapted from: The Crow
Box office: $94 million
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
This week we visit our old friend Bruce in "Last Man Standing"
Loyal to nobody but himself, John Smith (Bruce Willis) hires his services out to Fredo Strozzi (Ned Eisenberg), a bootlegging gangster who operates in a drab Texas town. However, he is quick to trade information to Strozzi's rival, Doyle (David Patrick Kelly). Then, having learned about Doyle's infatuation with beautiful Felina (Karina Lombard), Smith uses her to push both bosses into full-scale bloodshed. The only one who suspects anything is Hickey (Christopher Walken), Doyle's lieutenant.
Release date: September 20, 1996 (USA)
Director: Walter Hill
Box office: 47.3 million USD
Distributed by: New Line Cinema
Adapted from: Yojimbo
Cinematography: Lloyd Ahern
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
This week we go all out in this adrenaline filled Action flick!
Chev Chelios (Jason Statham), a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away, then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.
Release date: September 1, 2006 (USA)
Directors: Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine
Budget: 12 million USD
Box office: 42.9 million USD
Sequel: Crank: High Voltage
Screenplay: Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
This week we have a double feature: Tiger Cage 1&2
Tiger Cage (1988)
Two drug agents find that members of the police force work for a narcotics kingpin.
Initial release: July 28, 1988
Director: Vien Hoa Binh
Language: Cantonese
Simplified Chinese: 特警屠龙
Tiger Cage 2 (1990)
Gangsters pursue a Hong Kong lawman (Donnie Yen) framed for murder and a lawyer (Rosamund Kwan) they believe is linked to laundered money.
Initial release: August 11, 1990
Director: Vien Hoa Binh
Film series: Tiger Cage
Box office: HK $6,395,102
Language: Cantonese
Simplified Chinese: 洗黑钱
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Dustin and James look back at the year that was 2023 and look forward to what Action movies they are excited to see in the new year. Happy New Year!
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on, the Expendables are the world's last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table.
79% of Google users liked this movie
Directed by Scott Waugh
Screenplay by
- Kurt Wimmer
- Tad Daggerhart
- Max Adams
Story by
- Spenser Cohen
- Kurt Wimmer
- Tad Daggerhart
Based onCharacters
Produced by
- Kevin King-Templeton
- Les Weldon
- Yariv Lerner
- Jason Statham
Starring
- Jason Statham
- Sylvester Stallone
- Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson
- Megan Fox
- Dolph Lundgren
- Tony Jaa
- Iko Uwais
- Randy Couture
- Andy García
- September 15, 2023 (China)
- September 22, 2023 (United States)
Running time
104 minutes[
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Interwoven stories demonstrate that some traditions are best not forgotten as the residents (Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker) of a small town face real ghosts and goblins on Halloween. Tales of terror reveal the consequences of extinguishing a Jack-o-Lantern before midnight and a grumpy hermit's encounter with a sinister trick-or-treater.
Directed by
Written by
Michael Dougherty
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by Robert
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companies
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
- December 9, 2007 (Butt-Numb-A-Thon)
- October 6, 2009 (United States)
Running time
82 minutes
Budget
$12 million