Posted on June 15, 2015 by gooberzilla
Wax up your surfboard because American Ninja 2: The Confrontation is the Greatest Movie EVER!
Click on the poster or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring M.O.M., the Mistress of Malapropisms.
Review in a Nutshell: A film filled with hard-partying U.S. Marines and improbably ninja, American Ninja 2: The Confrontation is a largely derivative sequel that still manages to capture a lot of the zaniness that made the mini “ninja craze” of the Eighties such a unique period in film history. The presence of Steve James really elevates the film.
FINAL THOUGHT:
Kidnapping people at the beach is standard ninja operating procedure.
Filed under: Commando, Greatest Movie EVER, Ninjas | Tagged: Cannon Film Group, Gary Conway, Golan / Globus, Michael Dudikoff, Ninja, Sam Fi, Steve James | Leave a comment »
Posted on October 27, 2014 by gooberzilla
Broadswords and frying pans make great anti-werewolf weapons, and Dog Soldiers is the Greatest Movie EVER!
Click on the DVD cover or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring Sean ‘Hollywood’ Hunting.
Review in a Nutshell: Gruesome and gory, Dog Soldiers is a fun little action-horror film with a grotesque sense of humor and great onscreen chemistry among the soldiers. The werewolf suits are pretty cool, too.
Filed under: Commando, Greatest Movie EVER, Horror, Werewolves | Tagged: Horror, Kevin McKidd, Liam Cunningham, Military Science Fiction, Neil Marshall, Sean Pertwee, Werewolves | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 14, 2013 by gooberzilla
Don’t drink the water, because Three the Hard Way is the Greatest Movie EVER!
Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film,
featuring Sean “Hollywood” Hunting.
Review in a Nutshell: Suffering from spotty direction and a thin plot, Three the Hard Way succeeds purely on the charisma of its lead actors and the stunt work of the legendary Hal Needham.
Filed under: Commando, Greatest Movie EVER, Kung Fu | Tagged: Blaxploitation, Conspiracy, Fred Williamson, Gordon Parks Jr, Hal Needham, Jim Brown, Jim Kelly, Neo Nazis, Vigilantism | 6 Comments »
Posted on November 8, 2013 by gooberzilla
Sharpen up your katana, because Versus is the Greatest Movie EVER!
Click on the DVD cover or the title above to download our review of the film,
featuring Sean “Hollywood” Hunting and Daryl Surat of AnimeWorldOrder.
Review in a Nutshell: Frenetic, funny, and action-packed, Versus is a genre-bending action / horror / Yakuza picture with a mystic twist. It’s an independent movie with a small budget and a big heart.
Filed under: Comedy, Commando, Fantasy, Greatest Movie EVER, Horror, Kung Fu, Vampires, Zombies | Tagged: Independent Films, Japanese Films, Reincarnation, Ryuhei Kitamura, Tak Sakaguchi, Versus, Yakuza, Zombies | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 2, 2013 by gooberzilla
Hold onto your skulls, because Predator 2 is the Greatest Movie EVER!
Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring Sean ‘Hollywood’ Hunting.
Review in a Nutshell: Brash, crude, and confrontational, Predator 2 is nonetheless a film worth revisiting over and over again. While the plot and pacing aren’t as tight as the original film, the movie is carried by the eccentric performances of its cast and the wonderful special effects by Stan Winston and company.
Filed under: Commando, Greatest Movie EVER, Horror, Most Dangerous Game, Sci Fi | Tagged: Adam Baldwin, Bill Paxton, Calvin Lockhart, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Jim Thomas, John Thomas, Kevin Peter Hall, Los Angeles, Maria Conchita Alonso, Predator, Ruben Blades, Stephen Hopkins, Street Gangs | 7 Comments »
Posted on November 11, 2012 by gooberzilla
Hold on to your nunchucks, because Enter the Dragon is the Greatest Movie EVER!
Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring Sean “Hollywood” Hunting.
Review in a Nutshell: A genre-blending movie that reshaped the cinematic landscape, Enter the Dragon is the film that made Bruce Lee a legend. While parts of it may seem hokey today, the Enter the Dragon remains consistently entertaining nearly four decades after its original release.
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Filed under: Commando, Greatest Movie EVER, Kung Fu | Tagged: Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon, Hong Kong, Jim Kelly, John Saxon, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Movies, Robert Clouse, Spy Movies | 14 Comments »
Posted on August 26, 2012 by gooberzilla
Sharpen your machetes, because The Raid: Redemption is the Greatest Movie EVER!
Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film,
featuring guest hosts Daryl Surat of AnimeWorldOrder and Rachel Pandich, author of Aspire.
Review in a Nutshell: An Indonesian martial arts movie written and directed by a Welsh man, The Raid: Redemption is not just a typical action movie. It blends drama and suspense with some of the most breath-taking and technically accomplished fight choreography in recent cinema history to create a tight, tense, thoroughly engrossing experience.
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Filed under: Commando, Drama, Greatest Movie EVER, Kung Fu, Most Dangerous Game | Tagged: Crime Drama, Gareth Evans, Iko Uwais, Indonesia, Martial Arts Movies, Pencak Silat, Suspense, The Raid, Urban Combat, Yayan Ruhian | 19 Comments »
Posted on February 26, 2012 by gooberzilla
Hold onto your golden tickets, because Last Action Hero is (probably not) the Greatest Movie EVER!
Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring shameless Last Action Hero apologist, Sean ‘Hollywood’ Hunting.
Review in a Nutshell: Part meta-narrative. Part satire of violent Eighties action movies. Part heart-warming children’s film. Last Action Hero is a film with an identity crisis.
Filed under: Comedy, Commando, Drama, Fantasy, Greatest Movie EVER, Worst Movie EVER | Tagged: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Art Carney, Austin O'Brien, Charles Dance, F. Murray Abraham, Film within a Film, John McTiernan, Parody, Satire, Shane Black | 13 Comments »
Posted on October 20, 2011 by gooberzilla
Beware of exploding wine bottles, because Death Wish 4: The Crackdown is the Greatest Movie EVER!
Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film,
featuring Daryl Surat of AnimeWorldOrder and Olie aka “InvidNinja”. from the Welcome to the Brain Palace podcast.
Review in a Nutshell: Few action movies encapsulate the anti-drug anxieties of the Eighties quite like Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, which also features roller skating arcades, fish-smuggling, and multiple exploding villains.
Filed under: Commando, Greatest Movie EVER | Tagged: Charles Bronson, Death Wish, Drugs, Eighties Movies, J. Lee Thompson, Revenge Films, Vigilantism | 18 Comments »
Posted on September 16, 2011 by gooberzilla
Call in the cavalry, because Navajo Joe is the Greatest Movie EVER!
Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring Sean “Hollywood” Hunting.
(NOTE: The audio quality suffers a bit in this one. I just moved and some switches got flipped, and the Skype conference was plagued with technical difficulties. Apologies.)
Review in a Nutshell: Navajo Joe puts the “spa” in Spaghetti Western. Replete with inconsistent Spanish geography and Italian banditos, it’s the film Burt Reynolds wishes everyone would forget.
Filed under: Commando, Greatest Movie EVER | Tagged: Banditos, Burt Reynolds, Italy, Native Americans, Sergio Carbucci, Spaghetti Westerns, Spain, Wild West | 27 Comments »
