Country: Germany Director: Uwe Boll Starring: Henry Maske, Susanne Wuest, Heino Ferch, Vladimir Weigl, Yoan Pablo Hernández Music: Jessica de Rooij Director Uwe Boll has a pretty poor reputation as a film director – especially amongst the gaming community, as several of his films have been disrespectful adaptations of popular games. But, I must say [...]
31Jan12
Super7even on DVD
Over the past few months, my friend Bob Griffith has been producing a web series called The Adventures of Super7even, which is an enthusiastic homage to those masked super hero and spy films of the 1960s, and will bring a smile to the face of those who grew up watching Diabolik, Argoman, The Three Fantastic [...]
Country: United States Director: Sam Firstenberg Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Michelle Botes, Larry Poindexter, Gary Conway, Jeff Celentano, Jonathan Pienaar, Bill Curry, Dennis Folbigge, Ralph Draper Music: Michael Bishop & George S. Clinton American Ninja 2 is a huge improvement over the first film in the series. It is fast, furious and funny. Yes, [...]
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Tagged American Ninja, Martial Arts, Michael Dudikoff, Ninjas, Steve James
Tagged American Ninja, Martial Arts, Michael Dudikoff, Ninjas, Steve James
21Nov11
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
Country: United States Director: Frank Tashlin Starring: Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey, Dom DeLuise, Dick Martin, Eric Fleming, Theo Macuse Music: DeVol Songs: ‘The Glass Bottom Boat’ by Joe Lubin, ‘Soft As The Starlight’ by Joe Lubin and Jerome Howard Has the world changed so much in forty years? The Glass Bottom Boat is [...]
16Nov11
Assassination (1987)
Country: United States Director: Peter Hunt Starring: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Jan Gan Boyd, Stephen Elliot, Randy Brooks, Michael Ansara, William Prince Music: Robert D. Ragland In the late 1980’s, into the early 1990’s, two of the biggest film producers and distributors were Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, and their company was Cannon Films. Cannon [...]
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Tagged Cannon Films, Charles Bronson, Michael Ansara, Peter Hunt
Tagged Cannon Films, Charles Bronson, Michael Ansara, Peter Hunt
14Nov11
Out of Reach (2004)
Country: United States / Poland Director: Po-Chih Leong Starring: Steven Seagal, Ida Nowakowska, Agnieszka Wagner, Matt Schulze, Krzysztof Pieczynski, Nick Brimble Music: Alex Heffes Posted on Permission To Kill over the last few days, you will find quite a few reviews for (spy) films starring Steven Seagal. All of them are light years away from [...]
13Nov11
Belly of the Beast (2003)
Country: Canada / Hong Kong / United Kingdom Director: Ching Siu Tung Starring: Steven Seagal, Byron Mann, Tom Wu, Sara Malukul, Patrick Robinson, Monica Lo, Vincent Riotta, Elioh Macqueen Music: Mark Sayer Wade Steven Seagal is too old for this shit. Seagal, never the most animated actor, looks tired and bored throughout this picture. The [...]
12Nov11
Into The Sun (2005)
Country: United States Director: mink Starring: Steven Seagal, Matthew David, Takao Osawa, Eddie George, William Atherton, Juliette Marquis Music: Stanley Clarke Into The Sun, is another gratuitously violent spy thriller from martial artist Steven Seagal. What small enjoyment that comes from this picture is derived from the depiction of Japanese culture, particularly underworld culture. But [...]
11Nov11
Half Past Dead (2002)
Country: United States Director: Don Michael Paul Starring: Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Nia Peeples, Tony Plana, Claudia Christian, Linda Thorson, Kurupt Music: Tyler Bates Half Past Dead is a spy action film for generation Y or Z. In some ways it may not seem like a spy film at all, but Steven Seagal’s [...]
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Tagged Alcatraz, Ja Rule, Linda Thorson, Martial Arts, Steven Seagal
Tagged Alcatraz, Ja Rule, Linda Thorson, Martial Arts, Steven Seagal
10Nov11
Black Dawn (2005)
Country: United States Director: Alexander Gruszynski Starring: Steven Seagal, Tamara Davis, Timothy Carhart, John Pyper Ferguson, Julian Stone, Nicolas Davidoff, David St James Music: David and Eric Wurst AKA: The Foreigner: Black Dawn and Foreigner 2 I know Steven Seagal is not known for his emoting on screen, and as such most of his characters [...]
