This week we cover 1988's Midnight Run

When Eddie Moscone (Joe Pantoliano) hires tight-lipped bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) to locate a mob accountant named "The Duke" (Charles Grodin) and bring him to L.A., Eddie tells Jack that the job will be simple, or a "midnight run." But when Jack finds The Duke, the FBI and the mob are anxious to get their hands on him. In a cross-country chase, Jack must evade the authorities, hide from the mob and prevent The Duke's erratic personality from driving him mad.

Release date: July 20, 1988 (USA)

Director: Martin Brest

Box office: 81.6 million USD

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Cinematography: Donald E. Thorin

Edited by: Chris Lebenzon; Michael Tronick; Billy Weber

This week we take a trip back to Dustin's childhood and watch "Best of The Best"

Martial arts drama in which a misfit team of American kickboxers must undergo rigorous training for an all-important contest against a ruthless Korean team. Along the way, the hardened fighters learn to lay their personal ghosts to rest.

Release date: November 10, 1989 (USA)

Director: Robert Radler

Sequel: Best of the Best II

Distributed by: 20th Century Studios, Taurus Entertainment

Box office: $1.7 million (US)

Music by: Paul Gilman

 

Our 300th Episode!!! We are so original that we are cover 2007th 300 for our 300th episode. 

In 480 B.C. a state of war exists between Persia, led by King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), and Greece. At the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas (Gerard Butler), king of the Greek city state of Sparta, leads his badly outnumbered warriors against the massive Persian army. Though certain death awaits the Spartans, their sacrifice inspires all of Greece to unite against their common enemy.

Release date: March 9, 2007 (USA)

Director: Zack Snyder

Sequel: 300: Rise of an Empire

Distributed by: Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures

Adapted from: 300

Box office: $456 million

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8/10IMDb   82% Rotten Tomatoes   71%Metacritic The Raid 2    90% liked this film Google users   Description After surviving a bloody fight with powerful gangsters, rookie Jakarta cop Rama (Iko Uwais) thinks he can resume a normal life. However, his exploits during that fateful incident have attracted the attention of criminals even more deadly than the last. His family at risk, Rama has no choice but to go under cover. He gets himself thrown in prison, where he befriends the son of a prominent crime kingpin. Rama must lay his own life on the line to finally destroy the criminal empire. Release date: March 28, 2014 (USA) Director: Gareth Evans Budget: $4.5 million Music by: Joseph Trapanese; Aria Prayogi; Fajar Yuskemal Box office: $6.6 million (excluding Indonesia and Japan)

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It's our weekly discussion of what were watching with a few games thrown in.

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Retired CIA agent Matt Hunter (Chuck Norris) is forced back into the business when a villain from his past re-emerges. Soviet Mikhail Rostov (Richard Lynch), a terrorist whom Matt once caught, wants to exact revenge. After failing to find Matt at his Everglades home, Rostov and his army of Communist

Release date: September 27, 1985 (USA)

Director: Joseph Zito

Music by: Jay Chattaway

Box office: $17,500,000 (US)

Story by: Aaron Norris; James Bruner

Budget: $12 million

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This week we talk with Dean from The Talking Back Podcast about the most excellent holiday movie ever made, Trapped In Paradise.

5.9/10 IMDb

5% Rotten Tomatoes 

63% JustWatch

81% liked this film

Google users

Fresh out of prison, Alvin (Dana Carvey) and Dave Firpo (Jon Lovitz) pull their brother Bill (Nicolas Cage) back into a life of crime. But the siblings' foolproof bank heist takes a tailspin when Alvin gets lost in the getaway car. That's how the criminal nitwits wind up trapped in the snowbound bur… MOREDescription

Initial release: November 21, 1994

Director: George Gallo

Music by: Robert Folk

Box office: $6 million

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon   This week on the Podcast we go way into left field and watch what is considered to be one of the worst Hallmark Christmas movies of all time, Fir Crazy.   6.4/10IMDb 68%JustWatch   87% liked this film Google users   Description A woman who has always hated Christmas is forced to take over running her father's struggling tree lot when he breaks his leg. Helping people find the perfect decoration for their homes inspires a newfound love of the season and she starts to fall for a repeat customer - but she also has to save the… MORE Initial release: November 24, 2013 Director: Craig Pryce

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6.7/10 IMDb

38% Rotten Tomatoes

42% Metacritic

87% liked this film

Google users

NASA astronauts observe that a large asteroid will hit earth in the next eighteen days and destroy life. They realise that their only hope of survival is Harry Stamper, an oil driller.Description

Release date: July 1, 1998 (Canada)

Director: Michael Bay

Featured song: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing

Story by: Robert Roy Pool; Jonathan Hensleigh

Box office: $553.7 million

Screenplay by: Jonathan Hensleigh; J. J. Abrams

We are back with another BFOP Network Round Table Review episode! This time, Adam & John are joined by Dustin from Action, Action, Tim from Talking Back, and Zak & Corey from Podcasting After Dark and Cartwright to discuss Ghostbusters Afterlife! This is a spoiler review, so if you haven't seen the movie, might be best to watch it first......or don't. It's up to you. Enjoy!

Ghostbusters Afterlife (2021) synopsis: “When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.”

Starring: Carrie Coon, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, and Paul RuddDirector: Jason Reitman

We hope you enjoy this roundtable discussion! All the links for each show in our network can be found at BFOPNetwork.com

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6.7/10IMDb

90%Rotten Tomatoes

3.6/5Letterboxd

87% liked this film

Google users

A group of valiant teenagers ventures out to battle a savage alien incursion. With the invasive species jeopardizing their vicinity in Southern London, they fight to succeed in their mission.Description

Release date: July 29, 2011 (Canada)

Director: Joe Cornish

Budget: £8 million

Music by: Basement Jaxx; Steven Price

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3.5/10 · IMDb

80% liked this film

Google users

Dr Otto grows a hand out of his head as he conjures a plan to take over the world. Lance Sterling attempts to capture the mad scientist, who continuously evades capture with his appearance-altering device.Description

Initial release: November 10, 1990

Director: BJ Davis

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Let's see what Dustin puts together for his Free For All episode.

This week we do a Patreon pick with 1990's Lady Dragon starring Cynthia Rothrock & Richard Norton

89% liked this movie

Google users

An old master heals a left-for-dead widow (Cynthia Rothrock) and teaches her how to kickbox for revenge.Description

Initial release: 1990

Director: David Worth

6.4/10IMDb 64%Rotten Tomatoes 4.2/5Vudu

84% liked this film Google users

Su Qi-Er retires as Qing dynasty's general in order to start a family and own a martial arts school. His quiet life is shattered when his adopted brother kidnaps his son and leaves his wife to die.Description

Release date: February 9, 2010 (China)

Director: Yuen Woo-ping

Box office: RMB 46.5 million (US$6.82 million)

Music by: Shigeru Umebayashi

Budget: US$20,000,000

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Maniac Cop is a 1988 American action slasher film directed by William Lustig, written by Larry Cohen, and starring Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, William Smith, Robert Z'Dar, and Sheree North.

This week we have Alex and Dean from Return Revenge Resurrection to cover this over the top action packed movie!

After saving a newborn infant from assassins, carrot-crunching gunman Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) teams up with a prostitute named DQ (Monica Bellucci) to protect the baby from further attacks. With hit man Hertz (Paul Giamatti) hot on their trail, Smith and DQ uncover a dying senator's plot to harvest bone marrow from babies just like the one in their arms.

Release date: September 7, 2007 (USA)

Director: Michael Davis

Box office: 26.8 million USD

Distributed by: New Line Cinema

Music by: Paul Haslinger

Produced by: Susan Montford; Don Murphy; Rick Benattar;

Not sure why, but this week we watched Transformers (2007)

The fate of humanity is at stake when two races of robots, the good Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, bring their war to Earth. The robots have the ability to change into different mechanical objects as they seek the key to ultimate power. Only a human youth, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) can save the world from total destruction.

Release date: July 2, 2007 (Canada)

Director: Michael Bay

Budget: 147 million USD

Sequel: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks

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

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

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

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

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

This week we cover 1984's Red Dawn.   In an alternate 1980s, the United States stands alone as communism grows stronger. When Soviet soldiers invade a small Colorado town, brothers Jed (Patrick Swayze) and Matt Eckert (Charlie Sheen) escape with friends to the forest. With their father, Tom (Harry Dean Stanton), a prisoner of the invading army, the children decide to fight against the Soviets. As the country comes under increasing attack, the group teams up with Lt. Col. Andrew Tanner (Powers Boothe) to take back their town. Release date: August 10, 1984 (USA) Director: John Milius Story by: Kevin Reynolds Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Budget: $17 million Produced by: Buzz Feitshans; Barry Beckerman; Sidney Beckerman

I can't believe we haven't covered this movie yet! So this week we get on it and cover 1984's Beverly Hills Cop.

After his childhood buddy is murdered while visiting Detroit, rebellious cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) follows the leads to Beverly Hills, Calif., under the auspices of a vacation. He checks in with old friend Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher) and starts to believe her boss, art dealer Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff), might somehow be involved in the murder. However, Lt. Bogomil (Ronny Cox) of the Beverly Hills Police Department does not trust Foley, and hinders his search for evidence.

Release date: December 5, 1984 (USA)

Director: Martin Brest

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Box office: $234 million

Music by: Harold Faltermeyer

Produced by: Don Simpson; Jerry Bruckheimer

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!

This week we check in on our old friend John Woo and see what he's been up to.   On Christmas Eve, a man witnesses the death of his young son when the boy gets caught in crossfire between warring gangs. Recovering from a wound that cost him his voice, he soon embarks on a bloody and grueling quest to punish those responsible. Release date: December 1, 2023 (Canada) Director: John Woo Distributed by: Lionsgate Films Box office: $8.7 million Music by: Marco Beltrami Production companies: Thunder Road Films; Capstone Studios; A Better Tomorrow Films

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.

 

4.8/10 IMDb

14% Rotten Tomatoes

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 

by David Callaham

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[

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

Michael Dougherty

Written by

Michael Dougherty

Produced by

Bryan Singer

Starring

• Dylan Baker
• Rochelle Aytes
• Anna Paquin
• Brian Cox

Cinematography

Glen MacPherson

Edited by Robert

IvisonMusic by

Douglas Pipes

Production companies

• Warner Premiere
• Legendary Pictures
• Bad Hat Harry Productions

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

Simon (Tyron Leitso) and Greg (Will Sanderson) meet a group of friends and set out to attend a rave on a remote island. When they miss the ferry, they decide to ride with Kirk (Jürgen Prochnow), a smuggler. They find the island deserted and discover that the partygoers have been killed by zombies. Now, the group must evade the deadly creatures and try to find safety. However, the only means of escape -- Kirk's boat -- has been overrun, forcing the survivors to ward off the undead.

Directed by Uwe Boll

Screenplay by

• Dave Parker
• Mark Altman

Story by

• Mark Altman
• Dan Bates

Based on

The House of the Dead by

• Sega Corporation
• Wow Entertainment, Inc.

Produced by

• Uwe Boll
• Wolfgang Herold
• Shawn Williamson

Starring

• Jonathan Cherry
• Tyron Leitso
• Clint Howard
• Ona Grauer
• Ellie Cornell
• Jürgen Prochnow

Cinematography Matias Neumann

Edited by David Richardson

Music by Reinhard Besser

Production Companies

• Boll KG Productions
• Mindfire Entertainment
• Herold & Besser Studios
• Brightlight Pictures

Distributed by

• Artisan Entertainment (United States)
• Alliance Atlantis Communications (Canada)

Release dates

• February 15, 2003 (San Francisco)
• October 10, 2003 (United States)

Running time

90 minutesCountries

Language English

Budget $12 million

Box office $13.8 million

Alien brain parasites that enter humans through their mouths are turning their hosts into killer zombie-like slug creatures, running amok on a university campus during pledge week.

6.7/10 IMDb    73% Rotten Tomatoes 4.7/5 Amazon.ca 93% Google users liked this movie

Directed by

Fred Dekker

Written by 

Fred Dekker

Produced by

Charles Gordon

Starring

• Jason Lively
• Tom Atkins
• Steve Marshall
• Jill Whitlow

Cinematography Robert C. New 

Edited by 

Michael N. Knue

Music by

• Barry De Vorzon

Distributed by 

Tri-Star Pictures

Release date

• August 22, 1986

Running time

88 minutes

6.6/10 IMDb

3.7/5 Letterboxd

83% liked this movie Google users

A young cop tries to rescue a beautiful woman before she is sacrificed by a tribe

Directed by Lam Ngai Kai

Screenplay by Wong Jing. Yuen Gai-chi

Based on Dr. Yuen Series by Ni Kuang

Produced  by Wong Jing, Chua Lam

Starring

Chow Yun-fat Chin Siu-ho Dick Wei Maggie Cheung Sibelle Hu

Production company

Paragon Films

Distributed by Golden Harvest

Release date

• 17 October 1986

Running time

81 minutes

7.2/10 IMDb 94% Rotten Tomatoes 71% Google Users   Description When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits with an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill and high-stakes party game -- until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

Directed by

Danny Philippou Michael Philippou

Written by

• Danny Philippou
• Bill Hinzman

Based onConcept by Daley Pearson

Produced by

• Samantha Jennings
• Kristina Ceyton

Starring

• Sophie Wilde
• Alexandra Jensen
• Joe Bird
• Otis Dhanji
• Miranda Otto
• Zoe Terakes
• Chris Alosio
• Marcus Johnson
• Alexandria Steffensen

Cinematography

Aaron McLisky

Edited by

Geoff Lamb

Music by

Cornel Wilczek

Production companies

• Screen Australia
• South Australian Film Corporation
• Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund
• Head Gear Films
• Metrol Technology
• Causeway Films

Distributed by

• Maslow Entertainment
• Umbrella Entertainment
• Ahi Films

Release dates

• 30 October 2022 (Adelaide)
• 27 July 2023 (Australia)

Running time

95 minutes

Directed by

Gary Sherman

Written by

• Michael Patrick Goodman
• Brian Taggert
• Gary Sherman

Produced by

Robert C. Peters

Starring

• Rutger Hauer
• Gene Simmons
• Robert Guillaume

Cinematography

Alex Nepomniaschy

Edited by

Ross Albert

Music by

Joe Renzetti

Production Companies

• New World Pictures
• Balcor Film Investors
• Arthur M. Sarkissian Productions

Distributed by 

New World Pictures

Release dates

• November 21, 1986 (Florida)
• January 16, 1987 (United States)

Running time

104 minutes

Directed by Renny Harlin

Screenplay by

• Michael France
• Sylvester Stallone

Story byMichael France 

Based on A premise by John Long

Produced by

• Alan Marshall
• Renny Harlin
• Mario Kassar

Starring

• Sylvester Stallone
• John Lithgow
• Michael Rooker
• Janine Turner
• Leon Robinson
• Paul Winfield
• Ralph Waite

Cinematography

Alex Thomson

Edited by

Frank J. Urioste

Music by

Trevor Jones

Production companies

• Carolco Pictures
• Le Studio Canal+
• Pioneer Corporation
• RCS Video

Distributed by

TriStar Pictures

Release dates

• May 20, 1993 (Cannes)
• May 28, 1993 (United States)

Running time

113 minutes

A drug dealer (Nina Li Chi) joins forces with two mismatched cops (Yun-Fat Chow, Conan Lee) to crack a band of heroin dealers.

Release date: March 19, 1988 (Hong Kong)

Director: Lau Kar-leung

Box office: 27.87 million HKD

Nominations: Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography

Distributed by: Cinema City Enterprises

Language: Cantonese

7.3/10 IMDb

100% Rotten Tomatoes

88% liked this movie Google users

A gunfighter heading for New Orleans to board a ship and retire peacefully to Europe is prevented from hanging up his pistols by the persistent admiration of a young gunman called Nobody. Initially hired to kill the veteran fighter, Nobody becomes his friend and insists that the great man's career should end with a glorious climax.Description

 

Directed by Tonino Valerii

Screenplay by Ernesto Gastaldi 

Story by

• Fulvio Morsella
• Ernesto Gastaldi

Based on An idea by Sergio Leone 

Produced by Fulvio Morsella

Starring

• Terence Hill
• Henry Fonda
• Jean Martin

Cinematography

• Giuseppe Ruzzolini
• Armando Nannuzzi
• Sergio Salvati

Edited by Nino Baragli

Music by Ennio Morricone

Production companies

• Rafran Cinematografica
• Les Filmes Jacques Leitienne
• La Societe Im. Ex. Ci.
• La Societe Alcinter
• Rialto Film Preben Philpsen[2]

Distributed by Titanus

Release dates

• 13 December 1973 (West Germany)
• 14 December 1973 (France)
• 21 December 1973 (Italy)

Running time

118 minutes

2.9/ 10 IMDb

40% Rotten Tomatoes

77% liked this movie

 

A Los Angeles helicopter pilot (Anna Nicole Smith) finds herself caught in a hostage drama atop an 86-story building.Description

Directed by Raymond Martino

Written by 

William Applegate Jr. John Larrabee

Starring

Anna Nicole Smith Richard Steinmetz Branko Cikatić

Release date

• July 24, 1996

Running time

96 min.

Directed by

• Kenji Misumi
• Robert Houston

Screenplay by

• Robert Houston
• David Weisman
• Kazuo Koike[1]

Based on Lone Wolf and Cub by Kazuo Koike Goseki Kojima 

Produced by

• Shintaro Katsu
• Hisaharu Matsubara
• David Weisman

Starring

• Tomisaburo Wakayama
• Kayo Mautso
• Akiji Kobayashi

Cinematography Chishi Makiura 

Edited by Lee Percy

Music by

• W. Michael Lewis
• Mark Lindsay

Production companies

• Toho
• Katsu
• Baby-Cart Productions

Distributed by New World Pictures

Release date

• November 11, 1980 (United States)

Running time

90 minutes

Countries

Japan United States

Language

English

Code Of Silence

Directed by Andrew Davis

Screenplay by

• Michael Butler
• Dennis Shryack
• Mike Gray

Story by

• Michael Butler
• Dennis Shryack

Produced by Raymond Wagner

Starring

• Chuck Norris
• Henry Silva
• Bert Remsen
• Molly Hagan

Cinematography Frank Tidy

Edited by

• Christopher Holmes
• Peter Parasheles
• Russ Kingston

Music by David Michael Frank

Distributed by Orion Pictures

Release date

• May 3, 1985 (United States)

Running time

100 minutes

A former agent heads to the Louisiana Bayou to track down and destroy the right-wing vigilantes who killed his partner.

Directed by Sam Firstenberg

Written by James Booth

Produced by

• Yoram Globus
• Menahem Golan

Starring

• Michael Dudikoff
• Steve James
• Bill Wallace
• John P. Ryan

Cinematography

Gideon Porath

Edited by 

Michael J. Duthie

Production companies

• Cannon Films
• Golan-Globus Productions

Release date

• September 12, 1986

Running time

103 minutes

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission -- not even the lives of those he cares about most.

 

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie

Written by

• Christopher McQuarrie
• Erik Jendresen

 

Starring

• Tom Cruise
• Hayley Atwell
• Ving Rhames
• Simon Pegg
• Rebecca Ferguson
• Vanessa Kirby
• Henry Czerny

Distributed by Paramount Pictures

Release dates

• July 12, 2023 (United States)

Running time

163 minutes

Forrest Taft (Steven Seagal) is putting his considerable talents as a fighter and marksman to use as a hired gun for the sleazy oil tycoon Michael Jennings (Michael Caine). The latter's bottom-line tunnel vision has him destroying entire communities if it means a bigger profit for his business. While in Alaska taking care of some business for his amoral boss, however, Taft meets a native Eskimo woman (Joan Chen) who helps him to discover the error of his ways and pursue a more righteous path.

Directed by Steven Seagal

Written by Ed Horowitz, Robin U. Russin 

Produced by

Steven Seagal A. Kitman Ho Julius R. Nasso

Starring

• Steven Seagal
• Michael Caine
• Joan Chen
• John C. McGinley

 

Release date

• February 18, 1994 (United States)

Running time

101 minutes

Léon Gaultier (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a soldier in the French Foreign Legion, serving abroad in East Africa. But after his brother is cruelly murdered, Gaultier deserts his assignment and travels to the United States to help his widowed sister-in-law (Lisa Pelikan), who is now struggling to care for her children. But the job market is tough, so Gaultier takes his hand-to-hand combat skills into the brutal world of bare-knuckle fighting, where the paydays are nearly as big as the risks.

 

Directed by Sheldon Lettich

Written by S. N. Warren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sheldon Lettich 

Produced by Eric Karson, Ash R. ShahStarring

• Jean-Claude Van Damme
• Harrison Page
• Deborah Rennard
• Lisa Pelikan
• Brian Thompson

Cinematography Robert C. New

Edited by Mark Conte

Music by John Scott

Production companies

Wrong Bet Productions Imperial Entertainment

Distributed byUniversal Pictures

Release dates

• August 1, 1990 (France)
• January 11, 1991 (U.S.A.)

Running time

105 minutes

An ex-gangster in Hong Kong tries to reconnect with his estranged policeman brother, but he finds that his ties to gangs are harder to break than he thought.

 

Traditional Chinese 英雄本色

Simplified Chinese 英雄本色

Literal meaning True Colors of a Hero 

Directed by John Woo

Screenplay by John Woo

• John Woo
• Chan Hing-kai
• Leung Suk-wah

Produced byTsui HarkStarring

• Ti Lung
• Leslie Cheung
• Chow Yun-fat
• Emily Chu
• Waise Lee
• Kenneth Tsang

Cinematography Wong Wing-hang

Edited by

• Kam Ma David Wu

Music by Joseph Koo

Production companies

• Cinema City Enterprises
• Film Workshop

 

Release date

• 2 August 1986

Running time

95 minutes

             

During the last days of World War II, a solitary prospector crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the soldiers decide to steal his gold, they quickly discover they just tangled with no ordinary miner.

Directed by Jalmari Helander

Written by Jalmari Helander 

Produced by Petri Jokiranta 

Starring

• Jorma Tommila
• Aksel Hennie
• Jack Doolan
• Mimosa Willamo
• Onni Tommila

Cinematography Kjell Lagerroos 

Edited by Juho Virolainen 

Music by

• Juri Seppä
• Tuomas Wäinölä

Production companies

• Subzero Film Entertainment
• Stage 6 Films
• Good Chaos

Distributed by

• Nordisk Film (Nordic countries)
• Lionsgate (North America)
• Sony Pictures (International)

Release dates

• 9 September 2022 (TIFF)
• 27 January 2023 (Finland)
• 28 April 2023 (United States)

Running time

91 minutes Countries

• Finland
• United States

Languages

• English
• Finnish

 

This week we check out the directorial debut of Dev Patel with Monkey Man (2024)

A young man ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he's beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, he discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city's sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

Release date: April 5, 2024 (Canada)

Director: Dev Patel

Budget: 10 million USD

Producers: Dev Patel, Jordan Peele, Samarth Sahni, Basil Iwanyk, MORE

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Box office: $34.7 million

A relentless inspector (Michelle Yeoh) and a Scotland Yard detective (Cynthia Rothrock) investigate murder linked to microfilm.

 

Traditional Chinese 皇家師姐

Simplified Chinese 皇家师姐

Literal meaning Royal Elder Sister

Hanyu Pinyin Huángjiā Shījiě 

JyutpingWong4 Gaa1 Si1 Ze2

Directed by Corey Yuen 

Written by Barry Wong 

Produced bySammo Hung

Starring

• John Shum
• Michelle Yeoh
• Mang Hoi
• Cynthia Rothrock
• Tsui Hark

Cinematography Bill Wong Chung-piu

Edited by

• Sek Chi-kong
• Keung Chuen-tak
• Peter Cheung

Music by

• Romeo Diaz
• Tang Siu-lam

Production Company

D & B Films[1]

Release date

• 30 November 1985

Running time

93 minutes

Country Hong Kong 

Language Cantonese

 

8/10 IMDb

84% Rotten Tomatoes

92% liked this movie Google users

The Bride (Uma Thurman) picks up where she left off in volume one with her quest to finish the hit list she has composed of all of the people who have wronged her, including ex-boyfriend Bill (David Carradine), who tried to have her killed four years ago during her wedding to another man. Leaving several dead in her wake, she eventually tracks down Bill in Mexico. Using skills she has learned during her assassin career, she attempts to finish what she set out to do in the first place.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino

Written by Quentin Tarantino

Produced byLawrence Bender

Starring

• Uma Thurman
• David Carradine
• Michael Madsen
• Daryl Hannah
• Gordon Liu
• Michael Parks

Cinematography Robert Richardson

Edited by Sally Menke

Music by

• RZA
• Robert Rodriguez

 Nemesis is a 1992 American cyberpunk action film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Yuji Okumoto, Marjorie Monaghan, Brion James and Deborah Shelton.[3] Set in a near future world populated by androids, the film centers on Alex Rain (Gruner), a cybernetically-enhanced, ex-counterterrorism operative charged by his former employers with assassinating his former lover, the leader of an underground militant group. This is the first installment in the Nemesis film series, and was followed by four direct sequels and a spinoff film. After premiering in Japan, it was released in the United States by Imperial Entertainment in January 1993.

 

Directed by Albert Pyun

Written by Rebecca Charles

Produced by

• Tim Karnowski
• Eric Karson
• Ash R. Shah

Starring

• Olivier Gruner
• Tim Thomerson
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
• Merle Kennedy
• Yuji Okumoto
• Marjorie Monaghan
• Brion James
• Deborah Shelton

Cinematography George Mooradian

Edited by

• Mark Conte
• David Kern

Music byMichel Rubini

Production company

Greenleaf Productions[1]

Distributed byImperial Entertainment[2]

Release dates

• 26 December 1992 (Japan)
• 29 January 1993 (U.S.)

Running time

95 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$2 million