Who cares how a claymore is supposed to work?
Action movies may call for the greatest suspension of disbelief. How can anyone end up in a situation where a particular set of skills may come in handy? When will they run out of bullets? The fall could not have been that painful if they are back on their feet ready for round two. These are the films where you are seated to cheer on the impossible and the art makes you believe it is plausible. And then you try it at home.
Action Cinema: Bang for Your Buck
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Mark L Lester Christmas: Commando (with Scattered Sharknados)
CatBusRuss’s first conversation with Michael Dubois. They discuss the first solely Schwarzenegger movie, “Commando”
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Mark L Lester Christmas: Showdown in Little Tokyo & Bloodsport
CatBusRuss and Gregory Carl discuss the greatest DVD two-pack, “Bloodsport” & “Showdown in Little Tokyo”.
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Death Sport (1978)
Full-frontal nudity stars with David Carradine's failed spiritual successor to "Death Race 2000".
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Pike's Away at "Hard Target" with CouchManBakes
Andrew "CouchManBakes" Tiede must have been sure that CatBusRuss was going to get his panel approved for Fan Expo New Orleans 2025. Why else would he have requested to cover perhaps the best narrative Jean-Claude Van Dammehad ever starred in, John Woo's "Hard Target"?
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage
A a fun flick, but when the alien-symbiote got a hold of glow sticks, the thoughts of Joel Schumacher's ghost taking the reigns of the franchise were scarier that anything the Anderson's space hell could offer.
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Blood and Bone (2009)
A recap of Twin Cities 2024’s panels, Brian Posehn stand up and Michael Jai White movie “Blood and Bone (2009)”.