Action, Action

Have you seen this movie? What do you think? We get into it on this episode of Action, Action!   6.1/10IMDb 69%Rotten Tomatoes 50%Metacritic 81% liked this film Google users Needing money to cover his wife's medical bills, a decorated veteran teams up with his adoptive brother to steal $32 million from a Los Angeles bank. However, when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate thieves hijack an ambulance that's carrying a severely wounded cop and an EMT work… MOREDescription Release date: April 8, 2022 (Canada) Director: Michael Bay Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon 6.6/10IMDb 70%Rotten Tomatoes 4.1/5Vudu 81% liked this film Google users Jack Benteen (Nick Nolte) is a Texas Ranger who has taken a very different path than his childhood buddy, Cash Bailey (Powers Boothe), a ruthless drug lord. While Benteen and Bailey are on opposites sides of the law, they share a common interest in the lovely Sarita Cisneros (Maria Conchita Alonso),… MOREDescription Release date: April 24, 1987 (USA) Show: Cine Director: Walter Hill Music by: Jerry Goldsmith Story by: John Milius; Fred Rexer Distributed by: Carolco Pictures, TriStar Pictures              

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon   5.3/10IMDb 3.3/5Rate Your Music 78% liked this film Google users When the wife and daughter of Army drill sergeant John North (Brian Bosworth) are killed during an arms deal involving a crooked FBI agent named Karl Savak (Bruce Payne), John decides to take matters into his own hands, only to discover that the henchman responsible for their deaths has been put int… MOREDescription Initial release: December 10, 1995 Director: Kurt Wimmer Distributed by: HBO

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon 7.5/10IMDb 96%Rotten Tomatoes 3.8/5Letterboxd 85% liked this film Google users Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.Description Initial release: November 19, 2020 Director: Anders Thomas Jensen Box office: $7,957,296 Budget: €5.3 million; ($6.4 million) Distributed by: Nordisk Film Languages: Danish, English

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon 8.8/10 MDb 97% Rotten Tomatoes 4/5 Common Sense Media 93% liked this film Google users In the Southwest during the Civil War, a mysterious stranger, Joe (Clint Eastwood), and a Mexican outlaw, Tuco (Eli Wallach), form an uneasy partnership -- Joe turns in the bandit for the reward money, then rescues him just as he is being hanged. When Joe's shot at the noose goes awry during one escapade, a furious Tuco tries to have him murdered. The men re-team abruptly, however, to beat out a sadistic criminal and the Union army and find $20,000 that a soldier has buried in the desert. Release date: December 23, 1966 (Italy) Director: Sergio Leone Featured song: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Music composed by: Ennio Morricone Box office: $31.4 million

What we watched before we watched The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly. 

Drive (1997) Drive(Patreon).mp3             Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon 6.7/10IMDb 4.3/5Amazon.ca 3.6/5Letterboxd A bionic man (Mark Dacascos) from Hong Kong enlists help from a hostage (Kadeem Hardison) and a woman (Brittany Murphy) to evade villains in San Francisco.Description Initial release: August 4, 1997 Director: Steve Wang Written by: Scott Phillips

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon 6.7/10IMDb 4.3/5Amazon.ca 3.6/5Letterboxd A bionic man (Mark Dacascos) from Hong Kong enlists help from a hostage (Kadeem Hardison) and a woman (Brittany Murphy) to evade villains in San Francisco.Description Initial release: August 4, 1997 Director: Steve Wang Written by: Scott Phillips

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon   4.1/10 · IMDb 81% liked this film Google users When terrorists threaten to blow up San Diego, heroic cop Norris is forced to collaborate with a canine partner who seems to outsmart him every step of the way.Description Initial release: April 28, 1995 Director: Aaron Norris Music by: George S. Clinton Box office: $5.1 million Story by: Aaron Norris; Tim Grayem

Check out what we watched before we watched Top Dog. 4.1/10 · IMDb 81% liked this film Google users When terrorists threaten to blow up San Diego, heroic cop Norris is forced to collaborate with a canine partner who seems to outsmart him every step of the way. Initial release: April 28, 1995 Director: Aaron Norris Music by: George S. Clinton Box office: $5.1 million Story by: Aaron Norris; Tim Grayem Distributed by: Artisan Entertainment Chuck Norris as Lt. Jake Wilder Michele Lamar Richards as Det. Savannah Boyette Erik von Detten as Matthew Swanson Carmine Caridi as Sgt. Lou Swanson

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon Directors: Craig R. Baxley, Philippe Mora Cast   Brian Bosworth (Joe Elkhart, Joe Huff/John Stone) Brian Bosworth Joe Elkhart, Joe Huff/John Stone Lance Henriksen (Chains Cooper) Lance Henriksen Chains Cooper William Forsythe (Ice) William Forsythe Ice Craig R. Baxley Craig R. Baxley

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon Catching up in anticipation of our Stone Cold rewatch.

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon Directed byJorma Taccone Screenplay by Will Forte John Solomon Jorma Taccone Starring Will Forte Kristen Wiig Ryan Phillippe Val Kilmer Maya Rudolph Powers Boothe   Distributed byUniversal Pictures Release dates March 15, 2010 (SXSW) May 21, 2010 (United States) Running time 91 minutes [1]CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$10 million[2]Box office$9.3 million[3]

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon   Lets get ready for next weeks episode featuring MacGruber with a pre chat about all the other stuff we've been watching.    

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon 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)

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon  It's our weekly discussion of what were watching with a few games thrown in.

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon 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

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon 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

Check Action, Action here: Instagram Letterboxd Patreon 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