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By: Anthony Francis Welcome to a special section of Action Rewind called When Action Films Had Balls where we look at the action films of yesteryear that had their own […]
By: Anthony Francis Vengeance thrillers. This is the type of sub-genre that will never go out of style. Many actors have done well in this kind of film. From Charles Bronson to […]
By: Anthony Francis As their Duty Sergeant tells the squad at the beginning of the film, “We’re the people’s only safeguard against chaos, so get out there and restore order before […]
By: Anthony Francis “Some things you can’t redo. Some things you are forced to do over and over again.” If Frank Grillo were acting in the 1980s, he would havebeen one […]
By: Anthony Francis Widely considered to be one of the most ridiculous movies ever made. It has a silly plot and uses up just about every cliche’ in the “tough […]
By: Anthony Francis Released in its native Quebec in 2016, the Action film “Nitro Rush” has made its way to the United States. Director Alain Desrochers’ sequel to his […]
By: Anthony Francis “Willy’s Wonderland”. Moments of pure terror as frightening as anything from “The Exorcist”, creature designs as brilliant as anything Stan Winston ever created, and actions scenes as […]
By: Anthony Francis Sundance Premiere- “Prisoners of the Ghostland” In the first 15 minutes of the unique Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono’s English language debut, we get a wild robbery that […]
By: Anthony Francis One man driving his car trying to fix personal and professional issues. The camera never leaving the car.The driver the only face the audience sees for much of the film’s entirety. […]
By: Anthony Francis David Ayer is a filmmaker I like but he is also one who frustrates me. Ayer wrote and directed films that give me an absolute thrill as a film lover, and he […]
By: Anthony Francis The all too familiar phrase “In the near future…” is a common beginning to many a cinematic synopsis. It is a description that is becoming more and […]
By: Anthony Francis Jean-Claude Killy is a triple Olympic skiing champion who won three gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics. At that time, Killy dominated the sport throughout the early 70s and became […]
By: Anthony Francis From the opening roar of the motorcycle engines, director Melanie Atkinhead’s biker-revenge-action film “Revenge Ride” wastes no time, delivering the main character’s backstory with a jarring punch and a […]
By: Anthony Francis I dislike catch phrases and silly terms but I am sad to report that the phrase “Cash Grab” is apropos when speaking of the latest (and hopefully […]
By: Anthony Francis “All I have is a loathing for a world that’s forgotten.” That is the sentiment of Chris Cringle. Yes, that Chris Cringle. In the new film “Fatman”, […]
By: Anthony Francis When Action Films Had Balls- The Getaway- 1972 Written by Walter Hill (based on the novel by Jim Thompson)Directed by Sam Peckinpah In 1972 the movie gods […]
By: Anthony Francis What in the wide, wide, world of low budget direct-to-video action bizzarro films did I just see? Writer/director Valeri Milev’s Bullets of Justice is one of the most insane films to come […]
By: Anthony Francis When Action Movies Had Balls! 10 to Midnight- 1983 Written by William Roberts/ Directed by J. Lee Thompson 10 to Midnight is one of the best cop films […]
By: Anthony Francis Mark Dacascos is an actor that should have been a big-time Hollywood action star long ago. While he has certainly been in some well-received films (Only the […]
