From his villainy in No Retreat, No Surrender to his hardened brawling in The Bouncer, Jean-Claude Van Damme kicks ass wherever he goes,
For Ultimate Action Movie Club: “THE 10 BEST JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME FIGHT SCENES”
For SetTheTape.com: “Kickboxer – Throwback 30”
• LIKE on Facebook • FOLLOW on Twitter • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi 30 years ago, Jean-Claude Van Damme was yet to ride his prime on a motorbike in Hard Target, and live in the world of direct-to-video, where he has mostly resided for over... Continue Reading →
For ReadFilm.co: “Review: ‘China O’Brien’ (1990)”
In both academia and worldwide fandom, the American actress Cynthia Rothrock has been regarded as both the “Queen of Martial Arts” and the “Queen of Video”. https://www.instagram.com/p/BRZu65AB10r/?utm_source=ig_embed After a successful few years in mainstream Hong Kong action cinema, her time had come to be returned home and launched in the American market – this came in the... Continue Reading →
Obscure Movie Villains: “Stingray” from ‘Undefeatable’
First presented in a sequence of attacks from an underground "death match", "Stingray" (real name: Paul Taylor) is the antagonist of the US-shot Hong Kong production, Undefeatable (Ho, 1993). "Stingray" is not only a skilled and deadly fighter; he is a psychotic wife beater. In an early scene, "Stingray" rapes his wife, which leads to her fleeing... Continue Reading →
Thoughts on 2015’s ‘Kickboxer’ Remake/Reboot and the 1989 Original.
So, via Jean-Claude Van Damme's Facebook page, I came across a post regarding JCVD starring in a new Kickboxer movie. Wow. Talk of the original Kickboxer movie If you're not knowledgeable of the original Kickboxer (dir. DiSalle & Worth, 1989), it is THE cult classic martial arts film of the 80s - it even co-stars Dennis Alexio, a former world... Continue Reading →
