Hudson Hawk (1991)
Whatever Hudson Hawk is, it’s not what it started out to be. It’s totally different than the movie Joel Silver wanted to produce and it’s completely different than the script Steven E. de Souza wrote. As Bruce Willis became a bigger and bigger star, he just took over, bringing on screenwriter Daniel Waters to add plenty […]
Party Hard, Die Young (2018)
Any time I hear the phrase “in the tradition of the best post-Scream slashers,” I get worried that I’m going to completely hate a movie. However, this 2018 Austrian effort — known there as The Last Party of Your Life — defied that title and all the worries that it brought with it. This movie feels closer […]
The Mummy Rebirth (2019)
Two treasure hunters have uncovered a sealed tomb, awakening a mummy that has waited centuries to return and bring about Armageddon. Now, they must race against time to stop that evil mummy and his creatures from destroying the entire world. Basically — if you miss the 1990s mummy movies — good news. We watched The Mummy Reborn […]
Surviving Confession (2019)
A priest who has grown conflicted with his faith has his world turned upside down in director Matthew Tibbenham‘s first full-length film. He’s worked on plenty of Hollywood films in different roles, including Sinister and Deliver Us From Evil. It was written by Nathan Shane Miller and it’s also his first full-length movie. This fim is entirely […]
Darkman (1990)
Before he had the chance to make Spider-Man, Sam Raimi had wanted to make a comic book movie. Having failed to get the rights to The Shadow and Batman, he just decided to create his own hero. Drawing inspiration from Universal Monsters like The Phantom of the Opera as well as The Elephant Man, he created The Darkman, […]
Cyborg (1989)
Cannon Films — oh Cannon Films, you magnificent maniacs — had big plans in 1989. They wanted to make a sequel to their 1987’s film Masters of the Universe and they had the rights to make a live-action Spider-Man movie. However, Cannon was out of money, so they had to cancel both of those movies. The trouble […]
In Hell (2003)
Ringo Lam and Van Damme worked together on three films — Maximum Risk and Replicant are the other two — and this one finds JCVD living the Cool Hand Luke life in a Russian prison. However, unlike the only other Russian prison movie I’ve ever seen, Red Heat, there’s no Sylvia Kristel. There is, however, an appearance by Lawrence […]
Hard Target (1993)
Was there some kind of boot camp that Hong Kong directors had to go through to make movies for Chinese audiences that required them to work with Jean-Claude Van Dam? Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam and John Woo all made their first Western movie with the actor. It seems like too much of a coincidence to […]
Replicant (2001)
Plenty of actors have played twins in a movie. But Jean-Claude Van Damme? He’s done it three times — Double Impact, Maximum Risk and this film, his second of three films with Ringo Lam, the man who created City On Fire, which inspired Reservoir Dogs. This time, Van Damme is both Edward “the Torch” Garrotte and his clone. And […]
Ten things you should know about Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Camille François van Varenberg was born on October 18, 1960 but would not become Jean-Claude Van Damme before he went through a childhood filled with bullying. He began studying martial arts at the age of ten. He started in Shōtōkan karate school, earning his black belt at the age of 18, by which point […]
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