I’m not exactly sure who started this trend, but I’m not a fan of action films where the hero seems to be above the material he/she is in. I’m talking about movies where the hero is talking out of the side of his/her mouth, cutting one liners all the time, makes snide or snarky comments […]

Charlies Angels (2019), directed by Elizabeth Banks, was an action reboot / remake of the 1970s TV classic of the same name and a series of movies from the early 2000’s that starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu respectively. Whilst the former two movies from the 2000’s were tongue in cheek, mixed comedy […]

From 1992 to about 1995 I, along with a bunch of my friends at the time, were really into action movies; whether they be the latest Jean Claude Van Damme movie, or Sly Stallone action movie, I always wanted to watch these movies over anything else. Whether this is the influence of movies like Die […]

“Spectre”, the 24th installment of the James Bond movie franchise movies saw the re-introduction of Ernst Stravo Blofeld. The noted arch-vile and mainstay villain of the classic 1960’s Sean Connery James Bond movies was rebooted for a modern era and audience. However, as many reviewers and commentators have stated; this version of Blofeld, played by […]

Mandarin with English subtitles Directed, written and produced by Yue Song Starring: Yue Song, Xing Yu, Collin Chou, Michael Chan Link: IMDB Link: Trailer – Youtube “An insane, rip-roaring, ultra-fast old-school Hong Kong action film that hides flaws in editing, poor continuity, storyline and character development. In this heddy mix of “comic-book” superhero action, streetfighting, […]

Movie Review – Jason Bourne (2016) – Matt Damon returns as the elusive black ops operative Jason Bourne. But is the movie as good as many expect?

Tony Jaa, who hit to fame in 2008’s ground-breaking, world-wide hit “Ong Bak” created a rejuvenation into action cinema and put the laser focus of the world’s attention on Thai action cinema. Following Ong Bak Jaa came out with 2005’s “Warrior King“, incorrectly labelled as Ong Bak 2, this movie carried on the formula of […]

Jackie Chan’s 1985 hit “Police Story” might be best known to fans, and even to Jackie’s own production team as “Glass story”, but here’s a short clip of “Kung Fu Kids 2“, a Taiwanese movie which seems to be on a mission to insert as much glass into a fight sequence as humanly possible. One […]

As reported on Bangkok of the mind, dailyxpress.net, thaifilmjournal, twitchfilm and others, Tony Jaa’s much anticipated movie Ong Bak 2, the sequel to his 2003 hit Ong Bak, may not even see the light of day because of rumors, inneundo and Tony’s distressing public TV meltdown.