Growing up in the 80’s, I had multiple action heroes to choose from, be it Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone or Jean Claude Van Damme just to name a few. As they began to age I started to ask myself, who is there to take their place. Even the “younger” stars who came in their wake like Jason Statham and Scott Adkins are now starting to get on. With that in mind, it is obvious we are in need of new blood. Sure, some possible contenders have reared their head, but I mus

Originally released back in 2018, Im Jin-soon’s The Villagers (2018) was finally given a stateside release in 2025. No doubt the rise in popularity of leading man Ma Dong-seok (a.k.a Don Lee) has played a part in it seeing the light of day, although this could cause some to expect The Villagers to be a slam bang actioner like Ma’s The Roundup series rather than the mystery thriller it actually is. Whilst The Villagers does have several fight scenes in the film, these aren’t t

Made back in 1988 for BBC’s Screen Two, director Sandy Johnson’s Leaving (1988) is a sometimes bleak but poignant drama about three youngsters growing up in impoverished Scottish town Greenock at the tail end of the 1960’s. Having grown up in Greenock myself, the film has something of a tinge of nostalgia, but even those from other parts of the world should find much of this story relatable. Well that is if they can get past the strong Scottish accents, which I have seen many

I must say, Kevin James: Action Star wasn’t exactly on my bucket list for this year, but that is exactly what we get with his recent outing, the violent crime thriller Guns Up (2025). To be fair, some of James’ previous features have involved some level of action, with the likes of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Here Comes the Boom (2012) and especially True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016) showing James to be surprisingly physical. I suppose it helps that he had a

With no real fanfare, it was almost a fluke that I stumbled upon director Jesse V. Johnson’s latest Thieves Highway (2025). Being a fan of Johnson, I did know some information about the film’s production, but it was only by chance that I found myself noticing that it had been given its premier in the UK through Sky Cinema. While not a platform I regularly use, seeing as it was a new Johnson film, I just had to. Sharing its title with Jules Dassin’s fantastic 1949 film Noir,

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