Category: 80s Action
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One Hit Wonders of 80’s Action: Vol. 5
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Read more: One Hit Wonders of 80’s Action: Vol. 5One movie. One character. Cinematic immortality. Few in the history of the silver screen have ever dared a “one and done,” but for Bruce Way, there never really was an alternative.
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One Hit Wonders of 80’s Action Vol. 4
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Read more: One Hit Wonders of 80’s Action Vol. 4She’d have Chuck’s Polish sausage, even if she had to set the nation’s capital aflame to get it.
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One Hit Wonder of 80’s Action: Vol. 3
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Read more: One Hit Wonder of 80’s Action: Vol. 3There’s a great cross to bear if you happen to be the actor who single handedly ended the Cold War, and no, I’m not talking about Ronald Reagan.
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One Hit Wonders of 80’s Action: Vol. 2
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Read more: One Hit Wonders of 80’s Action: Vol. 2After her devastatingly one-note performance as Carol Kersey, Paul’s put upon daughter, in Death Wish II, Robin Sherwood never acted again.
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One Hit Wonders of 80’s Action: Vol. 1
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Read more: One Hit Wonders of 80’s Action: Vol. 1Consider the life and times of Joseph Gonzalez. He appears in but two movies other than the enshrined classic Death Wish 3.
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Cream Turning Sour: Episode One-Schwarzenegger
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Read more: Cream Turning Sour: Episode One-SchwarzeneggerSchwarzenegger peaked in the 1980s, his legacy built on iconic performances in The Terminator, Commando and Predator. These were lean, mean flicks.
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Raiders Of the Lost Ark
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Read more: Raiders Of the Lost ArkIndiana Jones hates snakes, and Nazis. In that order.
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Road House
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Read more: Road HouseEditor’s Note: The re-make of Road House is now streaming on Amazon Prime. It stars the great Jake Gyllenhaal and is supposedly fantastic. It’s not. Tagline: “Dalton’s the best bouncer in the business. His nights are filled with fast action, hot music and beautiful women. It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it.”…
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Blade Runner: Director’s Cut (1982)
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Read more: Blade Runner: Director’s Cut (1982)Blade Runner is simply a masterpiece. There is no other way to put it. Minus the story, which is a good Philip K. Dick one, the production design alone could hold my attention for two hours. The visuals are absolutely foreign without being beyond the realm of belief.
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A Few More Ruthless Villains: 80’s Action Edition
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Read more: A Few More Ruthless Villains: 80’s Action EditionA Few Ruthless Movie Villains is a popular article that I wrote a few years ago. Time flies, and it is now past time to honor some more unsavory bad guys, this time, 80’s Action style. I will concentrate on the attributes or tags of villain, bully, and sheer nastiness. Most of the movies are…