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Action Movies
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Action Movies
Do you like gladiator movies? War movies? Gangster movies? Kung fu movies? Swordfight movies? Alien invasion movies?
This is a community for any movie with a punch, a kick, a stab, a shot or an explosion, or preferably all of the above and plenty of 'em.
Everything from Armour of God to Zulu, from Above the Law to Zatoichi.
Feel free to post:
- news
- reviews
- licensed streaming or downloads
- questions & polls
- recommendations
- memes
- etc.
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In addition to piefed.social's instance rules.
- Let's be nice to each other
- Let's keep it legal (e.g. licensed streaming)
- Let's stay on topic
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I'm envious of you folks in the LA area who have the chance to go to this year's Big Bad Film Fest.
Highlights include:
- Mark L. Lester will present his cult classic 'Showdown in Little Tokyo'
- North American Premiere of Tsuji Hiroyuki’s 'Tamura Yuto: ISOLATED', with Q&A with the film's fight director Sakamoto Koichi
- World premiere of 'Gladiator Underground' from Chaya Supannarat, director of 'Bangkok Dog'
- 10th anniversary screening of Soi Cheang’s 'SPL 2' aka 'Kill Zone 2' starring Tony Jaa
- Toei Company presents the West Coast Premiere of Irie Yū’s 'Samurai Fury'
- 'Prisoner of War' starring Scott Adkins and directed by Louis Mandylor
- West Coast Premiere of Albert Pyun's Director's Cut of Captain America (1991)
- 12 short action films
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[Review] The Gospel According to Brody: 'Clean' and the Resurrection of the Revenge Thriller
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A few days ago, someone analyzed why they felt the final steel mill fight in Drunken Master 2 is the best fight scene ever.
Today, we have another suggestion for best fight... and again it's Jackie in the 90s. This time, the ladder fight from Police Story IV: First Strike (1996), nominated by The Action Elite.
When people talk about the greatest fight scenes of all time I always make sure to mention this incredible scene from Jackie Chan’s First Strike. Using a ladder as a weapon (amongst many other things), this is Chan at his absolute peak and it’s amazing he’s still alive after it.
No breakdown or analysis, just the fight scene in all its glory.
Which apparently has its own Etsy merch! :D
if you want to see the whole movie, here's a legit stream search for Police Story IV: First Strike (1996):
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@Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 's comment on Uncaged Fury made me rewatch Kung Fury, what a blast! :D
For those who don't know, Kung Fury is a half-hour amazing, hilarious parody of 80s-style action movies and hacker flicks, and 90's beat-em-ups. And the fight against Nazis we all want to see. And even a song from David Hasselhoff!
Kung Fury (2015)
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- YouTube - Kung Fury (requires login to prove you're over 18)
- Libreflix - Kung Fury (for those without a YouTube account or who don't want to log in)
Kung Fury: Street Rage (video game)
True Survivor - David Hasselhoff
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Kung Fury 2: The Movie (?)
The feature film, starring not only David Sandberg, David Hasselhoff and the rest of the original gang but also || Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Fassbender ||, has been trapped in lawsuit hell since production finished in 2019. Will we ever see it? Who knows?
About 6 weeks ago, a 10-minute sizzle reel was leaked, showing highlights of the movie. Sandberg asks people not to view it (I only read that after watching), as it contains lots of spoilers.
If you can't wait or are too cynical to believe the lawsuit will ever be resolved in your lifetime, I've linked the sizzle reel below. It's as much fun as the original Kung Fury, and gives us an idea of what the world is missing. I hope the bloody lawsuits end soon.
Kung Fury 2: The Movie - Sizzle reel
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[Watch party] 'Imperial Sword' '聖劍風雲' (1977)(English) watch party on Mastodon today, Saturday 19th July, 16.00 UTC (12pm US Eastern Time)
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#KungFuSat is a watch party every Saturday at 16.00 UTC (12pm US Eastern Time), with people chatting on Mastodon as we watch a kung fu movie (dubbed into English).
Today it's 'Imperial Sword' '聖劍風雲' (1977) (a.k.a. The Brave in Kung Fu's Shadow / Kung Fu Shadow / Glory Sword).
After her father, a judge, is murdered by corrupt officials, a young woman must set out do recover the Blood Rain Sword, which her father had left to her, and encounters obstacles from the villainous Chao Pai.
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Find out about lots of upcoming watch parties (including the exact times) on Mastodon and Bluesky from this calendar:
Below I'll post ones on Mastodon.
Wednesday 16th July (Western Hemisphere): #WestWed : 'Hostiles' (2017)
Hostiles is a 2017 American Western drama film written and directed by Scott Cooper, based on a story by Donald E. Stewart. It stars Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, and Ben Foster; Stephen Lang, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, Adam Beach, Q'orianka Kilcher, Jonathan Majors, and Timothée Chalamet appear in supporting roles. It follows a U.S. Army cavalry officer in [6]1892 who must escort a Cheyenne war chief and his family back to their home in Montana... It received generally positive reviews from critics
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Saturday 19th July: #KungFuSat : 'Imperial Sword' '聖劍風雲' (1977)(English)
a.k.a. The Brave in Kung Fu's Shadow / Kung Fu Shadow / Glory Sword
After her father, a judge, is murdered by corrupt officials, a young woman must set out do recover the Blood Rain Sword, which her father had left to her, and encounters obstacles from the villainous Chao Pai.
Trailer
Full movie (licensed AFAIK)
Sunday 20th July (Western Hemisphere): #Monsterdon : 'Maximum Overdrive' (1986)
Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 American horror film written and directed by Stephen King, in his only directorial effort. The film stars Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, John Short, Yeardley Smith and Christopher Murney. The screenplay was inspired by and loosely based on King's short story "Trucks", which was included in the author's first collection of short stories, Night Shift, and follows the events after all machines (including trucks, radios, arcade games, vending machines, etc.) become sentient when Earth crosses the tail of a comet, initiating a worldwide killing spree.
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EDIT: Sorry about the broken Mastodon links, apparently I found a bug in PieFed.
You can look up those users on Mastodon to find their posts:
- Taweret AT timeloop.cafe
Sync stream with some extras
Look up "miru AT social.miyaku.media"
Monday 21st July (Western Hemisphere): #MondayActionMovie
I don't know what the film will be yet. But the last two films had Kim Coates so maybe it will be a KC trifecta :)
Tuesday 22nd July (Western Hemisphere): VCR Party https://ohai.social/@vcr@watch.vcr.party
I don't know what the next film will be, but by chance I caught it last night and the film was 'Convict 762' (1997) (trailer, a scifi-horror flick with action stalwarts Billy Drago and Frank Zagarino.
NOTE: VCR Party's chat is not on Mastodon, but on its own website https://watch.vcr.party/
NOTE 2: It is literally a VCR party! The movie and other items are really played from VHS tapes, made clear when the host actually rewound the film :)
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'Baby Assassins 3' is coming out online August 26th.
Trailer for 'Baby Assassins 3':
And in anticipation of that release, The Action Elite gives a brief review/reminder of the first two films.
Wikipedia on the Baby Assassins franchise:
Baby Assassins (ベイビーわるきゅーれ, Beibi Warukyūre) is an action comedy crime film series written and directed by Yugo Sakamoto. The series follows two teenage female contract killers as they struggle to adjust to modern society. The series, distributed in Japan by Shibuya Productions, consists of three films and a twelve-episode television drama.
Trailer for 'Baby Assassins 1':
Trailer for 'Baby Assassins 2':
Official website (in Japanese):
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For Superman, it was ‘truth, justice, and the American way.’ Well, they dropped that… They came up with ‘truth, justice, and a better tomorrow.’
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