Everything Action Theater: American Ninja
One of the many ninja actionfests that Cannon Films put out in the 80s, American Ninja stars Michael Dudikoff as Pvt. Joe Armstrong, an Army soldier and secret ninja who discovers a black-market arms dealer and his army of evil ninjas are operating in the Philippines near where he’s stationed and he becomes determined to stop them.
Action Hero of the Week: Tyler Rake
A black-ops mercenary for hire, Tyler Rake takes a job to rescue the kidnapped son of India’s biggest drug dealer who has been kidnapped by his father’s biggest rival in Bangladesh.
Steve Carell Commands the Space Force on Netflix (Trailer)
The Office team of Steve Carell and Greg Daniels re-team at the end of May for the newest Netflix original comedy series, Space Force, where Carell plays a four-star general tasked with getting the sixth branch of the US armed forces up and running.
New Release Round Up 5/5
The 90s classic The Mask of Zorro is out this week on 4K Blu-Ray along with recent theatrical releases like Bloodshot and Gretel & Hansel, the Big Lebowski spin-off The Jesus Rolls, the seventh season of Ray Donovan and more.
Game Review: Endzone – A World Apart
When a nuclear disaster crumbles society, humanity had retreated to underground bunkers called “Endzones” to wait for the chaos to settle. Towns, cities, and countries have been destroyed and nature grew to take their place. 150 years have past and humanity has emerged to rebuild. Now it’s up to a strong leader to take charge and shape the future of mankind.
Musical Montage: Don Felder “Heavy Metal (Takin’ a Ride)”
The 1981 cult classic animated anthology Heavy Metal featured tons of music in each of its stories but Eagles guitarist Don Felder contributed the overall theme song, “Heavy Metal (Takin’ a Ride)”, which was also featured in the “B-17” segment of the movie.
Everything Actioncast Ep 482 “Universal vs Movie Theaters, Hellraiser, Extraction, Mortal Kombat, Goosebumps and more”
This week on the podcast, Zach and Chris discuss the war between Universal and movie theater chains over Premium VOD, a Hellraiser series coming to HBO, a new Now You See Me movie, a reboot of Goosebumps, Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, Extraction, 1917 and more.
HBO Heads to Lovecraft Country in August (Trailer)
Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams team-up to bring Matt Ruff’s 2016 horror novel Lovecraft Country to HBO in August, which follows Atticus Freeman as he journeys across 1950s Jim Crow America looking for his missing father.