Action Hero of the Week: Poon Sing-Fung
A former bomb disposal officer who falls into a coma in an explosion, resulting in amnesia, Poon Sing-Fung becomes the top suspect of a terrorist attack. After being apprehended, he escapes from custody as a fugitive to piece together his identity and find out who is behind the bombings.
Michael Jai White is The Commando in January (Trailer)
DEA agent James Baker, played by Michael Jai White, returns home to his family’s new home, which is unfortunately where a vicious criminal, played by Mickey Rourke, has hidden a cache of drugs in next year’s action movie The Commando
New Release Round Up 12/7/21
Tons of stuff is out this week to kick off the final month of 2021 with the original Karate Kid trilogy on 4K, Creepshow Season 2, Rick and Morty Season 5, One Shot, a special steelbook of Street Fighter, Hard Target on 4K, Copshop, Cry Macho and more on DVD and Blu-ray.
America’s Greatest Hero, MacGruber, is Back on Peacock (Trailer)
After rotting in jail for a decade, MacGruber is back in action to take on his old enemy Enos Queeth in the upcoming Peacock original series that continues the adventures of America’s greatest hero.
Neo Still Knows Kung Fu in The Matrix Resurrections (Trailer)
In just over two weeks, we’ll be jacking back into The Matrix for the fourth entry in the franchise, The Matrix Resurrections, which hits theaters and HBO Max on December 22nd.
Battle at the Box Office 12/6/21
There were no major wide releases this past weekend so Encanto remained on the top of the charts for a second weekend in a row while the best performing new release was a special Fathom event, Christmas with The Chosen: The Messenger, which came in 4th place.
Musical Montage: Faith Hill “There You’ll Be”
Possibly looking to copy some of the success of Titanic and its massive power ballad “My Heart Will Go On”, Celine Dion was offered “There You’ll Be” for Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor but she turned it down and country superstar Faith Hill performed the song instead.
News Shotgun 12/4/21
Nicolas Cage is playing Dracula, Tom Holland will be back for three more Spider-Man movies, Gorillaz are coming to Netflix, Kurt Sutter is working on a new series, DC heroes Metal Men are getting a movie and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Everything Actioncast Ep 559 “Hawkeye, Reacher, Red Notice, Resident Evil and More”
This week on the Everything Actioncast podcast, Zach and Chris talk about the first few episodes of Hawkeye, Red Notice, the new Resident Evil movie, Jack Reacher, Nicolas Cage as Dracula, Don’t Breathe 2, Gorillaz, and more.
Admit One 12/3/21
It’s a down week this weekend as we get ready for the holiday rush at theaters but some potential Oscar contenders are out on Netflix or in theaters, like The Power of the Dog and Benedetta, along with the latest team-up from Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren, another schlocky Bruce Willis action movie and more.