Remembering Tony Scott: THE LAST BOY SCOUT Review

The Last Boy ScoutThey released this movie during Christmas season?!?Stunts and Effects: 95% Logic: 40% Soundtrack: 70% TnA: 70% Cognitive Decline of Audience: 50% Overall Inches on the Action Erection Scale: 12 out of 12Last Boy Scout was Damon Wayans attempt to 48 Hours his career.With its blatant misogyny, careless depictions of child endangerment, abrupt violence (yes, even for an action flick), and obvious criticisms of...

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REMEMBERING TONY SCOTT : TOP GUN REVIEW IMAX 3-D UPDATE!

They don't get much better than this...2nd in our tribute to Tony Scott, TOP GUN (1986) is one of those special animals from the 80’s that took on a life of its own. In other words, this wasn’t just a movie but a cultural milestone, much like ROCKY (1976), BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985), or INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981, or anything by SPIELBERG really), or STAR WARS (1977). It marked a special time in Film and American history where...

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Remembering Tony Scott: True Romance Review

Last week, blockbuster film director Tony Scott (Top Gun, Enemy of the State) committed suicide. Early rumors indicate that his decision to end his life was fueled by inoperable brain cancer. Suddenly, every news site and gossip blog in the world wants to speculate about the life and death of one of the action genre's greatest filmmakers. Here at Action A Go Go, we don't need to speculate or spread unfounded rumors to understand the director of such...

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EXPENDABLES 2: THE ULTIMATE REVIEW / CELEBRATORY EXPLOSIONGASM

EXPENDABLES 2:   THE ULTIMATE REVIEW / CELEBRATORY EXPLOSIONGASMThey did it. It finally happened. EXPENDABLES 2 has arrived. Oh gosh…so just about every action movie star hero from the eighties has been rounded up and put into the same movie. What could go wrong? Surprisingly little. So let’s just jump in to this one. THE STORY AND THE ACTINGSimen West (Con Air (1997), Tomb Raider (2001)) directs this beast, leaving Stallone to do that acting...

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Action A Go Go : THE 100TH POST

Action A Go Go : THE (symbolic) 100TH POSTHi Everybody, I just wanted to reach out and let everyone know that Action A Go Go has made it passed 100 POSTS! That is more than 100 blog entries celebrating and complaining about everyone’s favorite film genre, ACTION MOVIES! I want to thank Troy Jeffrey Allen for helping make this little blog happen, and without his continued support it wouldn’t be anywhere nearly as entertaining as it is now. I also want to thank Gene (The Producer) Green and Nick (a.k.a That_Urban_Punk), who I regularly chat with...

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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES REVIEW

THE ULTIMATE (LATE AND BLOATED) DARK KNIGHT RISES REVIEWWARNING: THERE BE SPOILERSIt’s over. It’s done. It’s finished. It’s complete. The last Batman from the team of Chris Nolan and Christian Bale has been released and audiences around the world of flocked to see it. It beat the THE DARK KNIGHT’S gross (if you believe BOX OFFICE MOJO) and had a much larger budget, but those are just numbers. Where does this movie stack up against all the other BATMAN...

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