FU&D

Just in from ActionAlastair (only a part time member - he often frowns on mindless action) is this link to Steven Seagal dedicated website Fuck You and Die. The intro to the site explains it better than I ever could (plus I'm too lazy to type the site bio when it's there already)...

'Welcome to Fuck You and Die! This is a page dedicated to the toughest guy ever to kick ass both off and on the silver screen - Steven Seagal. It's not just that he breaks bones and kills people with such conviction, it's also that he does so as brutally as possible. Seagal hates who he's killing - and they're definitely going down. The title of this page is a quote from Hard to Kill where Steven Seagal makes his vindictive style painstakingly obvious: "This is for my wife. Fuck you and die!" Never have bad guys died such terrible deaths as when Seagal breaks their necks, snaps their backs, and cracks their skulls.'

The site seems fairly comprehensive, if totally out of date (the last 'News' entry being from May 2005). Definitely worth a look though.

Chuck Merchandise

ActionWillis (although should really be CrippleWillis) has just sent me an email to inform me about a new t-shirt from T-Shirts 365. The shirt, as seen to the left, bears the legend 'Don't FXXk With Chuck' and comes in a bundle of colours, which is just as well, because that green is hideous. Get the shirt and many more like it here.

You're either S.W.A.T. or you're not

This weekend gives us Channel 5's first showing of the born-too-late 80's action throwback that is S.W.A.T..

With the double-hard tagline, 'Even cops dial 911', it stars Colin Farrell, Samuel L Jackson (as the brilliantly named Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson), Michelle Rodriguez and, as every film should, LL Cool J this film is to the LAPD what Top Gun was the US Navy aviation. A 117 minute long commercial for looking cool in black tactical gear and bad acting, S.W.A.T. is exactly what you'd expect from an 80's actioner, despite being made in 2003. Also includes the awesome line, uttered by Jackson when asked why he didn't roll during a tactical shooting competition; 'they only roll in John Woo films'. Miss this at your peril.

S.W.A.T. is on Channel 5, Sunday 15th October at 9pm.

Ruthless Reviews Look Out

There appears to be an ample competitor to the awesomeness of Ruthless Reviews. I've not read one of Something Awful's movie reviews before (I assume that there are more) but this one for Cobra rocks. Check it out.

New Bravo Show

Last night gave us the first showing of Bravo's new action show, 'The Unit', once again starring ActionClub favourite and '24' ex-president, Dennis Haysbert and also Terminator 2: Judgement Day star, Robert Patrick. In my opinion, a little too much plot, and too little action (I suppose there had to be some scene setting, it was the first episode), this show centres around a US Army special forces team based on Delta Force (or to give the unit its correct title, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D) and their wives, and is based on show producer Eric Haney's book, Inside Delta Force.

Dennis Haysbert plays Sergeant-Major Jonas Blane, with Patrick as his senior officer and unit commander Colonel Tom Ryan. Owing a lot to the success of 24, The Unit looks to be a promising dramatic action-adventure series. The first episode, as mentioned above was lacking explosions and only had two gunfights, nevertheless, it is an admirable start to what we can only hope to be an action packed new series. Fans of 24 or Tom Clancy will enjoy this as much as I did.

Check out the official US CBS 'The Unit' minisite or the UK Bravo minisite. The Unit is on Bravo at 10.00pm on Tuesday nights.