Robots in Disguise

Do remakes of 80's movies or TV series qualify as being ActionClub worthy ? I think so. Snakes on a Plane and SWAT have already had mentions here as I feel they are spiritually, if not actually 80s action movies.

The next question that I've been pondering in my search for the true identity of the AC blog is, should I post the trailer for the new Transformers movie. It is, after all, a child of the 80's (Transformers: The Movie, 1986), and Michael Bay directs everything as though he were still living in the 80s (check out his hair and wardrobe, as well as his movies if you don't believe me)...what the hell, better late than never (you've probably all seen it already), here it is.



Also worth a look is this TransformersTheMovie.com sister site. It also has the trailers as well as some interviews, teasers and other assorted Transformers news.

The Rookie, tonight on Channel 5

Yet another average action movie on TV tonight (25th April, Channel 5, 9pm). this time it's a fading-fast, pre-comeback Clint Eastwood with Charlie Sheen as his sidekick (and the eponymous rookie)in The Rookie. The plot revolves around a hackneyed buddy-movie format that also involves a car theft ring. The fact that it has Clint and Navy Seal superstar Charlie Sheen in does little for its worth, but having the late Raul Julia in it playing a bad guy called 'Strom' does help.

Timecop BBC1 23:35 Friday 27th April 2007

Okay, so it's not Kickboxer or Bloodsport, and it's not strictly an 80's actioner (having been released in 1994), but it's definately worth a watch as Van Damme's character Max Walker must violate the code of the Time Enforcement Comission, for whom he works, and travel back in time to avert the murder of his wife.

Directed by Peter Hyams who also directed End of Days and Capricorn One.

And the award for worst accent ever goes to...

Brion James as Requin in Tango & Cash. In this movie, James plays and evil henchmen (as opposed to all the other super versatile roles that he's been cast with) with an English accent that makes Dick Van Dyke look like Edward Fox.

T&C was the choice for the last ActionClub evening. It's not as good as I remember it, which isn't saying a lot. The casting of Sylvester Stallone as Raymond 'Ray' Tango, supposedly the intellectual one, was a spectacular miscalculation. Kurt Russell, as Gabriel Cash, just seemed to be playing the same part as he always does, either that, or he saw Lethal Weapon and wished he'd been cast as Riggs.

Some great one-liners, some incredibly gay scenes (in the prison shower talking about the size of one anothers cocks !), and some spectacularly awful bad guys (even Jack Palance couldn't save them) all rolled up into a movie that I probably won't watch again for about another 15 years. If you haven't seen it in a while, give it a go though. It's worth a watch, especially as it seems to turn into Delta Force at the end, with a ridiculous car chase/battle around the end-of-level bad guys secret lair.

Next stop, the Die Hard trilogy. Yippee-Kay-Ay !

Live Free or Die Hard

First off, I must apologise for neglecting the old AC website. I'm turning over a new leaf, then shooting whatever is underneath it and promise to do a better job of posting action alerts.

Secondly, the time is almost upon us. Bruce is putting on the dirty vest (despite the trailer showing no evidence of this, you just know it's there somewhere) for a fourth outing in the guise of supercop John McClane in Live Free or Die Hard. Coming to a cinema near you on the 27th June.

Check out the trailer...