Action Films – Page 22 – Really Awful Movies

Duel

In North America, you get from A to B mostly by car, and Duel is a bona fide B-movie with a plot that could not be more simple: a menacing trucker tries to run a man off the road, ruining an otherwise leisurely drive through the California hills. And the savvy move by Steven Spielberg was to internalizeContinue reading “Duel”

Crippled Avengers

The Tian Nan Tigers aren’t an Asian corporate softball team. They’re the three evil villains we’re introduced to in Crippled Avengers (AKA, Mortal Combat and Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms). They’re nasty sorts who “don’t fancy killing women and children,” but do it anyway. Just for sport. They break into wealthy landowner Tao Tien-Tu’s mansion and lopContinue reading “Crippled Avengers”