Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness Release Date: 26 October 2004 (Russia) Genre: Action | Fantasy | Horror Director(s): Jay Andrews (aka Jim Wynorsi) Writer(s): Ion Ionescu, A.G. Lawrence (Snakehead Terror), Bill Monroe, & Jim Wynorski Starring: Michael Paré, Sandra Hess, Fintan McKeown When I first saw Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness back when it premiered on Sci-Fi [...]

Gang of Roses Release Date: 2003 Genre: Action | Drama | Western Director: Jean-Claude La Marre (Go For Broke, Sugar Valentine) Writer: Jean-Claude La Marre (Nora’s Hair Salon, Sugar Valentine) Starring: Lil’ Kim, Bobby Brown, Mario Van Peebles, Glenn Plummer, LisaRaye, Stacey Dash “Hey, you! Go make an 1800s western with black, female cowboys avenging [...]

Game Over Release Date: 4 April 2006 (USA) Genre: Action | Drama Director(s): Peter Sullivan Writer(s): Max Miller Starring: Andre McCoy, Daz Crawford, La Trice Harper had a friend over my place when my April screener package from Maverick Entertainment arrived. The first movie to pop out was Tortillas Again? “Wow, this one is going [...]

Fugitive Hunter Release Date: 2005 Genre: Action Director(s): John Alexander Jimenez Writer(s): John Alexander Jimenez & Wayne Wallace Staring: Wayne Wallace, R.F. Rodriguez, Hugh McChord Fugitive Hunter is one of those movies where I won’t recommend you watch it, but I will say that it’s a lot better than I expected it to be. The [...]

The Fourth Beast Release Date: 15 January 2005 (USA) Genre: Action Director(s): Nathyn Masters (upcoming Wages of Sin) Writer(s): Nathyn Masters Staring: Jon Ross, Katie Getty, Jason Walsh At first glance one might assume that The Fourth Beast: Mark of the Anti-Christ is just another York Entertainment urban film. That’s essentially what I thought when [...]

Forbidden Warrior Release Date: 2005 Genre: Adventure | Action | Fantasy Director(s): Jimmy Nickerson Writer(s): Glen Hartford, Rod Hewitt (The Debt), & Mike Machanska Starring: Andrew Divoff,Marie Matiko, Sung Kang, Karl Yune To put it lightly, Forbidden Warrior is unbelievably awful. Sure, I’m not a fan of kung fu films to begin with, but even [...]

Foolproof Release Date: 3 October 2003 (Canada) Genre: Action | Comedy | Crime Directors: William Phillips Writers: William Phillips Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Kristin Booth, Joris Jarsky After a memorable performance as Van Vilder in the movie by the name same, I was pretty sure that the witty Ryan Reynolds was on his way to supporting [...]

Firefight Release Date: 2003 Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller Director(s): Paul Ziller (Bloodfist IV: Die Trying, Snakehead Terror) Writer(s): Elizabeth Sanchez & Paul Ziller (both of Avalanche Alley) Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Steve Bacic, Nick Mancuso To give you an idea of how the direct-to-video industry will readily latch onto anything popular, Firefight was actually [...]

Final Voyage Release Date: 7 October 1999 (Malaysia) Genre: Action | Drama Director(s): Jay Andrews (aka Jim Wynorski) Writer(s): Andrew Stevens (Intrepid) & James Morley III (Intrepid) Starring: Ice-T, Erika Eleniak, Dylan Walsh, Claudia Christian More classic Jim Wynorski (as Jay Andrews, of course) schlock here, as he tackles the aspect of terrorists taking over [...]

Final Impact Release Date: 1992 Genre: Action | Drama Director(s): Joseph Merhi (Rage) & Stephen Smoke (Street Crimes) Writer(s): Stephen Smoke (Magic Kid) Starring: Lorenzo Lamas, Kathleen Kinmont, Michael Worth When Van Damme found success with Kickboxer, Bloodsport, and Lionheart, the direct-to-video world responded accordingly. And by accordingly, I of course mean every single direct-to-video [...]