Jean Claude Van Damme – We Have Issues

Maximum Risk (1996) – Review

December 13, 2025 greigzilla

Say what you will about the high-kicking antics of the muscles from Brussels, but despite his rep for being a second tier action star (under

Cyborg (1989) – Review

September 27, 2024 greigzilla

In a career absolutely jam packed with dystopian futures, marauding robots and probably more crucifixions than are strictly necessary, the indomitable Albert Pyun made it

Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning (2012) – Review

April 18, 2023 greigzilla

Ever since filmmakers started trying to sequalize Roland Emmerich’s 90’s original, the Universal Soldier franchise has been rejecting follow up after follow up like a

Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) – Review

April 1, 2023 greigzilla

I’ve always found it ironic when franchises that concern themselves with characters that keep regenerating back to life get an inordinate amount of reboots in

Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) – Review

March 9, 2023 greigzilla

As fitting for a franchise about dead guys resurrecting to endlessly beat the shit out of one another, the Universal Soldier series somehow fought it’s

Nowhere To Run (1993) – Review

September 27, 2022 greigzilla

By the early nineties, the stock of Jean Claude Van Damme had risen to the point where he now was an acceptable draw at the

Universal Soldier (1992) – Review

September 21, 2022 greigzilla

It wasn’t until 2010’s The Expendables that 80’s action titans Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone finally stood together in the same movie that wasn’t counting

Sudden Death (1995) – Review

April 30, 2022 greigzilla

Now before you roll your eyes and complain that I’ve given way too high a rating to a film that’s not only a blatant Die

Street Fighter (1994) – Review

January 18, 2022 greigzilla

Anyone who has even a passing knowledge of the glorious maelstrom of chaos that could described as the making of Street Fighter must know that

Timecop (1994) – Review

November 9, 2021 greigzilla

You wouldn’t think that there would be much to thank the 1994 adaptation of Street Fighter for, but despite being a stunning turkey fueled by

No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) – Review

May 28, 2021 greigzilla

America obviously doesn’t have the same history with the medium of martial arts as the places that birthed them; but when has that ever stopped

The Expendables 2 (2012) – Review

March 10, 2021 greigzilla

Bigger, better, faster is usually the go to phrase when crafting a sequel to an earlier hit, but when your first film contained the most

Bloodsport (1988) – Review

October 5, 2020 greigzilla

After being smeared all over the promotional material for creaky, low-budget, face-kicker No Retreat, No Surrender – despite being the villain – Belgium muscle bulger