The Killer (1989)

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08/23/24 • 68 min

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris crank the Cantopop and unleash a flock of doves to talk about John Woo's 1989 action classic The Killer as a new version, directed by Woo himself, hits Peacock.

Chow Yun-Fat stars as a skilled hitman, Ah Jong (or Jeff depending on your version) who blinds a singer, Jennie (Sally Yeh) while on a job. Feeling guilty, he seeks her out and begins a romantic relationship with her, taking what he thinks is one last job to make enough money to pay for a corneal transplant. On his trail is Inspector Li (Danny Lee), who reluctantly grows a respect and friendship with Jeff as the two cross paths and battle hordes of Triad henchmen. The guys talk about how cool Chow Yun-Fat is and his various looks, the incredible, over the top action, the dramatic shifts in tone, the wacky Disney nicknames Jeff and Li give each other, why it's basically impossible to find legally and more.

You can watch The Killer on Archive.org here: https://archive.org/details/the.-killer Next week, we're talking about the ridiculous JCVD classic Sudden Death, as it gets a 4K release.

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You can watch The Killer on Archive.org here: https://archive.org/details/the.-killer Next week, we're talking about the ridiculous JCVD classic Sudden Death, as it gets a 4K release.

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AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

This week on the Everything Actioncast, whoever wins, we lose because we're talking about 2004's AVP: Alien vs. Predator, which came out 20 years ago this week. There's also a new Alien movie, Alien: Romulus, in theaters right now.

Directed by schlockmeister Paul WS Anderson, AVP: Alien vs Predator pits the two intergalactic entities against each other in an Antarctic pyramid discovered by Weyland Industries. The company's head, Charles Weyland (Lance Henriksen) wants to claim the structure in his name as one last grand action before he dies from a terminal disease and he assembles a team that includes scientists, drillers and Alexa Woods (Sanaa Lathan), an expert guide in arctic environments. The group explores the pyramid but soon finds themselves caught between the Xenomorphs and the Predators, with the pyramid being a training ground for young Predator warriors to prove themselves or die in a rite of passage. Zach and Chris discuss how there was over a decade of hype for this battle from the comics and games, the lack of any interesting kills thanks to the PG-13 rating, how the Antarctic environment doesn't affect anything, how quickly most of the Predators die, and more.

You can watch AVP: Alien vs Predator on Hulu. Next week, we're talking about John Woo's action classic The Killer as the new version, also directed by Woo, hits Peacock.

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Everything Action Commentary: Blast (1997)

For the latest Everything Action Commentary, Zach and Chris help you deal with any lingering Olympics fever by watching the 1997 Die Hard knock-off, Blast, starring Johnny Cage himself, Linden Ashby.

Set during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, the US women's swim team is taken hostage by terrorists led by Omodo (Andrew Divoff). The only hope for the hostages inside the pool facility is Jack Bryant (Ashby), a former Olympic bronze medalist in Tae Kwan Do, who became an alcoholic janitor and whose ex-wife is one of the hostages. Outside the facility, Rutger Hauer is Leo, a Native American (?) hostage negotiator with a personal vendetta against Omodo. While watching the movie, the guys realize the pool facility in the film is a literal prison and discuss Andrew Divoff's constantly shifting accent, if Rutger Hauer chose his character backstory and wardrobe, a surprise Tommy Jarvis appearance, and more.

You can watch Blast on Prime Video, Tubi, and The Roku Channel, or you can watch here on YouTube courtesy of PopcornFlix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R2UGNR0L2M

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