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The Raid: Redemption (fight 2 of 5)
Eat your heart out, Jason Voorhees. It looks like he’s reeling just from being yelled at, which actually makes this even better. 2) Machete Chaos The Fighters: Rama, once again. Played by Iko Uwais....
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The Raid: Redemption (fight 3 of 5)
Constanze: “Is it not good?” Salieri: “It is miraculous.” Unfortunately not the kind of miracle Jaka’s going to need. 3) Jaka vs Mad Dog The Fighters: Sergeant Jaka, the smart & capable leader of...
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The Raid: Redemption (fight 4 of 5)
Drug bust. Face bust. 3) Drug Lab Assault The Fighters: Rama, our hero, now patched up and rested a bit from his previous encounters. Played by Iko Uwais Wahyu, the police lieutenant in charge of the...
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The Raid: Redemption (fight 5 of 5)
BOSS FIGHT!!! And he has SO many hit points. 5) Rama & Andi vs Mad Dog The Fighters: Rama, our hero. Played by Iko Uwais. Andi, Rama’s brother and long-time black sheep of the family. Rama didn’t...
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Pacific Rim (fight 1 of 5)
“Remakes, adaptations, and sequels, that’s all Hollywood does now,” complain the same crowds who declined to see last year’s Pacific Rim, a genuinely new intellectual property which Legendary Studios...
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Pacific Rim (fight 2 of 5)
Another fight filled with tragedy. And not just because Striker never got any beads for this. If Pacific Rim has any major weakness it’s that it sags in the middle. Not terminally– what does transpire...
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Pacific Rim (fight 3 of 5)
“Pacific Rim is the ultimate otaku film that all of us had always been waiting for. Who are you, if you are Japanese and won’t watch this?” – Hideo Kojima, master video game creator If the movie...
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Pacific Rim (fight 4 of 5)
Now, where were we? Oh, right. 4) Gipsy vs Otachi The Fighters: Gipsy Danger, our hero robot fresh off its last kill. Piloted by: Raleigh Beckett and Mako Mori, just as it was ten minutes before....
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Pacific Rim (fight 5 of 5)
Feel free to make your filthy sexual jokes about “disappointing climaxes” here. Gipsy and Striker will be hiding from them at the bottom of the ocean. 5) Operation Pitfall The Fighters: Gipsy Danger,...
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Pacific Rim (bonus round)
As I’ve said umpteen times already, there’s a huge gap between Fight #1 and Fight #2 in Pacific Rim. But that’s not quite true. The much-anticipated giant robot vs giant monster throwdowns are indeed...
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Scott Pilgrim vs The World (fight 1 of 4)
This movie has “vs” in the title so you KNOW it’s classy. Like that tear-jerker action movie, Kramer vs Predator Scott Pilgrim vs The World was practically designed to be a cult film rather than a big...
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Scott Pilgrim vs The World (fight 2 of 4)
In which Captain America whips it good. Scott doesn’t “fondue” either. 2) Lucas Lee The Fighters: Scott Pilgrim, obviously. Played by Michael Cera. Lucas Lee, the second Evil Ex. A professional skater...
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Scott Pilgrim vs The World (fight 3 of 4)
Girls, girls, girls…. Always fighting over a boy. Sorta. 3) Roxy Richter The Fighters: Scott Pilgrim, as always. Played by Michael Cera. Ramona Flowers, Scott’s new girlfriend, joins in on this one....
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Scott Pilgrim vs The World (fight 4 of 4)
For once I’m at a loss to make a video game analogy that the movie itself hasn’t already beat me to. +6 Blogger Pre-emption 4) Gideon Graves The Fighters: Scott Pilgrim, obviously. Much more pissed off...
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Bloodsport (day 1 of 3)
Now I show you some trick or two. Ugh, darn ambiguous titles never tell me what to expect. Bloodsport, a movie SO painfully & gloriously awash in the 80s. It was a different time: when American pop...
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Bloodsport (day 2 of 3)
Kumite, kumite, kumite, kumite….. “I fight to surVIIIIIIIIIIIIVE” Here we are on Day Two, which is I suppose the semi-finals. It is, as they say, where Shit Gets Real. 6) Montage 2 This second...
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Bloodsport (day 3 of 3)
Toss one more off. Look folks, not all the puns can be winners. Here we are at the grand finale! 8) Frank Dux vs Paco The Fighters: Frank Dux, the kumite’s new man-to-beat. Possessed of a new...
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Pause
Tired blogger needs a break Hey folks. You may have noticed there were no updates last week; there also won’t be any updates this week. Without getting into the vagaries of my work schedule, home life...
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The Incredible Hulk (fight 1 of 2)
They have an Army, but we have a… Um. Not quite. 2008′s The Incredible Hulk is underrated. It’s not great by any means, being underwhelming in certain aspects and lacking in others. But its heart is in...
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The Incredible Hulk (fight 2 of 2)
Rumble in the Bronx. “WRONG BOROUGH, PUNY BLOGGER!” 2) Hulk vs Abomination The Fighters: The Incredible Hulk, aka Bruce Banner. For probably the first time, Bruce has willingly triggered a...
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