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We are heading into the final round of this season by bringing out a show that neither Travis nor Stephen had seen. One of the more modern films from our tour de force of karate legends, it's The Raid: Redemption! Iko Uwais explodes onto the screen in a non-stop adrenaline rush of an action movie. Did we like it? Where does Iko Uwais land on the Bruce Lee scale?!

This has been an unbelievably fun season and we really couldn't ha...

Have you ever really loved an animal? I mean, really loved one. Enough that if it were kidnapped, you might just hop a plane in hot pursuit of its kidnappers and then relentless kick people in the face until you got that animal back. Well, Tony Jaa did it. That's right, it's time for The Protector! Introduced to many western audiences by way of noted director and cinephile, Quentin Tarantino, this was a showcase of muay thai martia...

There's regular martial arts and there is the dream of martial arts. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon definitely encompasses the latter. Watching combatants fly through the air with ease as they run across rooftops and sometimes straight up a wall. We've covered a bit of a love story on this show so far, but nothing quite like this. A visual spectacle that truly showcases the best of Asian cinema at the time, this movie broke through ...

You know we couldn't have a series like this without bringing in The Muscles from Brussels! Jean Claude van Damme is our highlight this week as we head down to the swampy South for Hard Target. Part of a slew of action movies he put out in the early 90s, Hard Target is definitely one of the movies on our list. You might think to yourself, why not choose Bloodsport, which better highlights his athletic prowess. We're just not into b...

Jackie Chan might be the closest thing to a household name that we have here. It's hard to truly express what a massive impact he's had on bringing martial arts to the United States and on cinema in general. A stuntman, an actor, and an incredible martial artist in his own right, Jackie Chan has been well known and beloved the world over for decades. We're taking a look at one of his Hong Kong films that truly showcases what an inc...

Before American audiences were introduced to him in Lethal Weapon 4, Jet Li was already a star in his home country and we are so grateful for that. This week we're watching 1994's Fist of Legend starring the man himself. What makes Jet Li such an incredible performer? Stephen and Travis dig into it and delight in the incredible choreography and acrobatics exhibiting in this film. This movie is the first in our list to really garner...

You knew that we couldn't get through this series without diving into the Direct-to-Video market! Well, we made it there with this sequel to a movie you probably also never watched, Undisputed II: Last Man Standing. This film finds our hero played by Michael Jai White facing off against our bonus fighter Scott Adkins in a Russian gulag for ... reasons. Just relax, the fight scenes are incredible in this mid-budget sequel. Michael J...

If you thought this show was going to just be a couple dudes talking about a bunch of dudes, well you were wrong! We brought in not one, but TWO of the greatest female martial artists on both film and in actual competition. Cynthia Rothrock is our highlight with this movie, but you get a bonus Michelle Yeoh in the mix. Cynthia is one of the inventors of the Scorpion kick which might just be one of the coolest moves that exists, and...

This week on the show, we leave the shores of mainland China behind and officially bring in our first Brit to the ranks of famous martial artists! You may not consider Jason Statham one of the pantheons, especially due to his more recent work, but his hand to hand combat stunt work in the early days of his career was certainly something to marvel at. He's quite the accomplished martial artists in his own right, not to mention a fan...

This week, Donnie Yen hits the mean streets of a non-descript crime town to try to clean up the mess being made by a crime boss. There are a lot of knives, a lot of blood, and some of the most agile fighting we've seen so far on this show. If you like lightening fast fights, this is the movie for you. We also found ourselves lamenting the fact that even though Donnie Yen is our age, we assume he is able to get off a couch without a...

This week on the show, Stephen and Travis take a look at maybe one of the best Kung Fu comedies ever made, Kung Fu Hustle. Released in 2004, this movie featured some of the most bonkers animation and CGI, but has a backbone of an amazing story and an even more amazing martial artist. Where did Stephen Chow rank on our Bruce Lee Scale, tune in and find out!

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It's officially our kick off episode for Season 3 of 24 FPS Presents...! If you were wondering what we were cooking up, you now hold in your podcast queue the answer to that very question. This season is all about Martial Arts Movies. That's right, we're covering one of our favorite genres and one that just doesn't always get enough love.

We've picked out 12 of our favorite martial artists and randomly chosen a movie. We've seen...

In a way, we're ending where this all began. James Bond has been on many adventures with us throughout this series, but with Casino Royale, they took the spy back to his roots. We meet a Bond on his first assignment after becoming a double-O and we get a fresh face in Daniel Craig. Based on the Ian Fleming novel of the same name, the franchise has gone back to the well to see if they can revive the old spy after twenty movies it wa...

We have a new bad movie and brand new Bond! Daniel Craig takes us on a ride in this direct sequel to Casino Royale. Being a sequel, the expectations were very high, but the writer's strike of the time really hindered the ability for the movie to get made with a coherent storyline. Was it really that bad? Stephen and Travis take a look and make that decision for themselves. Let's dive into the Quantum of Solace!

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We've made it to what many may call the GOAT of more recent James Bond films. Though it does pain me to imagine that 1996 may not be as recent as I want to believe. Pierce Brosnan's debut brought back Bond with a bang. Loads of action, espionage, femme fatales, and a brand new M, played by Judi Dench. This was Bond for a brand new generation and we were here for it. A solid 80% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes makes this the best B...

We're going to a new Bond actor again, this time with Pierce Brosnan! The second non-Brit to take on the role, Pierce Brosnan also had the longest gap between movies at 6 years. Pierce came on the scene and brought his own version of 007 to the screen in a way most people seemed to admire. But did they admire every film? Apparently not! Case in point, The World is Not Enough. Well, turns out the movie was also not enough to keep au...

The best of Timothy Dalton is right here! Licence to kill took us from being a series of movies about a posh spy who occasionally got into some fisticuffs, and straight into Rambo territory with a spy who could shoot big guns, hang out of airplanes, and generally be a major bad ass. Was all that off limits to James Bond? Not according to the critics! Audiences were ready for James Bond to shed his Roger Moore stylings and vault int...

The era of Timothy Dalton begins! We kick off this segment of the season with the worst movie he did: The Living Daylights. Did it deserve to be the worst movie? Maybe. He only did two of them after all so one of them is going to be the worst movie. With a 74% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it may come in as the lesser of the two, but far from "rotten." Stephen and Travis take a look at this movie and discuss all the things tha...

We're finishing up Roger Moore's run as James Bond with the critical best of his SEVEN films. Having the longest run of movies definitely gives critics plenty to work with and compare to, and this one stands above the rest as the best Bond movie from his era. Whether it deserves that is up to Stephen and Travis to decide. This one has a little of everything: boats, helicopters, women, gadgets, villains, and everything in between.

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