Dodge This: Action Movies Unleashed

'Bit on the side' of the show Chris Gau returns to relive the good old days of John Woo 1989 and also the polarising days of J-Dubs 2024 as we get into the director's remake of his own movie The Killer starring Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy, Sam Worthington, Diana Silvers, Eric Cantona, and Saïd Taghmaoui.
>>> THE KILLER 2024 trailer <<<

We also touch upon Take Cover, We All Loved Each Oth...

Strewth mate, this episode we're joined by Furthest Away Guest So Far, action movie fan extraordinaire Andy Gorham to talk Bren Foster's Aussie breakout beatdown bonanza Life After Fighting. Spoilers: IT RIPS.
>> LIFE AFTER FIGHTING trailer <<

There's also time to take a swing at The Lockdown, The Twilight Samurai, The Mission and lots of pre-waffle...

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Oh boy we are so back and what a start as former co-host and now co-parent Matt Highton returns to help us tackle Bollywood bloodbath KILL directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat and starring  Lakshya, Raghav Juyal, Ashish Vidyarthi, Harsh Chhaya and Tanya Maniktala.
>> KILL trailer<<

We also tickle your fancy with mentions of Beetlejuicex2, Alien: Romulus, Furiosa, Hundreds Of Beavers,  Rebel Ridge, The Creator an...

I now pronounce you 'friend of the show' Chris Gau is back as his wish for a Hong Kong banger is granted in action extravaganzea mouthful  TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN directed by Soi Cheang, and starring Louis Koo, Sammo Hung, Richie Jen, Raymond Lam, Terrance Lau, Kenny Wong, Philip Ng, Tony Wu and German Cheun.
>>> TOTW: WI trailer <<<

We also touch upon Ambulance, Bad Boys For Lif...

Our series (!) of interviews with (British) (up and coming) action movie directors continues with this delightful and insighful chat with Will Gilbey. He's written and edited loads of stuff but his directorial debut JERICHO RIDGE knocks it out of the park.

We got into the pros and cons of filming a movie in sub-zero temperatures, why using green screen sucks, how Gavin Rossdale features on the soundtrack and so much m...

Captain Big Punch (Joe Roberts) returns to talk about something other than Don Lee as we dive into British survival siege action thriller JERICHO RIDGE, written and directed by Will Gilbey, starring Nikki Amuka-Bird alongside Michael Socha, Zack Morris and Solly McLeod.
JERICHO RIDGE trailer

We also get into some pre-waffle about Prestige Television (Shogun, Baby Reindeer), Love Lies Bleeding, Dune 2, method acting, le...

Fans of awful bee puns are in for a treat as Chris Gau rejoins to explore The Stath's smash-em-up THE BEEKEEPER directed by David Ayer, written by Kurt Wimmer and starring Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Phylicia Rashad, Jemma Redgrave and Jeremy Irons. 
(Fans of the actual movie: your mileage may vary 😬)
THE BEEKEEPER trailer

We also got into Chris' magical/maniacal m...

Simon is joined by director, educator and chum Ben Mallaby, to get into the weeds on ONE MORE SHOT, James Nunn's all-in-one-take-ish action sequel starring Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Aaron Toney, Waleed Elgadi, Alexis Knapp and Tom Berenger. ONE MORE SHOT Trailer

Also on the menu is REACHER, PRISCILLA, POOR THINGS & ECHO

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What a treat! Our first directorial interview and it's a smasher, with fellow Brit action maestro JAMES NUNN. James has helmed sniper thriller Tower Block, open sea thrillkiller Shark Bait, 2 entries into the WWE Marine franchise plus 4 movies with HRH Scott Adkins - Green Street 3, Eliminators, One Shot (which we discussed on our 2nd episode of this pod!) and his latest is sequel One More Shot...

We discussed the ner...

We're back to start the new year with a bang/machete through the arm as we get into Xavier Gen's FARANG (internationally and perhaps not doing it any favours in terms of expectations titled 'Mayhem!') starring Nassim Lyes, Samir Barda, Loryn Nounay, Olivier Gourmet, Chananticha Tang-Kwa & Vithaya Pansringarm.
>>> FARANG TRAILER <<<

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It's a festive special and Simon is joined (for the first time evarrr!) IRL by Joe Roberts to touch upon John Woo's naughty Silent Night and Lee Sang-yong's niceThe Roundup: No Way Out  starring Ma Dong-seok, Lee Joon-hyuk and Munetaka Aoki.

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We're heading back to Bollywood and we're bringing someone Actually From There to help us! Simon is joined by old pal Emil and real-life Indian Nirvi Maru for masala mega sequel TIGER 3, the Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Maneesh Sharma, produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films and starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi.

We've also watch Tiger Zinda Hai (after the Wanderi...

Simon is joined by improviser, editor and real-life Canadian IAN THOMAS DAY to wade into sci-fi-action(ish)-adventure-drama-cgi-blockbuster THE WANDERING EARTH 2 directed and co-written by Frant Gwo, and starring Andy Lau, Wu Jing and Li Xuejian.
>>>WANDERING EARTH 2 trailer <<<

After finishing their 3-hour marathon movie they still found time to check out THE CONTINENTAL, JERICHO RIDGE, LEO, BOTTOMS ...

We got the band back together! Simon is joined by OG Dodge-r Matthew Highton to get the lowdown on sleek, gorgeous & brutal SK action thriller Ballerina directed by Lee Chung-hyun and starring Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Ji-hoon and Park Yu-rim.  >>>BALLERINA TRAILER <<<

With barely enough time to squeeze in a podcast Matt still managed to watch all of Bargain while Simon peeked at My Name, Sniper G.R.I.T. and...

Simon is joined by writer/comedian and fellow former Kilburn dweller CHRIS GAU to discuss why Robert McCall is interrupting his Italian vacation to equalize anyone is his way in THE EQUALIZER 3 directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning. >>>The Equalizer 3 Trailer <<<

Outside of this Equalizing we've gone absolutely nuts for Equalizing and rewatched the first 2 movies...

We're back buckaroos and once again we're heading to Bollywood to open the season with a bang. And a song. And SRK. It's JAWAN and it's A Lot Of Movie. While Matt is off fighting interdimensional crime, Simon is joined by friend of the show Emil Struijker Boudier to get into this Indian Mass Entertainer co-written and directed by Atlee & starring Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Deepika Padukone...

We're jumping on Oprah's sofa for joy at the return of the best (?!) spy series on the planet.. It's MI7 (for brevity's sake) directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise along with Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, and Henry Czerny.
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Trailer

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We're going Dutch with King Of the Kickboxers Rico Verhoeven's first headline movie outing BLACK LOTUS, also starring Frank Grillo and directed by Todor Chapkanov.

To celebrate all things NL (movie notwithstanding) we welcome back Friend Of The Show and real-life dutchman Emil Struijker Boudier who gives us the lowdown on the explosive Fast 9, nostalgic The Flash & the CelineDion-a-thon Love Again while Simon...

Cor blimey guvnor, Guy Ritchie has taken a little detour to the middle east and so do we this episode as we explore his action-adjacent military thriller THE COVENANT which stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim.
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And while we're adjacent to the action we also get adjacant to the universe with an extended chat about NYC's finest webslinger in SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIER-VERSE
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