Once Upon A Time In China
For the first film of Jet & Jackie January TOTAL MASSACRE heads back in time in China for ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, a defining star turn for Jet Li that also influenced action movies for decades to come. Rowan is rejoined by Mike Williams and Brian Smawley to talk about the film which, perhaps mor…
Three Moves Ahead 555: Triangle Strategy
This week, Rowan recruits Fanbyte's Mike Williams, freelance writer Kendal Erickson, and 3MA's Correspondent for All Things Three-Sided, Brian Smawley, to discuss Triangle Strategy. The Switch has had some sleeper strategy hits, and we're here to let you know if this one belongs among them. Beware …
Supercop
Rowan is rejoined by Brian Smawley aka Chef Lu Bu for Jackie Chan ad Michelle Yeoh's near-death stunt experiences in 1992's SUPERCOP! What is going on with Maggie Cheung's character? Why are they in Thailand to blow up an outpost? How influential was this movie on action around the world? And holy …
TOTAL MASSACRE: The Poll
Were you upset that the recent Sight & Sound poll barely included action at all? Neither were we, it's totally understandable, but it DID motivate us to see what a similar poll would look like if it was just action, so we did it. Rowan is joined by Brian Smawley, Kev Koeser, and actual Sight & Soun…
Flash Point
TOTAL MASSACRE finally checks in with Donnie Yen with FLASH POINT, a movie that has an incredible 20-minute climax including some of the best martial arts choreography we've ever seen, and also at least an hour before then of an utterly baffling cops and robbers thriller with no action scenes. It's…
Demolition Man
It is a glorious day full of joy-joy at TOTAL MASSACRE, as Rowan Kaiser, Carli Velocci, and Brian Smawley engage in a discussion of DEMOLITION MAN! Is our trio of panelists a match for Sandra Bullock, Sylvester Stallone, and Wesley Snipes? Is this three films in one that somehow all work? Could we …
Alita: Battle Angel
TOTAL MASSACRE checks out ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron's 2019 anime/manga adaptation, with guests Kev Koeser, Brian Smawley, and Esther Rosenfield. We talk about mean mommy Jennifer Connolly, double jump-kicks, whether audiences were ready for earnestness, and gender euph…
Paycheck
2003's PAYCHECK came out at the nadir of John Woo's and Ben Affleck's career, and it was nearly universally panned. Was that fair? TOTAL MASSACRE says no! Mostly! Is it a secret gem, up there with MINORITY REPORT and BLADE RUNNER? uhhh....also no. Look, there's real fun stuff here, as Rowan, Carli,…
Casshern
TOTAL REQUEST MASSACRE month continues with our good friend Brian Smawley's pick CASSHERN, billed as the first live-action anime adaptation! It's, uh, a lot, as Rowan and Kev join Chef Lu Bu to talk about cool masks, genocide, WWII guilt, adapting massive stories, and really cool hair!
The Killer
TOTAL MASSACRE is back after a long health hiatus! Rowan is joined by special guests Brian Smawley and Rob Zacny to discuss John Woo's hit THE KILLER, recently rereleased in 4K. Rob is here to talk about John Woo as a romantic moralist. Brian wants to talk about how it's a secret Three Kingdoms mov…
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