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In a lot of ways Expendables successfully rekindled people’s love for old- school action flicks and we are seeing a bigger and bigger tidal waves of EX inspired films like Asylum’s female mercenaries riff  Mercenaries and recent Mark Dacascos’s directing debut Showdown in Manila (with Casper Van Dien , Matthias Hues, Cary Tagawa and Olivier Gruner) but the newest one is perhaps the most intriguing.

Dacascos and company, coming soon!

Coming straight from the slums of Wakaliwood, famed no- budget action director Isaac Nabwana is presenting his grandest opus to date. Combining all the the action stars of Uganda (not that many I know) into one place Operation Kakogoliro aka Ugandan Expendables promises all the kicks, punches, gunshots and explosions we can handle.

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Also, IGG is trying to seriously step up  production values so he made a Kickstarter and  Patreon page for Ramon Film  Production.  Campaign is of course a success and we can expect too more additional movies too- Tebaatusasula: EBOLA (the sequel to the original Wakaliwood hit) and  Eaten Alive In Uganda ( their foray into Canibal genre).

You can donate on Patreon here. https://www.patreon.com/wakaliwood?ty=h In the meantime, enjoy this trailer!

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After a many years spent drinking beer in front of the local stores and doing absolutely nothing Michael Dudikoff has finally decided to leave his dumpster in ninja style and stand in line for a work. Since no one in Hollywood thought of him since 2002 (Quicksand, Stranded) he is no position to choose work. So he accepted the first role that wasn’t nailed down,  like role of Lieutenant Sheer in the independent garbage like this:

Once again Navy Seals prove their superiority in supernatural wars

Next we can expect “The Koff” as a Senator in Left Turn and then finally his full fledged return to Martial Art flicks (it has been too long) with Four Towers opposite Steven Seagal and Rutger Hauer.

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If you know anything about us, WM Club started with couple of guys challenging each other to watch some of the most ridiculous, cheese movies they can think of. One of the first movies we watched- and the first to grace our blog was the absolutely terrific Silent Night, Deadly Night 2.

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Now, the mystique around this movie kept expanding ’cause at the time no one could tell what happened to the main actor, striking Eric Freeman who after couple stint on TV disappeared for something like two decades. Next we fallowed the story with a surprise return of Eric Freeman (only second to the resurrection of Samurai Cop) taking his rightful place in the fandom. But now something even more awesome happened, Freeman himself took it upon himself to close the circle and write the final, real chapter of the story of Ricky Caldwell.

Scott Pearlman (the director working on a documentary on Freeman) read the script and said Eric put a lot of care into it creating a very logical and satisfying way for Ricky to return and evolve, it’s not a slasher film per se which may turn hardcore fans off but it truly respects the character and takes him in a different direction while paying homage to what came before. If I had to describe it its like a blend of North By North West and the Fugitive fused with Death Wish and set in the Silent Night, Deadly Night universe. It’s also hyper violent, which is a must have of course.”

So, if everything works out, and I have every reason to think it will, Garbage Day will be  upon us again… and that alone is reason enough to celebrate!

“This story was written as a natural progression of the character Ricky Caldwell from 1987’s Silent Night, Deadly Night 2. That movie came to a climax with a bloody carnage-laden rampage and the death of Mother Superior and Ricky Caldwell being shot. Twenty five years have elapsed and Caldwell is a patient at Waverly Psychiatric Hospital. He is seemingly normal, but things quickly go awry when a body is found in Caldwell’s room. This script can be a sequel to SNDN 2 or as a standalone movie with no tie-in whatsoever. Obviously, there is a monetary advantage of having a huge built-in fan base from the cult hit movie.”

This weekend after a great deal of drama, turmoil,  re-shoots  and rumors of director being removed from the final editing process new adaptation of Fantastic Four finally hit the big screen. As expected the reviews, one worse than the next started pouring in and after a while even the director Josh Trank decided to wash his hands of it and point the finger elsewhere.  Box-office expectations went from 50 to 40 to 30 million (and F4 didn’t even menage to get that- it earned 26.2 mill. in the end).

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As it often happens in this internet age in a less then a few hours new F4 became the most universally hated super- hero movie since 1997’s Batman & Robin (and that’s really saying something). Now as we lament another horrible attempt of adapting relatively straightforward SF/ Adventure comicbook let us remember  another Fantastic Four adaptation, the one that never got to the big screen…

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Setting some new records for comicbook adaptations!

Yes, we’re talking about  Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four! And yes, Corman’s F4 is by the numbers, cheap B Movie adaptation but it still menages to keep most of the elements that make Fantastic Four, well- fantastic! Hell, with a bit more on the budget side and a tighter script it could have been one of better super- hero flicks of it’s day.

The same can’t be said for Trank’s F4, nothing could have saved that mess. Fox should have been smart and pulled the plug on it before it was too late. But, what’s done is done. Hopefully rights finally revert back to Marvel, they did pretty damn good when that happened with Daredevil.

We’ll begin this news bulletin by schooling you in Serbian royal history. Why would you EVER need that? Hold on tight, you’ll find out in just a second.

Princess Elizabeth Karadjordjevic is the only daughter of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia ( he served as a regent for his cousin King Peter II of Yugoslavia) and Princess Olga of Greece/Denmark. Her first marriage was with  an American clothing manufacturer Howard Oxenberg and they have two daughters from the relationship- older being Catherine Oxenberg (Kатарина Оксенберг).

 276599_mdf41425_fCatherine with her mother, Princess Elizabeth Karadjordjevic

Catherine started her career in acting with a TV movie about Charles and Diana and continued with TV show like mega popular Dynasty and short lived action spectacle that is Acapulco H.E.A.T. But in the end the most important thing that came out of her acting career was meting her future husband Casper Van Dien ( Starship Troopers and almost nothing else worth mentioning).

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Naturally they collaborated on numerous projects including “I Married A Princess”. Now, they finally made the ultimate (B) movie together, third film in the SyFy series- Roger Corman produced Sharktopus VS Whalewolf!!! The premiere date is July 19, so mark it on your calendar.

 

 

So while you enjoy the historical showdown between the Sharktopuss and his new arch nemesis the Whalewolf pay attention to the Nazi looking scientist Dr. Reinhardt and remember- she is our royalty and yes, we apologize.

Uwe Boll had an amazingly profitable (if not successful) career for years all thanks to the law in Germany that guaranties to refund half the money spent on making a film. It took them couple of years but even the Germans figured out that was not for the best and Boll was forced to seek financing for his projects elsewhere.

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That leads us to his latest attempt to bring Rampage 3 (yes a sequel of the sequel of the movie about psycho killer nobody wanted to see) to life. Not surprisingly the Kickstarter made just about half the amount and Boll had a complete and utter meltdown. Ironically the update he made titled “Fuck you” is actually more entertaining then all his movies combined.


Apparently you shouldn’t enjoy Avengers because “they’re not real”- very different than Rampage I guess. Then he continued with insulting Hollywood elite and then strangely seques into a bizarre racist rant.“And then goodbye investor, fuck yourself and find another retarded Chinese, Alibaba idiot or another fucking retarded India metal steel magnate who wants to see his fucking yacht in front of Cannes to fuck models… That is the film business.” Woah, man, just woah!

 

“Because I would help genocide” Maybe he should finally learn some English

PS We are well aware we may have summoned the wrath of Uwe Boll and we’re getting ready for eventual boxing match challenge ’cause that seems to be the only way Boll is able to answer the critics (beside swearing like a trucker).

As you all know we are big proponents of the fantastic over the top 80’s tribute Kung Fury . Now not only do we bring you the news of the release date of this soon to be cult classic– we bring you something even better- David Hasselhoff (Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.) in all his mulleted glory!

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David Sandberg (writer/ director) cleverly concluded that you can’t make a true ’80 film without the epic theme song- and what’s more 80’s than David Hasselhoff. Now you can enjoy the epic video for the “True Survivor”right here and you can expect the movie itself somewhere between May 22nd and May 29th (we’ll update you on that).

Retrospectively looking at it I am not one bit surprised by the soundtrack choice for the trailer (also sprach Zarathustra aka Space Oddysey theme) because the (second) coming of Matt Hannon is just as EPIC! Samurai Cop is back to hack away the bad guys and charm the ladies like he has never stopped. And stylish production with recognizable names like Bai Ling, Robert Z’Dar, Mindy Robinson, Lexi Belle and gloriously OVER THE TOP TommyWissou in Kato outfit are just icing on the cake.

Now without further ado- enjoy the trailer… and keep it warm!

 

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WM alumni (Delta Force, Forced Vengeance, Octagon, Code of Silence, Invasion USA, Slaughter in San Francisco) , Martial Arts legend, Action star and walking meme generator Chuck Norris is finally gearing up to get back on the horse, the metaphorical action horse that is (I’m sure he’s got a real somewhere too). After the supposed retirement from acting in the 2005 we had a chance to see him cameo in the ultimate 80’s throwback series The Expendables and he was even kind enough to share a Chuck Norris fact or two.

Chuck Norris telling a Chuck Norris fact- PRICELESS!

After the movie came out in 2012 there was a lot of buzz about a potential full on return as a lead actor (and we’re all old enough to feel nostalgic about Chuck’s legendary Cannon days right about now). Unfortunately nothing materialized right away because of a family emergency (health scare of his wife Gina). Now with those problems behind him, Chuck is getting back into acting big time, starting with a series of highly entertaining commercials he did for Brazilian Internet provider.

You get 1 Giga of downloads, Chuck Norris included!

His comeback vehicle is officially named The Finisher (by all accounts a resurrection of a previous project called less impressively- The Novice) and sees Norris as a retired hitman brought back to the game for one final time (sounds almost like something Charles Bronson would play- another man not afraid to kick ass and take names even in his older days).  Filming is  gearing up to begin this March in Savannah, Georgia and we couldn’t be more thrilled. Enjoy Norris’s interview in which he briefly speaks about the movie and as soon as we have some more info we’ll be sure to share!

Somebody said that 80’s are back based on the incredible amount of hype for the new Star Wars and Jurassic Park film and that is somewhat true. Another, less popular (but still iconic) property is being revived as we speak. An it’s the one you least suspect- Critters! The Chiodo Brothers designed fur ball answer to Gremlins, Critters were popular enough to spawn no less than 3 sequels and it’s fair share of merchandize.

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Warner Brother expressed their wish to revive the franchise as a web series for their Blue Ribbon Content and they even got Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath (Teen Titans Go!) on the job as the writers. Now, aspiring director Jordan Downey (ThanksKilling) decided to show that he can handle the dangerous little fur balls (and let WB now that he is the man for the job). And as far as we can see- he passed the test with flying colors.

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Featuring the crew of just six people (Downey,  Kevin Stewart, Ricky Fosheim, Nick Soole, Troy Smith and Gina Luciani) this short fan film was shot and completed in just under two months but you would have never guessed it. Direction is slick, precise and has a touch of that classic 80’s aesthetics so it feels absolutely authentic.

Take a look here, and spread this around, ’cause we sure need more talented people like Downey working in the industry!