Action Juice

Monthly Archives: December 2022

Utah, Get Me Two… Point Breaks | AJP #10

In our final podcast episode of 2022, Isaac and Will take on the simple yet daunting task of comparing Point Break (1991), an all-time action classic, to its unsuccessful 2015... Read More

Violent Night (2022) Movie Review

While many others have already seen Violent Night, I chose to wait until Christmas night to watch it. There’s just something about watching a Christmas flick on the actual day... Read More

Prey (2022) Movie Review

In 1986, John McTiernan and his crew traveled to Mexico and crafted a nearly flawless movie that blended action, sci-fi, and horror in a truly original way. Of course, I’m... Read More

The Gray Man (2022) Movie Review

Other than Extraction, I can’t think of another English-language action movie from Netflix that I actually enjoyed, let alone that I felt deserved a sequel. Writer/director Joe Russo, half of... Read More

The Lost City (2022) Movie Review

Every once in a while, Hollywood remembers that people tend to like romantic adventures suffused with comedy. Romancing the Stone set the contemporary standard back in 1984, though one might... Read More

The Last Kingdom (Season Five & Complete Series) TV Review

I vividly remember watching the first season of The Last Kingdom on BBC America all the way back in 2015 and thinking, yeah, this show is better than Vikings. It... Read More

Sly in the Slammer: A Prelude to Tulsa King | AJP #9

As the first season of Tulsa King rolls on, we thought we’d take a look at some other Sylvester Stallone content that involved him being in and/or leaving prison. After... Read More

The Northman (2022) Movie Review

As much as I appreciated The Witch and The Lighthouse, those films didn’t quite convince me that writer/director Robert Eggers is the real deal. Don’t get me wrong, they’re undeniably... Read More

Dark Winds (Season One, 2022) TV Review

I’ve been a big fan of Zahn McClarnon since first seeing him in Longmire, so when I saw that he was finally cast in a lead role on a new... Read More