Gymkata
Gymnastics and martial arts, sounds like the perfect mix. You could be doing a back flip and kick some dude in the cherries, or maybe do some crazy cartwheel and become a windmill of kicks and punches. Maybe you could even be a world champion gymnast with a mullet and become the best hope for the SIA (the Special Intelligence Agency, of course) to compete in a deadly game that could influence the fate of the world! Maybe not, but it makes for an interesting if not comical film by acclaimed martial arts film director Robert Clouse, 1985's GYMKATA!
Angel of Fury (aka Triple Cross)
Here at IB.net we seem to be finding and watching a lot of movies from Indonesian cinema. They really love action flicks with a lot of karate, gun fights, and explosions. We’ve also reviewed a few Cynthia Rothrock movies in the last few months. So it was a treat to find her in an Indonesian movie… and if that wasn’t good enough, we found one with the god of action faces, Peter O'Brian! These 3 are a staple of cheesy low budget action films. Needless to say we had very high hopes for Angel of Fury, the 1991 film by Rambu (aka The Intruder) and The Stabilizer writer Deddy Armand. Wait a minute it’s called Angel of Fury… didn’t we just review a movie called Angel of Fury with Cynthia Rothrock? Yes we did, but that is a different one if you can believe that!
Black Belt Jones
Poppa Byrd is one tough old dude (played by one of the best voice-over actors ever, Scatman Crothers). He runs the baddest dojo in the whole city. Unfortunately, Poppa Byrd is a gambler, see. He owes Pinky and his gang some money, and they're the wrong people to owe some money to. Pinky is pissed, and he's coming to collect. When they get there, they offer to take Byrd's dojo in exchange for his debts, but when he doesn't see eye to eye, he takes a double neck punch straight into heaven. Wrong move, brotha! See, Byrd has a star pupil who just happens to be be one of the baddest mutha's (shut yo mouth!) in town... and his name is Black Belt Jones!
The Stabilizer
When you hear the names of movies like Commando, Double Impact, Hard to Kill, and Cobra, what comes to mind? How about cheesy, over-the-top action with explosions and bad guys getting their asses handed to them in every scene! Well now we have a new name to add to that list: The Stabilizer! Peter O'Brian (star of Rambu (aka The Intruder) ) has made it back to Internal Bleeding in a movie we like to think of as "unintentionally classic". Rambu gave you just a taste of American actors in an Indonesian film, but this movie takes it to new heights never before reached in cinema history. Let's dive in and see why Peter O'Brian is called The Stabilizer!


