This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris enter the Ghang-gheng and discuss Jean-Claude Van Damme's directorial debut, The Quest, which turns 30 this weekend.

In addition to directing, JCVD stars as Chris Dubois, a thief in 1925 New York City who protects a gang of children.  Forced to flee after stealing cash owned by the mob, Chris finds himself left on Muay Thai Island after getting caught in several shady deals by pirate and con artist Lord Edward Dobbs (Roger Moore).  After months of brutal training, he becomes a skilled Muay Thai fighter and reunites with Dobbs in Bangkok at an underground fight.  Chris convinces Dobbs and his partner, Harry Smythe (Jack McGee), to help him get to a secretive tournament in Tibet, the Ghang-gheng, where they can try to acquire the tournament's massive trophy, a golden dragon.  Zach and Chris try to figure out what the rules of Ghang-ghen actually are, how heavyweight boxer Maxie Devine (James Remar) was supposed to compete with martial artists, what Chris's tragic backstory is, old man JCVD, and more.

You can watch The Quest for free on YouTube.  Next week, we're discussing the Tony Scott/Denzel Washington classic Man on Fire as the new TV series starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II debuts on Netflix.

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The Quest (1996)

For the latest Everything Action Commentary, with Lee Cronin's The Mummy out in theaters this month, Zach and Chris went back to where it all began and watched the original 1932 classic, The Mummy.

Starring Boris Karloff, coming off his star-making turn in Frankenstein, as Imhotep, he's an Egyptian high priest who was cursed and buried alive when he tried to use the sacred Scroll of Thoth to bring his beloved Ankh-es-en-Amon back to life.  Unearthed by archaeologists in 1921, Imhotep rises from the dead and assumes the guise of Ardeth Bay to continue his plan to resurrect his love, whom he believes is now reincarnated as Helen Grosvenor (Zita Johann).

While watching the film, Zach and Chris discuss how Karloff is only in his iconic bandage look for the opening scene, the similarities and differences compared to the 1999 The Mummy, Frank Whemple (David Manners) being attracted to a dead mummy, Imhotep's magic water TV, why Imhotep doesn't just remotely kill everybody, and more.

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Everything Action Commentary: The Mummy (1932)

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris slam evil and discuss 1996's The Phantom, which just got released on 4K [https://amzn.to/48GCq4t].

Billy Zane plays Kit Walker, aka The Phantom, a pulp superhero who battles pirates and other evildoers from his island home of Bengalla.  When evil businessman Xander Drax (Treat Williams) begins hunting for a trio of powerful artifacts, the Skulls of Touganda, Kit has to team up with his former girlfriend, Diana Palmer (Kristy Swanson), to try and get the Skulls before Drax.  Zach and Chris discuss Treat Williams's wonderfully evil performance, whether Kit could always fire a laser from his skull ring and just didn't know it, the pirate hideout that looks like a dinner theater, whether seeing ghosts is a Phantom power or just mental illness, and more.

You can grab the aforementioned new 4K version of The Phantom, or buy or rent it on Prime Video, Fandango at Home, Apple TV, or YouTube.  Next week, we're diving into Jean Claude Van Damme's directorial debut, The Quest, as it celebrates its 30th anniversary.

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The Phantom (1996)

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris are on patrol with the Crimson Bolt and discussing 2010's Super as a slew of violent superhero content is out now, including the premiere of the final season of The Boys.

Directed and written by James Gunn, Rainn Wilson plays religious short-order cook Frank Darbo.  When his wife Sarah (Liv Tyler) slips back into her former life of drugs and leaves him for local drug kingpin Jacques (Kevin Bacon), Frank has a vision from God and becomes a vigilante known as the Crimson Bolt, who beats down criminals with a pipe wrench.  Ultimately seeking to rescue Sarah from Jacques, Frank is joined by local comic book store clerk Libby (Elliot Page), who joins his crusade as the "kid" sidekick Bolty.  Zach and Chris discuss how much Troma influence there is in the movie, how Jacques was originally going to be played by Jean-Claude Van Damme, the James Gunn regulars who appear, the shockingly brutal violence, and more.

You can watch Super on AMC+, PlutoTV, or The Roku Channel.  Next week, we're discussing a more pulpy superhero with 1996's The Phantom, which is getting a 4K release.

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Super (2010)

This week on the Everything Actioncast, fresh from PAX East, Zach and Chris are still in a gaming state of mind and discuss 2023's The Super Mario Bros. Movie as The Super Mario Galaxy Movie hits theaters.

Starring Chris Pratt and Charlie Day as Mario and Luigi, the Mario Brothers are sucked into a warp pipe under Brooklyn and end up in the Mushroom Kingdom.  While Luigi is captured by the evil forces of Bowser (Jack Black), Mario ends up in the kingdom of Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) and joins her on a quest to recruit the Kong Army and defeat Bowser.  Zach and Chris discuss how the brother's plumbing ad would have gone viral, why the Kong society is based around go-karts, the numerous needle drops, how Princess Peach being a badass connects to the classic Nintendo Power Super Mario World manga and more.

You can watch The Super Mario Bros. Movie on Peacock.  Next week, with The Boys returning for its final season, we're discussing another violent and bloody superhero movie, 2010's Super.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris celebrate the 35th anniversary of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze, right after hosting a panel at PAX East on the history of TMNT games.

Released a year after the first live-action TMNT, The Secret of the Ooze finds Shredder back for revenge and acquiring the same green ooze that transformed the Turtles and Splinter, which he uses to create his own mutant warriors, Tokka and Rahzar.  With the help of TGRI scientist Dr. Perry (David Warner), April O'Neil (Paige Turco), and martial arts pizza boy Keno (Ernie Reyes Jr.), the Turtles have to jump back into action and save the city again.  Zach and Chris discuss when exactly this takes place after the first movie, the more kid-friendly tone, the Foot Clan letting things play out, the Ninja Rap, and more.

You can rent or buy The Secret of the Ooze on Prime Video, Fandango at Home, or Apple TV.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

For the latest Everything Action Commentary, Zach and Chris experience some March Madness with the 2017 black comedy, Mom and Dad.

Directed by Brian Taylor, formerly of Neveldine/Taylor and Crank fame, Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair star as parents Brent and Kendall Ryan, who, along with seemingly every other parent on the planet, go into a homicidal madness that makes them want to kill their kids.  Their kids Carly (Anne Winters) and Joshua (Zackary Arthur) have to find a way to survive their parents and hope that the mysterious madness eventually fades.  While watching the movie, Zach and Chris try to figure out how far it's willing to go and discuss the amazing scene where Nicolas Cage destroys a pool table, how Carly's boyfriend, Damon (Robert T. Cunningham), is constantly getting crap kicked out of him, the similarities to The Happening and The Crazies, and more.

You can watch Mom and Dad on Plex or rent it on Prime Video, Apple TV, or Fandango at Home and sync it up to the commentary track to watch along.

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Everything Action Commentary: Mom and Dad (2017)

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris head to the end of the rainbow and 1993's horror/comedy cult classic, Leprechaun, as we just celebrated St. Patrick's Day, and the movie has gotten a new 4K (and VHS!) release from Lionsgate Limited [https://lionsgatelimited.com/products/leprechaun-4k-steelbook%C2%AE-corrected].

In one of his defining roles, Warwick Davis stars as The Leprechaun, a malevolent supernatural being who is obsessed with his gold coins, killing anyone who comes into possession of them.  When teenager Tory (Jennifer Anniston) arrives to spend the summer at her father's new country farmhouse, dim-witted contractor Ozzie Jones (Mark Holton) accidentally releases The Leprechaun from his capture in the farmhouse's basement, and he goes on a rampage to get his coins back, which Ozzie and 10-year-old Alex (Robert Hy Gorman) found nearby.  Zach and Chris discuss The Leprechaun's various forms of transportation, the rules of the bag of gold coins, death by pogo stick, Jennifer Anniston basically playing Rachel, and more.

You can watch Leprechaun on Peacock.  Next week, we're discovering the Secret of the Ooze and discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II for its 35th anniversary.  If you are heading to PAX East in Boston next week and want more TMNT, be sure to check out our panel on the history of TMNT games at 5 PM EST in the Dragonfly Theater. [https://east.paxsite.com/en-us/schedule/schedule-item.html?gtID=927395&panel-name=Turtle-Power-The-History-of-TMNT-Video-Games]

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Leprechaun (1993)

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris make an Executive Decision to talk about the 90s action thriller as it turns 30, and with both Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and The Madison bringing us a bunch of Kurt Russell on streaming.

Kurt stars as Dr. David Grant, an intelligence consultant to the US government who is called in when a plane flying from Athens to Washington D.C. is hijacked,  Believing there is a deadly nerve agent on-board and that the terrorist leader Hassan (David Suchet) is most likely planning on using the plane as a massive bomb to spread the agent, a risky mid-air infiltration is launched.  Grant joins a special forces team, led by Col. Austin Travis (Steven Seagal), to use an experimental stealth plane called the Remora to get on board, defuse the bomb, and take out the terrorists.  Zach and Chris talk about how shocking it was to see Seagal die shortly into the movie, the montage that feels like the Previously On... of a TV show, how insanely overcomplicated the terrorists' bomb is, how the movie feels extremely Tom Clancy, and more.

You can rent or buy Executive Decision on Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home.  Next week, we're celebrating St. Patrick's Day with the 1993 horror comedy classic Leprechaun, which is getting a new 4K release from Lionsgate Limited [https://lionsgatelimited.com/products/leprechaun-4k-steelbook%C2%AE?variant=44069834260591].

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Executive Decision (1996)

This week on the Everything Actioncast, with The Bride! hitting theaters and bringing some of the classic monsters into the 1930s, Zach and Chris discuss 1987's The Monster Squad, which brought the likes of Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster into the 80s.

Directed by Fred Dekker and written by Dekker and Shane Black, The Monster Squad sees a group of kids obsessed with monster movies having to take on monsters for real when Dracula (Duncan Regehr) arrives in their town looking to destroy a magical amulet that would shift the balance of the world to evil and let him and his fellow monsters rule.  Zach and Chris discuss the awesome, legally distinct Stan Winston creature designs, the late Tom Noonan's heartwarming portrayal of Frankenstein's Monster, how Rudy (Ryan Lambert) is doing 90% of the work for the Squad, the fantastic Michael Sembello soundtrack songs, and more.

You can watch The Monster Squad on Prime Video or on YouTube for free.  Next week, we're making an Executive Decision and talking about the 90s action thriller for its 30th anniversary.

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The Monster Squad (1987)

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