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Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Rambo: First Blood Part II
director: George P. Cosmatos actor: Sylvester Stallone / Richard Crenna
other title: Rambo 2 - La vendetta / Rambo - First Blood 2
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Jan. 10, 2026 watched
Bombastic right-wing fantasy with one bemulleted, besteroided manly man single-handedly undoing the US defeat in Vietnam caused by, you know, people not "Real American" enough. (Yeah, my comment's a little bit political. But just a tiny sliver compared to the politics of the Rambo franchise.) But I loves me some action!

Re-watched in #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon
1980s Action CharlesNapier GeorgeCheung GeorgePCosmatos
Joker's Poltergeist (2015) IMDb
Joker's Poltergeist
director: Christopher S. Lind actor: Eric Roberts / Lacy Marie Meyer
other title: American Poltergeist 4 - The Curse Of The Joker
After a clown-masked assailant guns down Aurora's Place, the resident theater owner fights to re-open her business.
Death Race 2000 (1975) TMDB KevGa-NeoDB WikiData IMDb
Death Race 2000
director: Paul Bartel actor: David Carradine / Simone Griffeth
other title: Anno 2000 - La corsa della morte / Dødsrace 2000
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance.
A Karate Christmas Miracle (2019) IMDb TMDB
A Karate Christmas Miracle
director: Julie Kimmel actor: Mario Del Vecchio / Julie McCullough
After his father disappeared during a mass shooting on Christmas Day one year earlier, 10-year-old, precocious Jesse Genesis creates a "12 Days of Christmas List" of tasks. If he completes them all, including teaching himself to become a karate black belt, he believes his father will return on Christmas. Jesse's sophisticated, workaholic mother, Abby, believes her husband was lost in the shooting, but has a glimmer of hope through visions that Jesse reports to her. After Abby enlists the aid of an eccentric psychic-turned-law professor, a roller coaster thriller ensues, where the trio unravel a mystery that no one expected - and maybe, just maybe witness the delivery of a miracle that can only happen on Christmas.
Dec. 14, 2025 watched
It's a miracle the people responsible for this film haven't been hunted down and beaten with feeble, mall-dojo karate!

A truly terrible film that made for a truly awesome #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon
2010s BMovieBonanza EricRoberts KennethDelVecchio KungFuSat