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A celebration of the wildest and weirdest that action cinema has to offer, the hosts of the Really Awful Movies podcast take you on a fun-filled pilgrimage through the nuttiest movies in the genre. Traversing both decades and continents, these 100 titles reach beyond the typical patron saints of action, giving unsung genre heroes like Vic Diaz, Reb Brown, and Godfrey Ho their due. Our intrepid hosts have highlighted action gems with all of the necessary components for greatness: Heroes! Villains! Henchmen! But something’s typically missing. Usually, it’s a budget. Often, it’s talent. But that doesn’t mean these films aren’t as entertaining as any mainstream fare. Divided into nine chapters by subgenre, featuring stills and posters, and with a foreword by genre icon Brian Trenchard-Smith, Mine’s Bigger Than Yours is a romp through the world of fisticuffs, jailbreaks, pit fighting, mercenaries, and really big explosions—all the stuff that makes action movies great.

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A punch, shoot, and kick-tacular tour through the 100 wackiest action movies worldwide

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"If you're an action movie fan, a B-movie fan, a movie book fan, and or a fan of damn good and fascinating movie criticism, you should make an effort to track down, own, and read."
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"Intelligent, witty, tongue-in-cheek commentary that showcases in intricate detail everything we treasure about most bad action films."
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"A must-read for action fans, clearly written with love for the genre."
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"Interesting and hilarious...horrible action flicks that have flown under the radar."
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"A fun encyclopedia of bad action movies."
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"A great, snarky tone that both makes fun of and celebrates the ridiculous nature of the movies featured."
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"Lombardo and Kirschner offer a pretty in-depth recap of all the films that includes a lot of jokes, witticisms, and verbosity."
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"...an original and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library Film History collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists."
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Christopher Lombardo and Jeff Kirschner are genre movie fanatics and cohosts of the Really Awful Movies podcast. They are authors of Death by Umbrella! The 100 Weirdest Horror Movie Weapons.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Schiffer (November 17, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764360256
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764360251
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.17 x 10 inches

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Jeff Kirschner is a Toronto college instructor, film critic, horror journalist and podcaster - co-host of the Really Awful Movies Podcast. He is a regular contributor to Tom Holland's Terror Time and Dread Central. He writes genre film reviews at ReallyAwfulMovies.com.
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He is a business journalist and co-hosts the Really Awful Movies Podcast, which celebrates genre cinema, particularly horror and action films.
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Charles Floyd Rhodes

A mix of wacky and mainstream

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2023

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One would expect that a book with a title of this nature would only cover obscure ZZZ flicks, but there are entries on well knowns such as Stone Cold (1991), The Octagon and Invasion USA with Chuck Norris, but, fear not, a lot of ZZZ flicks do get covered.
This is broken up into 9 themed chapters, and, technically 101 titles are covered.
The titles tend to be humorous, in the case of Ain't That a Kick in the Head, 13 martial arts movies are covered but you will find that there is cross over in other chapters, the chopsocky Death Machines is under Covert Ops.
Chapter one mixes well knowns such as Miami Connection (it even aired on TCM!), Raw Force and Gymkata with obscurities such as Psycho Kickboxer.
Chapter two covers dystopian flicks such as Land of Doom, R.O.TO.R., Roller Blade, and Robo Vampire.
The third has women of action, Huster Squad, TNT Jackson, Firecracker, Alienator, Lady Terminator and Crocodile Fury are 5 out of 10 tiltes.
There are surprise in the next 7 chapters such as Rolling Vengeance, Parole Violators, Geteven (sic), Mr. No Legs, Death Warrior, Etc, and Chapter 8 covers 11 superhero movies, but one wonders just how Stunt Rock is a superhero movie. Fear not, the second of two late 1970s Captain America TVMs, the 1974 Wonder Woman TVM that did not lead to a teleserial, Pumaman (1980) two Lou Ferrigno movies share space with better knowns such as Superman IV The Quest for Peace and Batman and Robin.
S one might expect, the write ups are on the humorous side. In the case of Captain America II : Death Too Soon, even the paragraph on the source material and the one on earlier versions might at the very least cause one to smirk, as does the one that compares the TVM Captain America's arsenal to the Marvel Comics version, a shield of "extremely pliable, translucent plastic" is not as awe inspiring as one made of vibranium-steel.
Overall, a rollicking read.

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Fans of film will love this book. I love it!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2020

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This is the second book from the creators of my favorite podcast. Everything I enjoy about the podcast in book format. Facts behind some of the most obscure action films written by two witty educators. Many of the films I had never heard of. I’m actively seeking the films to view featured in the chapters and I’m pleased to say quite a few are available on Amazon Prime Video.

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Dangerfieldlives

Depth for action genre die-hards, hilarious for anyone

Reviewed in Canada on January 18, 2021

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Action movies are often dismissed for their leaden acting and poorly written scripts that seem to exist solely to string together scenes of extreme violence and/or nudity (in many cases, these two are combined to great effect, as this book details). Netflix makes it easy to skip around films, but those who grew up in the 80s - the heyday for these films - wore out quite a few VHS tapes fast-forwarding to these "good parts".

It turns out we didn't know what we were missing. "Mine's Bigger Than Yours" offers a list of 100 of the wackiest films of the genre that goes way beyond the JCVD/Seagal mainstream standards (although both are included, fear not) to spotlight far more obscure films to hilarious effect.

The book shows how this is genre attracts its share of eccentrics. In more than one instance, some martial artist with a triple black belt in egomania decided that he needed to share (inflict) his skills on an unsuspecting movie public. No acting or writing experience – no film experience, whatsoever – no depth of human knowledge beyond what can be found between two slices of a knuckle sandwich, and what you get are some wild and unintentionally hilarious films.

The authors have found an unexpected comedic goldmine with the ludicrous plots of nearly every one of these films. They show a great eye for the absurd, and make revisiting these movies great fun, with such asides as:

"Old habits aren't as easy to shake as a booty.”

"She drops flattened lines as if she were in an English instructional video."

And possibly the most intriguing capsule summary of a movie’s selling points I’ve ever seen: "That's not all the movie has going for it. There are nude mud wrestling brawls, flying torpedo headbutts and irate white foreigners shaking down businessmen while yelling 'yellow sh*thead'."

I wonder if even the film-makers whose work is captured here gave as much creative thought to these films as the authors do here.

This is an impressive looking nicely designed and illustrated volume that makes an excellent collector's piece and reference. And there's enough substance here to keep you coming back for more (like pre-Covid Steven Seagal at the buffet).

Naveen Varghese

The Bible for Action Movies Big and Small!!

Reviewed in Canada on March 9, 2021

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Wow, this really is a blast to pick and go through. Christopher and Jeff selected an interesting Cross-Section of Multiple Sub-Genres to comment on as "The 100 Wackiest Action Movies", and all of them fit the bill. Low-Budget Indie to Massive Studio Blockbusters, Ninjas, Cybrogs, Femme Fatales, Armies of One, Inner City Cops, and Superheroes, all get their time to shine in this love letter to Action Cinema. I love the commentary, but also the little inside nuggets of info (where did find this stuff?). And, and I love the Size Format of the Book itself, 10" x 7 ", truly made for fans. Enjoy reading how Action Movies have grown and changed over the years.

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Bad Lt.

Its pretty darn good.

Reviewed in Canada on January 7, 2021

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Good book. The write ups on crap films are funny. No one needs an explanation of everything that happens in a movie, there is 100 bad podcasts that do that.
All you need is here: title, year and whether or not its worth seeking out. Plus a pic or 2.
Would have been awesome if it had a few rare pics and the backs of the vhs boxes.

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With a chapter on Kick-Ass Women, a must-have

Reviewed in Canada on January 7, 2021

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As a cinephile and action-movie addict, this is an entertaining and informative read - who knew that films like Hustler Squad existed?! One of those arm-chair resources that you can share with pride. The title alone is an attention-grabber.

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