Budnik, Daniel R. '80s Action Movies on the Cheap (0786497416)
The 1980s was the decade when the action film as we know it came into being. Nonstop, big-budget excitement became the standard as epic adventures like
Raiders of the Lost Ark and
The Road Warrior set the tone for the summer blockbusters of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris. Homages (and ripoffs) made with lesser budgets followed every hit action movie, especially with the advent of direct-to-video releases. Providing detailed commentary on more than 300 films, this book explores the excitement, audacity and sheer weirdness of '80s low budget action cinema, from the American Ninja series to dime-a-dozen barbarian pictures to such bargain-basement productions as
The Courier of Death, Kill Squad and
Samurai Cop.
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