Unless Leatherface is lurking at the bottom of the hill.

Because a) it's not a documentary, and b) it's not actually even about the Birnies. It just uses that historical idea as a platform to tell the story that the director wants to tell.

LAWS OF JOHN WOO BULLETS

I made a better list of predictions on the next instalment of the column, but yes, I have had several wrong! I took it from Tom's comments in his early columns that he was going to take a very narrow view of what constitutes an action film and avoid sci-fi and superhero flicks, so I didntt't include what now seem…

Those are some really strong choices for the 90's and 00's. (I tried to do this myself and the period between '00 and '05 is just such a drought!). But 2016 will almost definitely be Green Room, I'd say. And as The Raid was released in '11, I think Haywire has to be the best action film of 2012. It would be great to…

What a glorious movie. Between this, Robocop, Starship Troopers, and Basic Instinct, has there ever been a Hollywood director more adept at hitting the pleasure centres than Paul Verhoeven?

Having somehow never seen it before, I was going to watch Rambo: First Blood Part II in anticipation of this column, but I just ended up watching Gymkata three more times. I feel I chose wisely.

I'm talking specifically about the portion of the film which is.

I think one of the greatest achievements of this film was its vision of the future. There had been bleak visions before - Escape From New York being just one - but even in that you felt that the sun must occasionally rise on Manhattan. The future of The Terminator, on the other hand, feels like day and night have…

I lived for Des Mangan's Saturday Night Cult Movie! Best part of the week. Do I remember correctly that he was let go by SBS when he was sent to cover Eurovision in '03 or '04, and drew a record number of complaints for his offensive commentary. Poor guy.

I adore this movie. First saw it as a sixteen-year old late at night on SBS, and it singlehandedly turned me on to all of Hong Kong cinema's many delights (including Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain, which is also an absolute cracker of a film). Jackie Chan's become a bit of a parody of himself post-Rush Hour but…

Yeah, I avoided calling it for T2, because that kid annoys me so much, but you're probably right.

Yeah, I think I just felt so guilty about not picking Escape From New York that I gave the sequel the nod. I think TLKGn is the best of the films you mention, but The Rock is the most likely choice.

I can't see Tom skipping over Drunken Master II in favour of Speed, but your other suggestions are pretty spot on.

I've been around the block enough times to know that a column like this almost certainly won't last the distance, but my god I hope it does. Great writing Tom - this is the only column I sit around anxiously waiting for every fortnight.

This is a very strange list. There are plenty of films here that I absolutely love, but probably wouldn't have considered 'comedies' per se (Ghost World, Frances Ha, even Royal Tenenbaums). And I find the snubbing of Lord and Miller's whole ouvre a bit troubling - Lego Movie and the Jump Street movies are definitely…

I love Bloodsport, but imdb tells me it was '88, and nothing's going to stop Die Hard being the choice for that year.

This is how I forecast the next 36 installments of this column. Playing it pretty safe here, so I hope there'll be a few surprises. My list gets a bit dodgy around the late 90's, early 00's, but there's really not much on offer. Thoughts?

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