Who is Sharp, and why does he object?

Watching almost any action pic, especially one with martial arts, with the sound off is interesting. You see just how much the music, sound effects and sound editing do the heavy lifting.

Or sweat all over us.

Jumped out of a cake, topless. This isn't The Female Eunuch they were making here.

Caine was honest enough to say he turned it down three or four times until the money, for the limited amount he had to do, was raised to the point it was just irresistible. In the same interview, when asked about Seagal, he deflected the questions like a true pro.

No, just fat. Will have grilled fish or a salad for lunch then have a Black Forest gateau for dessert. Not a slice, the whole thing. Can't stay from cakes, ice cream and pastries.

Ouch……..

Ernest Borgnine, of all people, has lunch once with some people, one of whom brought Seagal as a guest. Said he was the most arrogant, pig-ignorant oaf he had ever met, and this is Borgnine after fifty years in Hollywood. If I can find links to the interview I'll post .

The Patriot was never actually finished. The money ran out with about four days filming to go, so a very cheap post-production job was done and it was bundled off to VHS, perhaps the start of the trip off the precipice.

He also did one on the Disney direct-to-video sequels, the likes of Bambi 2, and one on Bollywood, both of which are good. The Penny Dreadfuls were hugely underrated, should have gone on to bigger things.

A dream come true! (must stop eating cheese before going to bed….)

Ah, thought it was Derek. Never mind, thanks for the link. It's obvious he's really done the hard yards and watched the damn things. and yes, there's often this psuedo-Easternism about the characters, which is generally just him squinting.

"I'm Ignatiy Vishnevetsky and this utter shit drove me to drink"

Many years ago I was working with an Italian producer and one of his other projects was to be a US / Italian Seagal movie, just about the time when he was starting to go straight to video, and one of the chunks of script he showed me had Seagal's character - honestly - being set alight by a guy with a flamethrower at…

The British comedian Tom Tuck did a very funny programme for BBC Radio where he watched all, yes all, Seagal's straight-to-DVD movies. It'll be on the web somewhere, well worth tracking down. He also puts together the archetypal Seagal script, beginning with a ludicrious character name, in this case 'Derek Fist'.

Quite honestly in recent years if he isn't shot face-on and speaking, he's dubbed, someone else's voice being put over footage of the back of a stand-in's head.

I thought the London Has Fallen review was the best here in the last year. We have a new winner!

Scene 21 - 'You're not fat, you're big boned'
Scene 40 - 'I love your hair, are all Americans as handsome as you?'
Scene 64 - 'You have such a great grasp of the world geopolitical situation, you should be President.'
Scene 68 - 'How stylish. I see you are dressed by Soft And Bulgey of Delaware'
Scene 81 - 'Your wheezing…

So, the biggest collection of stunt doubles, stand-ins, driving doubles, long-shot doubles, waddling doubles and leaning over and picking things up doubles since Blade II? And Igny, how refreshing to read a review which just baldly states 'so fucking bad'!

Utterly. 'Wash my rocks with vermouth' I tell barmen, and If I'm not thrown out usually get a good drink.