John Fujioka

Bullet Points: The Road Raiders

Mash-up movies are usually a good time. Whether it is jamming two different genres of movies together, or two different specific properties, I am all for it. The Road Raiders from 1989 is one action movie...

Bullet Points: Steel Dawn

It is the dawn of 2023 and for my first review of the new year I thought would go back and revisit the post-apocalyptic action of 1987’s Steel Dawn, directed by Lance Hool… Steel Dawn is...

The Honorable Mentions – Ninja Edition

Last month, Bulletproof Action celebrated its 7th Anniversary when we presented The Ultimate Ninja Movie Countdown. The mega-post featured the opinions of nine special guests along with the staff of Bulletproof Action. With that many opinions...

No Surrender Cinema: Body Slam

This edition of No Surrender Cinema comes at you courtesy of some good ol’ fashioned family viewing. Thanks to the good folks over at Kino Lorber, Body Slam is now on Blu-Ray, and yours truly made sure to...

Bullet Points: They Call Me Bruce

It was clear from the start of They Call Me Bruce and the opening words of the movie’s theme song that the movie would be a lightning rod of controversy on social media if They Call...

Bullet Points: Martial Law

I had some preconceived notions before I went into Martial Law. Knowing that Chad McQueen was replaced by Jeff Wincott in the sequel, Martial Law II: Undercover, that was released less than a year after the original,...

Bullet Points: Prey of the Jaguar

If you are a production company and you decide you want to make a superhero themed film, you have one of two options… You shell out the big bucks and get the rights to pre-existing characters...

Scene of the Week: Steel Dawn

Lost somewhere in the Patrick Swayze shuffle between the ultimate chick flick Dirty Dancing and the bar fighting, testosterone filled Road House  is 1987’s Steel Dawn. The post-apocalyptic actioner stars Patrick Swayze as a warrior named...

Bullet Points: American Samurai

It seems fitting on Throwback Thursday, to take a look at the first major film role for Mark Dacascos… American Samurai. Dacascos plays opposite David Bradley in a movie that combines elements of Cannon’s American Ninja...

Know Your Role: John Fujioka

John Fujioka was pretty much a surrogate father for me as a kid. I watched the crap out of American Ninja and I feel like I’m pretty much a ninja just from soaking in all of...