"I Must Break" This Podcast

On this special interview episode, Steven Luke joins the show to discuss his career in the world of independent WW2-set films! Steven Luke is a multifaceted talent with experience in the realms of acting, writing, directing, and producing! He also has his own movie prop company, Man the Line, which provides military props, uniforms, and equipment for other various reinactments and productions! In 2015 Steven was able to see his first feature-length script come to life thanks to the help of none other than Dolph Lundgren! That film was War Pigs in which Dolph, Luke Goss, and Mickey Rourke all teamed up to train a ragtag band of rebels in completing a deadly mission behind enemy lines! In this discussion, Steven and I chat his movie prop company and how it services hundreds of productions, as well as how he manages to line up name stars for his independent films! We also chat the next two WW2 films he has gearing up for release, which coincidentally both have him reuniting with Lundgren -- Operation Seawolf and Come Out Fighting! What's it like staging a period war film while adhering to a budget and residing in South Dakota? Listen in to find out!

Major thanks to Steven Luke for joining me! Please check out his company, Man the Line! www.mantheline.com. Also, be sure to be on the lookout for his next two Dolph Lundgren / WW2 films, Operation Seawolf and Come Out Fighting! Please be sure to check out the rest of the shows on The Last of the Action Heroes Podcast Network! Lastly, check out the show’s official website and Facebook page — http://www.imustbreakthispodcast.wordpress.com; http://www.facebook.com/imustbreakthispodcast. Show’s intro. and closing music is “Sports Action” by Audionautix; break music is "The River Kwai March" remix, which played in the initial teaser for The Expendables III in 2013!

This month we're chatting the 2016 fighting flick, Female Fight Squad! In this one, martial arts and stunt sensation Amy Johnston takes the lead as Becca, a fighter who begrudgingly enters an underground fighting tournament in order to save her estranged sister! Dolph Lundgren takes on a supporting role as Holt, the girls' wrongly imprisoned father who lends his fatherly words of wisdom to his two badass daughters as he sits behind bars! Joining me to chat this one is the elusive action movie scholar -- Vern, author of the books, Seagalogy (the ultimate Steven Seagal filmography analysis), Niketown, and Worm on a Hook! What kind of martial arts prowess and presence does Amy Johnston bring to this film? In a film about fighting, why is there so little of it? And what does Dolph bring to what is essentially a cameo role? Listen in as Vern and I get ready to throw down and enlist in the Female Fight Squad!

Major thanks to Vern for joining me! Please check out his website, www.outlawvern.com. You can also check out his numerous books, which can be purchased on Amazon or wherever books are sold! Please be sure to check out the rest of the shows on The Last of the Action Heroes Podcast Network! Also, check out the show's official website and Facebook page -- www.imustbreakthispodcast.wordpress.com; www.facebook.com/imustbreakthispodcast. Show's intro. and closing music is "Sports Action" by Audionautix.

On this month's episode, we're going back to school and discussing the remake/sequel that no one really asked for -- 2016's Kindergarten Cop 2! Dolph Lundgren takes over for Arnold in this in-name-only sequel that hits all the beats of the 1990 comedy classic, while managing to miss much of what made the first film so charming. Lundgren plays Zack Reed, an FBI agent who must infiltrate a pricey elementary school in order to find a flash drive that will put away an Albanian gangster! Yet this won't be the easiest of assignments, as Reed is forced to tangle with the politically correct ways of his class of rambunctious six-year-olds! Returning to the show to help me chat this one is major cinefile, Nathan Burt! Just how disconnected is Dolph's FBI agent character from reality? What's with the bizarre Twix product placement? And in what ways is this sequel completely inferior to its predecessor? Listen in as Nathan and I head back to school to discuss the direct-to-video sequel, Kindergarten Cop 2!

Big thanks to Nathan Burt for joining me once again! Please feel free to rate and review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever else you go to subscribe! Also, take a look at the other shows on the Last of the Action Heroes Podcast Network! Lastly, please check out the Facebook page for the show: www.facebook.com/imustbreakthispodcast as well as the official web page for the show: www.imustbreakthispodcast.wordpress.com. Intro. and outro. music for the show is "Sports Action" by Audionautix.

Did you know that Lundgren starred in a syndicated television show back in 2013? Yeah, no one else did, but that didn’t stop us from trudging through the entire ill-fated season! This month we're begrudgingly going back into the world of television and discussing the forgotten syndicated TV soap opera, SAF3! Premiering in the Fall of 2013, SAF3 might have seemed like a relatively wise career move to Dolph Lundgren at the onset... Yet when the producers of BAYWATCH are running the show, the writing was on the wall well before this conceit even lifted off... In this 20-episode series, Dolph plays John Eriksson, the leader of SAF3 -- a division of the Malibu Fire Department who specialize in rescues involving the Sea, Air, and Fire (get it... SAF3?!)! Yes, Dolph gets to be a David Hasselhoff who's in charge of a bunch of pretty lifeguards, and somehow BAYWATCH seems so much better! Returning to the show to help me discuss this one is Richard Hawes of The DTV Digest! Just how bored and out of place does Dolph seem in this? How does the South Africa scenery do at doubling for California? How much filler and padding is included in this show? And just how dated was this conceit in 2013? Listen in as Richard and I suit up to chat SAF3!

Major thanks to Richard Hawes for joining me! Please check out his podcast, The DTV Digest: https://thedtvdigest.podbean.com/. Please feel free to rate and review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever else you go to subscribe! Also, be sure to check out the rest of the shows on The Last of the Action Heroes Podcast Network! Please check out both the show’s Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/imustbreakthispodcast, as well as the official webpage for the show: http://www.imustbreakthispodcast.wordpress.com. Show’s opening and closing music is “Sports Action” by Audionautix.

This month renowned writer Bryan Edward Hill joins the show to chat his career in the worlds of writing film, novels, and comic books! We also chat his first screenwriting gig, THE MECHANIK / THE RUSSIAN SPECIALIST! In this gritty revenge tale from 2006, Dolph Lundgren took on both starring and directing duties where he played Nikolai Cheranko, a former member of the Russian Special Forces who seeks out the criminals who took the lives of his family! To this day, it shines as one of Dolph's very best films, so it was an absolute honor being able to speak with the individual who worked closely with Dolph in helping bring the film to life! In this conversation, Bryan and I chat his experiences writing the film, as well as his work writing comics! Please be sure to check out his many comic writing gigs for DC, Marvel, and Image Comics! You can also check out his other cinematic efforts -- the show, TITANS (currently streaming on HBO Max) and ZONE 414 (a gritty sci-fi action thriller starring Guy Pearce)!

Major thanks to Bryan Edward Hill for joining me! You can follow him on Twitter @bryanedwardhill. Please feel free to rate and review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever else you go to subscribe! Also, take a look at the other shows on the Last of the Action Heroes Podcast Network! Lastly, please check out the Facebook page for the show: www.facebook.com/imustbreakthispodcast as well as the official web page for the show: www.imustbreakthispodcast.wordpress.com. Break music is "Cut Me" by Brian James Schram, which played in the closing credits of THE RUSSIAN SPECIALIST / THE MECHANIK! Intro. and outro. music for the show is "Sports Action" by Audionautix.

On this month's episode, we're taking on not just one, but three films all released between 2013-2014! In 2012-2013, Dolph signed on for three productions to be be filmed all back to back with director, Giorgio Serafini and actors Vinnie Jones and Gianni Capaldi. The results were Blood of Redemption, Ambushed, and Puncture Wounds! In these low-budget productions, Dolph took on the roles of a DEA agent, a mafia bodyguard, and a sadistic drug dealer! On paper, these might have sounded good (well, some of them may have!), but with tight shooting schedules, foreign sales at the forefront, and questionable acting, these are not necessarily high points in the filmography of Lundgren. So we're taking a deep dive and knocking them all out in one conversation! Show stalwart, Chris Prentice is back once again, and he's helping me break down each of these low-rent movies... Is it safe to say that the paychecks (and not necessarily quality) were essentially driving Dolph's decisions in signing up for these three films? What's going on with the Tarantino wannabe that is Ambushed? Does anything even make sense in Blood of Redemption? And could Puncture Wounds be one of the most repugnant movies ever? Yes, we're discussing a cop drama, a mafia drama, and a revenge / gangland tale, and we're begrudgingly going to power through them all! Join us as Chris and I take on the Serafini trifecta of films!

Major thanks to Chris Prentice for once again joining me! Please feel free to rate and review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever else you go to subscribe! Also, take a look at the other shows on the Last of the Action Heroes Podcast Network! Lastly, please check out the Facebook page for the show: www.facebook.com/imustbreakthispodcast as well as the official web page for the show: www.imustbreakthispodcast.wordpress.com. Intro. and outro. music for the show is "Sports Action" by Audionautix.

On this month's episode, we're taking a look at the 2012 siege thriller, Stash House! In this variation on Panic Room and Assault on Precinct 13, Sean Faris and Brianna Evigan are a young married couple who buy a recently foreclosed house. Yet unbeknownst to them, the house is actually the property of a drug syndicate... And they've sent a couple of their enforcers to retrieve what's rightfully theirs! Dolph Lundgren plays Spector, a beleaguered company man working for the cartel who will do anything to ensure that his job is seen through! Yes, Dolph goes back to playing a villain once again, albiet in a smaller film, but there's still some fun to be had! Joining me to discuss this one is Cam Sully from The Jacked Up Review Show Podcast! Which tropes of the confined thriller subgenre does this film play with, and which does it leave out? What's with all the security camera footage? What works with Dolph's villainous character... and what doesn't? And just what was stripped from this film, narratively? Listen in as Cam and I enter the Stash House!

Major thanks to Cam Sully for joining me! Please be sure to check out his podcast -- The Jacked Up Review Show: https://jackedupreviewshow.podbean.com/. Also, please check out Cam's writings and reviews over on The Action Elite: https://theactionelite.com/author/cam-sully/. Please feel free to rate and review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever else you go to subscribe! Also, take a look at the other shows on the Last of the Action Heroes Podcast Network! Lastly, please check out the Facebook page for the show: www.facebook.com/imustbreakthispodcast as well as the official web page for the show: www.imustbreakthispodcast.wordpress.com. Intro. and outro. music for the show is "Sports Action" by Audionautix.

On this month's episode, we're looking at the most recent effort from both Dolph Lundgren AND Scott Adkins -- Castle Falls! Yes, we realize that we're jumping way ahead in the filmography of Dolph, but this film is just too cool to not discuss now! In fact, not only is Dolph in front of the camera, but he also steps behind the camera once again, marking his return to directing in ten years (not to mention his sixth starring/directing gig!)! In this throwback to the action films of the '80's and '90's, Lundgren and Adkins play two regular working class men with some very real money problems... However, over $3 million that is ripe for the taking sits in an abandoned hospital that is ready to be demolished. Standing in their way though is a gang of deadly thieves who are also laying claim to the loot! Returning to the show to help me chat this one is Mike Fury, author of the books, Life of Action, Volume I and Life of Action, Volume II! How did the onset of Covid hamper and help this film's production? How do Dolph and Scott Adkins do re-teaming once again? And in what ways does this film stand head and shoulders above all the other films currently being released in the DTV action genre? Listen in as Mike and discuss Castle Falls! Heads up — SPOILERS AHEAD! Castle Falls is currently available on Video on Demand. It is also being released to DVD and blu-ray on December 28th in the US; January 10th in the UK!

Major thanks to Mike Fury for joining me once again! Please be sure to check out his website where you can also pick up copies of either of his books: https://www.mikefury.net/. Please feel free to rate and review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever else you go to subscribe! Also, be sure to check out the rest of the shows on The Last of the Action Heroes Podcast Network! Please check out both the show’s Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/imustbreakthispodcast, as well as the official webpage for the show: http://www.imustbreakthispodcast.wordpress.com. Show’s opening and closing music is “Sports Action” by Audionautix.

On this special interview episode, Kim DeLonghi, star and executive producer of Castle Falls joins the show to discuss her career and what fans can expect from the next action-packed Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins pairing! In Castle Falls, Lundgren, Adkins, and Kim DeLonghi all play interested parties in a stash of stolen loot that is hidden in a hospital primed to be demolished! But will each party be able to get the cash, and get out ALIVE before the explosions go off? You'll have to watch the film to find out, which is currently available on streaming and on demand. It is also being released to DVD and Blu-Ray on December 28th courtesy of Shout! Studios!

Major thanks to Kim DeLonghi for her time. Please check out her website, www.kimdelonghi.ca. Also, please follow her on Instagram @kimdelonghiactor!

Please feel free to rate and review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever else you go to subscribe! Also, be sure to check out the rest of the shows on The Last of the Action Heroes Podcast Network! Please check out both the show's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/imustbreakthispodcast, as well as the official webpage for the show: www.imustbreakthispodcast.wordpress.com. Show's opening and closing music is "Sports Action" by Audionautix.

On this special interview episode, we're chatting Dolph, Christmas, and... dogs?! Alex Merkin, the director of Dolph Lundgren's next upcoming release, PUPS ALONE drops by the show once again, this time discussing his film, and what fans can expect in arguably one of Dolph's wildest performances yet! In this family Christmas comedy, Dolph plays a thief who sets his sights on robbing from the new neighbors just in time for the holidays. Yet the neighborhood pets have other things planned as they band together to protect their owner's home! In this conversation, Alex was gracious to chat this film, which is slated for a theatrical release on November 19th, as well as Video On Demand and DVD on November 23rd! We also chat his participation in the WHAT HAPPENED BRITTANY MURPHY? documentary, which is currently streaming on HBO Max! What's it like directing an action icon alongside kids AND dogs? Listen in to find out!

Major thanks to Alex Merkin for his time! Please be sure to check out PUPS ALONE coming on November 23rd to VOD/DVD!

Please feel free to rate and review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever else you go to subscribe. Please check out the Facebook page for the show: www.facebook.com/imustbreakthispodcast and the official webpage for the show: www.imustbreakthispodcast.wordpress.com.

Show's opening intro. and closing music is "Sports Action" by Audionautix.