My Father Before Me

This week, Brennan and Tory are continuing their look at the early days of the Buddy Cop genre by reviewing Lethal Weapon 2!

In Lethal Weapon 2, Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

The film is directed by Richard Donner and written by Jeffrey Boam with a story by Shane Black and Warren Murphy. It stars Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci and Joss Ackland.

Lethal Weapon 2 is currently available for rent on Prime Video!

For a more classic movie, check out Brennan and Tory's review of Lethal Weapon!

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For another recent release, check out Brennan and Shayde's review of Alien: Covenant!

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Or listen to Brennan's review of the latest volume in the ongoing Superman series, Rise of the Superwoman!

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This week, Brennan and Tory are continuing their Mission: Impossible retrospective series by taking a look at the second movie in the franchise, Mission: Impossible 2!

In Mission: Impossible 2, IMF agent Ethan Hunt is sent to Sydney to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera."

The film is directed by John Woo and written by Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga. It stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, Dougray Scott as Sean Ambrose, Thandiwe Newton as Nyah Hall, Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, and Richard Roxburgh as Hugh Stamp.

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Get ready for the newly released Jurassic World: Rebirth with Brennan and Shayde's review of Jurassic World: Dominion!

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Or, if you're more of a comic book fan, check out Brennan's video discussing the Greatest Green Lantern Run of All Time!

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For this My Father Before, Brennan and Tory visit the movie that started it all, Mission: Impossible!

In Mission: Impossible, an America agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.

The film is directed by Brian De Palma and written by Bruce Geller, David Koepp, and Steven Zaillian. M:I stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, Jon Voight as Jim Phelps, Emmanuelle Beat as Claire, Henry Czerny as Kittridge, Jean Reno as Krieger, and Ving Rhames as Luther.

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For more movie talk, check out Brennan's review of Zack Snyder's Man of Steel!

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Or listen to Brennan's review of the first event in the ongoing Superman series, House of Brianiac!

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For a more classic movie, check out the latest installment in our My Father Before Me series: Cloak and Dagger!

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This week, Brennan is joined by Tory to discuss the classic 1984 film, Cloak & Dagger (NOT Marvel)!

Directed by Richard Franklin, Cloak & Dagger sees a young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget!

The film stars Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman (in TWO roles), Michael Murphy, and Christina Nigra.

The movie is currently available to rent on Amazon Prime Video!

For another classic movie review, check out Brennan and Tory's discussion of the Jean-Claude Van Damme films Kickboxer and Timecop!

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For a more recent movie, check out Brennan's review of Rebel Ridge!

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Or if you're more of a comic book fan, Brennan recently took a look at the new Aquaman series!

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This week, Brennan and Tory unite once again to review the classic Jean Claude Van Damme movies Kickboxer and Timecop!

Directed by Mark DiSalle and David Worth, Kickboxer follows Kurt Sloane who must learn the ancient kickboxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.

Kickboxer stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan, Michel Qissi, Haskell V. Anderson III, and Rochelle Ashana

Timecop is directed by Peter Hyams and follows Max Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, who must fend for his life against a shady politician intent on changing the past to control the future.

The film stars JCVD, Mia Sara, Ron Silver, Bruce McGill, and Gloria Reuben.

To find out what's going on in the DC Comics Universe, check out Brennan's recent review of the Superwoman Special!

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Or if you're looking for a movie review, Shayde recently watched The Substance, check that out below!

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For another classic movie review, check out Brennan and Tory's discussion of the film The NeverEnding Story in our My Father Before Me Segment!

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On this My Father Before Me, Brennan and Tory take a look at the classic 1984 Oscar nominee, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan!

Directed Hugh Hudson, the film follows the missing heir of a respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, as he finally returns to his estate only to realize the significant differences between the two worlds,

The film stars Christopher Lambert, Andi MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, and James Fox

For recent movie news, check out Shayde's commentary of the recent How To Train Your Dragon live-action trailer reveal!

If you're into comic books, check out Shayde's review of Absolute Batman #1 and #2 coming next Tuesday!

Or for another classic movie, watch Brennan and Tory, review Virtuosity in our last My Father Before Me segment!

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In this video, Brennan and Tory take a look at the 1995 film, Virtuosity!

Directed by Brett Leonard, the film follows an ex-cop who must stop an artificial intelligence with the personalities of multiple serial killers that has escaped into the real world!

The film stars Denzel Washington as Lt. Parker Barnes, Russell Crowe as SID 6.7, Kelly Lynch as Madison Carter, Stephen Spinella as Lindenmeyer, and William Forsythe as William Cochran.

For another classic movie review, check out our video on the Secret of NIMH, available now!

Or for more recent movies, take a look at Shayde's review of Late Night with the Devil!

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Continuing our Star Trek Original Crew Movie Retrospective Series, Brennan, Shayde, and Tory took a look at Star Trek IV.

Directed by Leonard Nimoy, The Voyage Home follows Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew as they go back in time to 1986 San Francisco to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with a space probe seemingly intent on destroying the Earth!

The film stars William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, and Catherine Hicks.

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On this episode of My Father Before, Brennan and Tory watched the blue-collar James Bond, Remo Williams!

Directed by Guy Hamilton, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins follows an officially "dead" cop as he is taken out of his life and trained to be an extraordinary assassin in a clandestine organization in service of the U.S. President.

The 1985 film stars Fred Ward as Remo Williams, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley, J.A. Preston, and Kate Mulgrew.

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Join us Thursday at 8:30pm on Twitch and YouTube for our first session of Starfinder!

On this special episode, Brennan is joined by Tory and Brady to discuss their history playing tabletop roleplaying games and the future games they'll be playing.

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