John Wayne and Trouble Along The Way
I have a soft spot for John Wayne because I was named after a John Wayne movie (Donovan’s Reef) and he really reminds me of my grandfather that I…
Keystone Kops and the Bangville Police
One of the few cases where it’s hard to identify just one stunt and one person involved for the Best Movie Stunt, The Bangville Police is a 1913 comedy short starring…
The Towering Inferno, Best of Irwin Allen’s Disaster Films
The Towering Inferno is my favorite of Irwin Allen's disaster film series. It's got everything that makes these films so much fun, a great all-star cast, lavish sets, tension,…
The Expendables – And One Tough SOB
I have a strict rule that I won’t cite the best movie stunts for any given year to any film that has had any deaths or serious injuries due to…
The Big Boss (AKA: Fists Of Fury)
Bruce Lee was the first worldwide asian superstar and this was the film that put him in the spotlight. The highest grossing film in China up to this time,…
Freebie and the Bean
Alan Arkin has gone on record to say that he only did this movie for the paycheck and that he hated the movie, but I find it very entertaining.…
What Will Be The Best Movie Stunt of 2015?
There are several movies coming out in 2015 that have impressive stunt sequences. Here are a few of my favorites: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD George Miller has brought Mad…
Stagecoach And Zorro’s Fighting Legion
There’s been a perpetual myth that the truck stunt in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) by Terry Leonard was influenced by a stunt by Yakima Canutt in the…
100 Years of the Best Movie Stunts
Unsung heroes. The job of the stunt performers are to go unnoticed. They do their jobs correctly if the audience doesn’t notice that it's the stunt performer doing the…