The Mechanic - Bags of Action Episode 31

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode Steve and Pete talk about The Mechanic from 2011 starring Jason Statham. As it turns out, neither of us knew, this film was a remake.

This film turned out to be not what either host was expecting. Both are fans of Statham and yet somehow this was their first time they'd done a film with him in the lead.

Pete shares some knowledge on the background of the film, its heritage, and its connection to Cannon films.

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Creed - Bags of Action Episode 30

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode Steve and Pete visit the cinema, at different times and in different cities, to see the film Creed. It was released in 2015 in the USA and early 2016 in the UK.

This is the latest film in the Rocky franchise, that seemed to have concluded with Rocky Balboa, but a young filmmaker called Ryan Coogler pitched and idea and it was eventually developed into this film.

Both Steve and Pete are big fans of the Rocky franchise and both were very happy with its apparent conclusion with Rocky Balboa. So will Creed be able to live up to the legacy? Will it be a complete reboot or does it pay respect to what has come before it?

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Run All Night - Bags of Action Episode 29

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In the previous episode, Steve gave Pete three flavours of Liam Neeson and he chose Run All Night from 2015. Neither he or Steve has seen the film before so they are both coming to it fresh.
Our next film very soon will be another cinema outing of Creed. So get in touch if you've seen it for our February episode.

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