Written by woman of action Katrina Action Flick Chick Hill, Action Movie Freak is packed with spine-tingling excitement and thrilling moments that make action movies a beloved genre for those who crave crashing cars, exploding buildings, and faces getting kicked six ways to Sunday. With badass heroes that ain t got time to bleed, women warriors, thrilling chases and outrageous fisticuffs, Action Movie Freak celebrates a wide variety of more than 100 movies that have left audiences on the edge of their seats.
Complete movie reviews are divided into various sub-genres including Classics That Defined the Genre (The Bond movies of the 1960s, Bullit, Dirty Harry ) Bloodiest Action Movies ( Ninja Assassin, Rambo series, RoboCop ) and Action From the Far East ( Bangkok Knockout, Ong Bak, Ip Man ). The book also spotlights specific action heroes/actors, and features 250 color photos and movie posters, as well as fun Top 10 lists, including best one-liners and most over-the-top kills. As a special kick-ass bonus, the book includes a free DVD of the Bruce Lee classic The Chinese Connection.
Ka-POW! Hollywood is awesome at blowing stuff up. Action movies grossed more than $2.1 billion in 2011. Much like a female Chuck Norris, author Katrina Hill kicks ass all over the place in the action and social media arenas. She operates her own site, ActionFlickChick.com, which gets 4.5 million hits a month, writes for MTV.com, and conducts star-studded panels at conventions like San Diego Comic-Con. G4TV named her their first official Next Woman of the Web champ and she is No. 13 on the 100 Most Powerful Women on Twitter. The book includes more than 100 movie reviews, spotlights the biggest stars, greatest one-liners, the best car chases, explosions, gnarly kills and much more. As a bonus, a free DVD of action-movie legend Bruce Lee s classic The Chinese Connection is included.
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