Invasion U.S.A. & Wolf Warrior 2: American Blue Jean Masculinity versus Chinese Elite Forces Hypermasculinity

It's Double Feature Time!  Isaac has an uncanny ability to come up with thematic cinema pairings and this episode is the first case we make to the public that displays this power. In 1985, Chuck Norris and Cannon Films gave America the blue jean clad one man army it needed to fight off Russian invaders.  Invasion U.S.A. typified the rouge individualist mentality of a Reagan/Bush America and came out at the height of Mr. Norris' box office powers. One year after Missing in Action and one year before Delta Force. In 2017, Wu Jing produced, starred, wrote and directed Wolf Warrior 2.  While most viewers in the USA are unaware of this film, it made more at the worldwide box office than Thor: Ragnarock, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 and Wonder Woman.  Wu's special forces soldier in exile gave the world a hypermasculine Chinese action hero unlike anything we've seen before.