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Hardcasters
by Hardcasters
We talk about action movies, pitch action movies and share some of the totally responsible and appropriate lessons we've learned from action movies.
Episodes
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Episode 56: Streetfighter & Ken Russell's Streetfighter
Ready? FIGHT. There is a Streetfighter movie round corner and what better way to whet those appetites then revisiting the Van Damme monstrosity and imagining a world where Ken Russell made a Streetfighter movie. Correct, there is no better way.
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Episode 55: True Lies & Either or Both
Coming off T2 the peak collaboration twixt Cameron and Schwarzenegger, comes this surprisingly weird comedy/spy flick that's broad in humour, precise in action and liberal with physics. When all is said and done it's really Jamie-Lee Curtis' movie. We also pitch our usual nonsense.
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Episode 54: Highlander 2: The Quickening & Fight Club 2: The Fightening
Highlander 2 may be an absolute circus fire regardless of which version you watch but there is much to love. Some to love. A couple of bits. Hear us out...
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Episode 53 - Raw Deal & Ron Hercules: God Cop
If you go looking for classic Schwarzenegger in this weirdly low-key romp you might get no satisfaction, yet there is plenty of joy sprinkled in to it's stodgy body. It's like whoever baked this cake might have been a bit tipsy.
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Episode 52 - Flash Gordon & Defenders of the Earth: The Movie
Out of the sky, our rockets ignite, we jet into battle it's the... Hardcasters... That got away from me a bit there - but we're back for season 3 and we are blasting off with an out of genre selection but a banger all the same - Flash Gordon!
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Hard Christmas 4: Hot Pudding
Christmas time, mistletoe and Lethal Weapon. That's right, we finally get to THE buddy cop movie of the 80s! Plus we pitch our own festive buddy cop blow out: Hot Craps! Warning - we talk about suicide quite a fair bit.
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Episode 51 - G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra & Uniforce
Indulge two middle-aged children of the 80s (more than usual) as snuggle ourselves in the warm blanket of nostalgia that is G.I.Joe. We loved the G.I.Joe toyline (Action Force if you're nasty) and whatever critical merit this movie does or does not have is second to its uncanny ability to mimic…
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Hard Ween 3: Hardest Ween
What? ANOTHER halloween special? In November? Well it would be scary if your were expecting it. What is contained within this shocker? That would be telling... It's Chuck Norris vs Slasher movie Silent Rage. It's not great.
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Hard Ween 2: One Harder Ween
It's the spookiest time of the year again but don't be afraid as the Hardcasters have your back (well, we're hiding behind it). We won't spoil what's in store for you but rest assured it's 100% TREAT. So get stuck in!
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Episode 50 - Romancing the Stone & The Perils of Tug Handy
Join us on an exciting and romantically charged adventure into rainforest as we revisit this fun-filled classic. It may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of action cinema but there is plenty of the kinds of thrills, chases and suspect clothing choices we love here at...
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Episode 49: Maniac Cop 2 & Minotaur Cop
DePlume and Visage discuss the amazing stunt work and location photography of Maniac Cop 2 and then, obviously, talk at length about a cop that's a minotaur. It's all business as usual here at Hardcasters HQ.
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Episode 48: The Meg 2 & Crabs!
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your headphones! Don't worry, a giant electric shark is not going to swim out of your earbuds and into your brain (though we'd totally watch that movie). Instead, DePlume and Visage will instead enthuse about the Statham versus Prehistoric Shark...
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Episode 47: The Running Man & Tosh 4: The Running Tosh
Who loves you and who do you love? Hardcasters! Right? Well what else, if not love, describes us bringing our breakdown of one the all-time action greats. And if that's not enough we dust of our friend Tosh Lines to continue his ongoing saga. So sit back, relax and eat this all up. But we hope…
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Episode 46: The Living Daylights & To Die in an Amber Tomorrow
Now listen carefully 007... That's right, DePlume and Visage are talking about Bond, James. Bond. James Bond. The Living Daylights is an absolute belter and only marginally ahead of our own Bond-style pitch. So get those buds in as this is for your EARS only. HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
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Episode 45 - Judge Dredd & Servant Klonker: Moistlands Cop
The boys are back after a winter hiatus with Judge Dredd. By Drokk we love this movie and will give anyone who disagrees 10 years in the cubes! What's that you say? "it's awful?" We KNEW you'd say that.
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Episode 44: Expendables 4 & Who Do You Think You Are Killing Mr Predator?
We watched Expendables 4 so that you don't have to. Then, to lighten the mood, we imagined what would happen to the Home Guard if they encounter The Predator.
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One Hard Ween
HARPY HORRORdays! Yes, it's Halloween; the spookiest of seasons and we here at Hardcasters are getting in on the AXE. This is a MONSTER episode, where we DIG UP horror/action/superhero FRANKENSTEIN of a movie; SPAWN. We get into the crafting of this movie (cos we LOVECRAFT) then bring forth extra...
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Episode 43: Timecop Part 2 & Dick Tock, Clock Cop
After last episode's live commentary we're gather our thoughts on Van Damme's time-travelling romp and then we get to pitch an idea with a title that's been knocking around in our heads for years!
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Episode 42: Timecop Part 1 - Live Commentary
Nobody likes change but DePlume and Visage always like to shake things up. It's just the kind of rule-breaking bucks they are. And so, rather than talk about this week's movie in retrospect, join us for our first ever live commentary. To make the experience extra exciting, queue up Timecop and...
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Episode 41 - Timebomb & Golden Shower: Moist Carnage
We're back from our Summer holidays! Dick has rinsed out his bucket and spade and Dom has applied aftersun to some especially delicate areas of flesh. So what better way to see in the Autumn but letting everyone down with smut. Yes, we tackle the sluggish troughs and lurid peaks of mid-nineties...
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Episode 40 - Masters of the Universe & Tosh 3: Master of the Universes
You know what we have? We have... nothing that can't be cured with antibiotics. We also have our Masters of the Universe episode! This much maligned fantasy epic is given its due and then we ramble our way through our third in the "Tosh Trilogy"! This episode will give YOU the power!
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Episode 39 Tag Team & Raw Conflict
Visage and DePlume develop a MANIA for WRESTLING... we are maniacs for wrestle... mania... This week is about wrestling. Kind of. First, we looked at the pilot episode for an un-produced series about two wrestlers who become cops starring non-other than "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Jesse "The Body"...
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Episode 38 - The Sweeney! & The Sauce!!!
We delve back into the sad greys of 70s British television to explore the murky but action-packed goings-on in the seminal cop series The Sweeney! Then, as expected, we pitch our own 70s cop show. Listen, or we'll NICK YOU!
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Episode 37 - Fast and Furious 8 & Snooker Loopy 27: Fast Balls, Furious Pockets
If DePlume and Visage haven't tested the patience of their audience with their self-indulgent meanderings through 70's and 80's minor British celebrities then this episode might just do it. Yes, we talk about Fast and Furious 8 which, in an unplanned bit of synchronicity, lines up with the…
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Episode 36 - Broken Arrow & Rumbly Tummy
DePlume and Visage are both pleasantly surprised by Broken Arrow; a film neither had seen in quite some time. Then, they pitch their own take on the head-to-head, race against time actioner that pits Oliver Reed against a flamboyant Charles Grodin and his worm-manipulating Earthquake machine.…
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Episode 35 - Ultimate Force & Hot Chaps
DePlume and Visage revisit the British SAS action series for the first time in a long time and find it... um... well, you'll see.
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Episode 34 - The Transporter & Tosh 2: Continental Breakfast
It's time to pay tribute to the movie that launched Statham's action career! The Transporter is full of the things we love; fights, chases, oiled up torsos... it's got it all. And if that's not enough, Visage and DePlume herald the triumphant return of Tosh lines in his sequel that is equally...
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Episode 33 - Conan the Destroyer & Ajax the Savager
Strap on your furry pants people as Visage and DePlume explore a world of high adventure and questionable lizard masks. More importantly, we imagine a world where Chuck Norris made a swords 'n' sorcery movie. Enjoy!
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Episode 32 - The Punisher & Avengers '88
We LOVE Dolph Lundgren's Punisher here at Hardcaster's HQ (a converted kebab van) and so it was only a matter of time before we poured our love over it. Oh... that sounds horrible, sorry. We also consider what an Avengers Movie might have been like had it been made using the action stars of th......
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Episode 31 - Tango & Cash and Ponce & Bucket
We're back for season 2! It's Valentine's day and what better way to celebrate than with the greatest love story of all time: Tango & Cash. Let Visage and DePlume hold you tenderly by the hand and walk you though a story of a love that endures prison electrocution, elaborate demonstrations of…
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Hard Christmas 3: Hard Dickens
They're back! After a hiatus filled with apocalyptic misery the Hardcasters return with a bumper action hamper with a Christmas twist. Strap yourselves in, grab some booze and some snacks (they did) and transport to a world of Dickensian magic and hard action.
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Another Hard Christmas
It'a that time of year again and while we wait for our exciting Season 2 launch (watch this space) we thought we'd drop this extra special gift down your ear chimney. Merry Christmas!
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Episode 30 - The Last Action Hero & Planet Hollywood: The Movie
It's our season finale! It doesn't taken long into our review of The Last Action Hero to join the dots and realise it's basically Planet Hollywood: The Movie; so we go ahead and pitch that movie! What a way to see out season 1!
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Episode 29 - Mortal Kombat Annihilation & Mission of Snake Force
Mortal Kombat is back and we at Hardcasters want to celebrate by revisiting the much maligned sequel to the fondly remembered 1995 adaptation. Then, we pitch the ultimate video game adaptation and discuss Jet from Gladiators a bit more.
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Episode 28 - Avengement & Eastenders: Savage Apocalypse
We deep dive into the Scott Adkins masterpiece (yes, we said masterpiece) before finding ourselves curiously unsatisfied after we finally get to pitch our action take on Eastenders. Maybe you shouldn't get everything you want. Hmm...
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Episode 27 - Double Impact & Three Bearz
Five for the price of one! You get two Van Dammes and three bears as we revisit the action classic and unearth an aborted project featuring Danny DeVito, Bob Hoskins and Phil Collins.
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Episode 26 - Eliminators & McClusky: Steel Hounds
Not only is Eliminators one of DePlume's all time favourites it might be one of the best movies ever made. That's right. BEST MOVIE EVER. Visage, of course, hasn't seen it. So get comfy as DePlume takes you through this masterpiece, you won't regret it.
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Episode 25 - Death Ring & Hot Geese: Maze of the Kendo Minotaurs
McQueen, Swayze and Norris all in the same movie? Too good to be true right? Right? Well... Visage takes DePlume to school on all things Death Ring in this weeks exciting episode.
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Episode 24 - On Deadly Ground & Justice for the Hawk Puncher
Visage and DePlume got back to nature as we tackle Seagal's spiritual action-opus then we pitch our ultimate eco-movie which might include the most disgusting sound ever recorded. Look forward to that.
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Episode 23 - Showdown in Little Tokyo & Explosion at Bicep Mountain
The more you see the less you know. We've seen Showdown in Little Tokyo a LOT and have less idea about what is happening than we did on first viewing. But who cares? Lundgren, Lee, Carrere, Tagawa and the best villain death we covered in 23 episodes. Then we go a little crazy with our pitch. Ahem.
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Episode 22 - Blood and Bone & Dog and Bone
Michael Jai White owns the screen for 90s minutes in this great little underground fighting movie. Come for the discussion on how he defies the laws of physics and oozes charisma then stay for Visage and DePlume's sequel pitch featuring a talking dog.
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Episode 21 - Escape From L.A. & Escape From Hell
Escape From New York is a stone cold action classic so we at Hardcasters, of course, spend an hour and change zeroing in on its much maligned sequel. Spoiler alert - we like a lot of what we find. We then pitch our vision for a long overdue threequel that we think has a chance of getting…
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Episode 20 - Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning & Universal Soldier: Deveraux's Chargrin
It's rare that Scott Adkin's name does not come up in our podcasts, such is DePlume's reverence for the man. Since last week we were immersed in the world of Universal Soldier, and since Visage had yet to see Day of Reckoning, we thought this would be the first of Adkin's films we'd cover. So…
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Episode 19 - Universal Soldier and Hot Wick: Furious Gentlemen
Visage and DePlume dabble with the undead in this weeks episode as we turn our attention to Universal Soldier. If that wasn't enough, we pitch a movie where a waxwork cop chases a criminal on a penny farthing. It's like Christmas hasn't ended.
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Episode 18 Cobra & Thundercats: The Movie (Live Action)
DePlume and Visage take on another titan of the action canon with the mighty Cobra then ponder how cinema, no... LIFE would have been changed by a late-eighties, Stallone-led Thundercats live action movie. Once you've heard what might have been you'll never feel complete again.
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Episode 17 - Shadow Warriors: Attack on Devil's Island & Cannonball Warriors: Computer Police
You'd think a movie with Hulk Hogan, Carl Weathers, Shannon Tweed, Billy Drago, Trevor Goddard and Martin Kove would be a joyous, slam-dunk of an action movie. Yeah, we thought that too. Still, we have some fun talking about it and, as always, pitch a pretty sweet alternative starring none other...
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A Very Hard Christmas
So this is Christmas and what have you done? Well, we've done a Christmas special that encompasses all of the things that make a traditional Christmas, in that it probably goes on too long and you may feel a little sick afterwards. However you spend the next two weeks, try and enjoy yourselves....
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Episode 16 - Never Say Never Again & Hard Remembrance
For the first time in a LONG time Visage and DePlume revisit the out-of-canon Bond from 1983 and find a treasure-trove filled with hi-tech motorcycles, single-entendres, age-gaps and toxic urine. It's an interesting film, we'll give it that. Then stick around as we pitch a hyper-violent Gina...
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Episode 15 - Roadhouse & Neon Devils: Wheels of Justice
Road House is a perfect movie. Almost. This, is a perfect podcast episode. Except for long sections of juvenile laughter. And all the other reasons. Y'know what? It's an awesome movie and we have a pretty good stab and analysing and a bloody good time coming up with our own version. let's just...
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Episode 14 - Commando & Commando 3: Steel Avenger (Part 2)
DePLume and Visage finish what they started! They round out their proposed Commando trilogy with a third entry that sees Klaus Kinski firing lightning from his hands! What are you waiting for? Get stuck in!
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