Back in Action is totally 90's, it's a product of it's wonderful time & with that we get Awesome 90's action with a dose of comedy & a sprinkle of soft cheese!!!
Back In Action comes accross like a low-budget 48Hrs & just as fun. I really enjoy these early 90's action martial arts flicks that are usually made in the mould of the buddy-cop genre with martial arts action & Back in Action doesn't disappoint. Billy Blanks is a fun low rent action star that has a thugged out hood voice similar to 50 Cent & comes across like a Wesley Snipes type & is alot of fun with his hulking ripped biceps & almost looks like a comic book character come to life.
Roddy Piper here is like shredded rage-filled Nick Nolte & adds to the films 48Hrs vibe. Piper was equally a fun low-budget action star of the early 90's & he worked well with Blanks. Piper & Blanks were both vhs era Direct-to-video action stars & it's a joy watching them together here & in Tough & Deadly.
There's a bunch of really fun video era gems from Blanks like Back in Action, Tough & Deadly, TC-2000, Talons of the Eagle, Expect No Mercy & Hidden Tiger.
The Action genre exploded with Video & stores like Blockbuster was full of B-list stars making names for themselves on video & mostly in the action thriller genres. Kick-ass Kung-fu & manic Martial Arts & Buddy-cop action was everywhere. I loved the video era, it was an exciting time to be a movie geek or buff or nerd or whatever lol. Everyone was getting teamed up to capture that magic that the Lethal Weapon & 48 Hrs films brought us & so here we had the incredible team up of Martial Arts Master: Billy Blanks & Professional Wrestler: Roddy Piper in the action-packed flick "Back in Action", but this was infact the first pairing in a film, the 2nd was the equally great "Tough & Deadly" so the "Back in Action" title i believe refers to Billy Blanks Character, an ex-soldier getting back in action when his sister gets mixed-up with a crime syndicate.
Billy Blanks was cool back in the 90's & made a bunch of fun DTV B-movies like Expect No Mercy, Tough & Deadly & TC2000 just to name a few & he's good here in his most brutal & ferocious. Blanks is an ex-soldier on the war path as a Vigilante out to kill off a local crime gang to save his sister.
Roddy Piper was awesome also back in the day with B-movie greats like They Live, Sci-Fighter & Jungleground, to name a few.
Piper is very cool & tough as a Cop tracking down the same criminals as Blanks & so eventually they team up together. The film is simply B-movie action fun & that's it.
There's lots of brutal fight scenes & shootouts & fun moments scattered throughout & Blanks & Piper are genuinely a likeable team.
Their 2nd flick TOUGH & DEADLY is just as Awesome!!! Piper & Blanks were pretty damn Awesome together, thank you to the 90's for giving us that wonderful team up & non-stop glorious buddy-cop action.
Pure 90's B-movie Fun entertainment. A little gem in my opinion.
Back In Action comes accross like a low-budget 48Hrs & just as fun. I really enjoy these early 90's action martial arts flicks that are usually made in the mould of the buddy-cop genre with martial arts action & Back in Action doesn't disappoint. Billy Blanks is a fun low rent action star that has a thugged out hood voice similar to 50 Cent & comes across like a Wesley Snipes type & is alot of fun with his hulking ripped biceps & almost looks like a comic book character come to life.
Roddy Piper here is like shredded rage-filled Nick Nolte & adds to the films 48Hrs vibe. Piper was equally a fun low-budget action star of the early 90's & he worked well with Blanks. Piper & Blanks were both vhs era Direct-to-video action stars & it's a joy watching them together here & in Tough & Deadly.
There's a bunch of really fun video era gems from Blanks like Back in Action, Tough & Deadly, TC-2000, Talons of the Eagle, Expect No Mercy & Hidden Tiger.
The Action genre exploded with Video & stores like Blockbuster was full of B-list stars making names for themselves on video & mostly in the action thriller genres. Kick-ass Kung-fu & manic Martial Arts & Buddy-cop action was everywhere. I loved the video era, it was an exciting time to be a movie geek or buff or nerd or whatever lol. Everyone was getting teamed up to capture that magic that the Lethal Weapon & 48 Hrs films brought us & so here we had the incredible team up of Martial Arts Master: Billy Blanks & Professional Wrestler: Roddy Piper in the action-packed flick "Back in Action", but this was infact the first pairing in a film, the 2nd was the equally great "Tough & Deadly" so the "Back in Action" title i believe refers to Billy Blanks Character, an ex-soldier getting back in action when his sister gets mixed-up with a crime syndicate.
Billy Blanks was cool back in the 90's & made a bunch of fun DTV B-movies like Expect No Mercy, Tough & Deadly & TC2000 just to name a few & he's good here in his most brutal & ferocious. Blanks is an ex-soldier on the war path as a Vigilante out to kill off a local crime gang to save his sister.
Roddy Piper was awesome also back in the day with B-movie greats like They Live, Sci-Fighter & Jungleground, to name a few.
Piper is very cool & tough as a Cop tracking down the same criminals as Blanks & so eventually they team up together. The film is simply B-movie action fun & that's it.
There's lots of brutal fight scenes & shootouts & fun moments scattered throughout & Blanks & Piper are genuinely a likeable team.
Their 2nd flick TOUGH & DEADLY is just as Awesome!!! Piper & Blanks were pretty damn Awesome together, thank you to the 90's for giving us that wonderful team up & non-stop glorious buddy-cop action.
Pure 90's B-movie Fun entertainment. A little gem in my opinion.