Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2017's Atomic Blonde! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Atomic Blonde is a 2017 American action spy thriller film directed by David Leitch, in his first solo directorial credit, and written by Kurt Johnstad. It is based on Antony Johnston and Sam Hart's 2012 graphic novel The Coldest City, published by Oni Press, which revolves around a spy who has to find a list of double agents who are ...
Aug 03, 2017•57 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2017's Dunkirk! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Dunkirk is a 2017 English-language war film written, co-produced and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film stars Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, and Tom Hardy. Set during the Second World War, it portrays the Dunkirk...
Jul 26, 2017•1 hr 27 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2017's War for the Planet of the Apes! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! War for the Planet of the Apes is a 2017 American science fiction film directed by Matt Reeves and written by Mark Bomback and Reeves. A sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes(2011) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), it is the third installment in the Planet of the Apes reboot series. The film stars Andy Se...
Jul 20, 2017•1 hr 13 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2017's Baby Driver! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Baby Driver is a 2017 action comedy film written and directed by Edgar Wright. It stars Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza González, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx and Jon Bernthal. The plot follows Baby, a young getaway driver who is coerced into working for a kingpin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 13, 2017•1 hr 18 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a 2011 American science fiction film directed by Rupert Wyatt and starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo, and Andy Serkis. Written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, it is 20th Century Fox's reboot of the Planet of the Apes series, inten...
Jul 06, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2007's Transformers! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Transformers is a 2007 American science fiction action film based on the toy line of the same name created by Hasbro. The film, which combines computer animation with live-action filming, was directed by Michael Bay, with Steven Spielberg serving as executive producer. It was produced by Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto, and is the first in...
Jun 29, 2017•1 hr 20 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2017's The Mummy! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! The Mummy is a 2017 American action-adventure film directed by Alex Kurtzman and written by David Koepp, Christopher McQuarrie and Dylan Kussman, with a story by Kurtzman, Jon Spaihts and Jenny Lumet. It is a reboot of The Mummy franchise and the first installment in the Dark Universe film series. The film stars Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wal...
Jun 21, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai welcome special guest Roxy Striar (@RoxyStriar) to break down 2017's Wonder Woman! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Wonder Woman is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the fourth installment in the DC Extended Universe. The film is directed by Patty Jenkins, with a screenplay by Allan Heinberg and a story by H...
Jun 15, 2017•1 hr 28 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 1999's The Mummy! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! The Mummy is a 1999 American action and horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, and Kevin J. O'Connor, with Arnold Vosloo in the titular role as the reanimated mummy. It is a loose remake of the 1932 film The Mummy, which starred Boris Karloff in the titular role. The fi...
Jun 07, 2017•1 hr 17 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Guardians of the Galaxy is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the tenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was directed by James Gunn, who wrote the screenplay with Ni...
May 31, 2017•1 hr 27 min
From worst to best Ben and Andrew rank every film of Action Movie Anatomy in reverse order. 1 list. 100 movies. We also determine some of AMA's heroes, villains and memories in our #AMA100 awards section. Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 26, 2017•1 hr 16 min
From worst to best Ben and Andrew rank every film of Action Movie Anatomy in reverse order. 1 list. 100 movies. We also determine some of AMA's heroes, villains and memories in our #AMA100 awards section. Heat is more than movie. It's an experience. Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 25, 2017•1 hr 24 min
#AMA100. Ben and Andrew break down the greatest shootout in film history as well as the first Deniro Pacino scene ever in this 100th episode celebration. Heat is more than movie. It's an experience. Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Heat is a 1995 American crime film written, produced and directed by Michael Mann, and starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Val Kilmer. De Niro plays Neil McCauley, a professional thief, while Pacino plays Lt. Vincent Han...
May 25, 2017•2 hr 30 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2011's The Raid! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! The Raid is a 2011 Indonesian martial artsaction–survival film written, directed and edited by Welsh filmmaker Gareth Huw Evans. The film stars Iko Uwais, who previously worked with Evans in another action film Merantau, released in 2009. Both films showcase the traditional Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat, with the fight choreography ...
May 18, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 1993's Jurassic Park! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science-fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen. The first installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, it is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton and a screenplay written by Crichton and David Koepp. The film is s...
May 11, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 1998's Saving Private Ryan! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Tom Cruise returns to his role as Ethan Hunt in the second installment of "Mission: Impossible." This time Ethan Hunt leads his IMF team on a mission to capture a deadly German virus before it is released by terrorists. His mission is made impossible due to the fact that he is not the only person after samples of the disease. H...
May 04, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 1998's Saving Private Ryan! Follow the show at @AMAPodcast and the hosts @BenBatemanMedia & @AndrewGhai! Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war drama film set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II. Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat, the film is notable for its graphic portrayal of war, and for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which includes a depiction of the Omaha Beach assault du...
Apr 20, 2017•1 hr 22 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 1984's The Terminator! The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose son will one day become a savior against machines in a post-apocalyptic future. Michael Biehn plays Kyle Reese, a soldier from the future sent back in time to protect Connor...
Apr 13, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2002's 28 Days Later! 28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Alex Garland, and stars Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, and Christopher Eccleston. The plot depicts the breakdown of society following the accidental release of a highly contagious virus and focuses upon the struggle of four survivors to cope with the destruction of the life they once ...
Apr 06, 2017•1 hr 11 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 1997's Anaconda! Anaconda is a 1997 adventure horror film by Peruvian director Luis Llosa, starring Jon Voight, Ice Cube, Jennifer Lopez, and Eric Stoltz. It centers on a documentary film crew who have been taken hostage by a snake hunter who is going after the legendary giant anaconda, which is discovered in the Amazon rainforest. Despite receiving mostly negative reviews from critics, the film was a box-office hit and was follow...
Mar 30, 2017•1 hr 7 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2012's Safe House! Safe House is a 2012 American spy action-thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa, starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. The film follows Matt Weston (Reynolds), a CIA agent on his first low-level posting in Cape Town who is in charge of a safe house where the CIA is interrogating Tobin Frost (Washington), a veteran operative who has allegedly betrayed the agency. When the safe house is attacked by merc...
Mar 23, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2017's Logan! Logan is a 2017 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman. The film, distributed by 20th Century Fox, is the tenth installment in the X-Men film series, and the third film focused on Wolverine, following X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and The Wolverine (2013). It was directed by James Mangold, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scott Frank and Michael Green, from a...
Mar 16, 2017•1 hr 20 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2001's Swordfish! Swordfish is a 2001 American action crime thriller film directed by Dominic Sena and starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and Vinnie Jones. The film centers on Stanley Jobson, an ex-con and computer hacker who is targeted for recruitment into a bank robbery conspiracy because of his formidable hacking skills. The film was a slight box office success and was negatively received by critics...
Mar 08, 2017•1 hr 14 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai look at the monumental career of Bill Paxton after his untimely passing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 01, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 1987's The Running Man! The Running Man is a 1987 American science fiction Technicolor action film in Panavision directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Jesse Ventura, Jim Brown and Richard Dawson. It is very loosely based on the 1982 novel The Running Man, written by Stephen King and published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The story, set in a dystopian United States betwee...
Feb 22, 2017•1 hr 26 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2017's John Wick: Chapter 2! John Wick: Chapter 2 is a 2017 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad. A sequel to the 2014 film John Wick, the plot follows hitman John Wick, who goes on the run after a bounty is placed on his head. It stars Keanu Reeves, Common, Laurence Fishburne, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ruby Rose, John Leguizamo and Ian McShane, and marks the first collaboration ...
Feb 15, 2017•1 hr 26 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2004's The Punisher! The Punisher is a 2004 American vigilante action film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, starring Thomas Jane as the antihero Frank Castle / The Punisher and John Travolta as Howard Saint, a money launderer who orders the death of Castle's entire family. The story and plot were mainly based on two Punisher comic book stories; The Punisher: Year One and Welcome Back, Frank along with scenes ...
Feb 07, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2010's Unstoppable! Unstoppable is a 2010 American disaster thriller film directed and produced by Tony Scott in his final film as director before his death in 2012. The film stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. The film, loosely based on the real life CSX 8888 incident, tells the story of a runaway freight train and the two men (Washington and Pine) who attempt to stop it. The film was released in the United States and Canada ...
Feb 01, 2017•1 hr 12 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down 2004's Collateral! Collateral is a 2004 American neo-noir crime thriller directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie. It stars Tom Cruise cast against type as a contract killer and Jamie Foxx as a taxi driver who finds himself his hostage during an evening of the hitman's work. The film also features Jada Pinkett Smith and Mark Ruffalo. Foxx and Cruise's performances were widely praised, with Foxx being nominated for th...
Jan 27, 2017•1 hr 29 min
Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai welcome John Rocha to break down 1998's Armageddon! Armageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and released by Touchstone Pictures. The film follows a group of blue-collardeep-core drillers sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth. It features an ensemble cast including Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilso...
Jan 19, 2017•2 hr 34 min
