Undercover Dutchman Emil Struijker Boudier returns to the fray to dissect Indonesian gore-fest actioner 'The Shadows Strays' written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto and starring Aurora Ribero >>> THE SHADOW STRAYS trailer <<< There's a few column inches for The Wild Robot, The Substance, Will & Harper and a bit too much wrestling & Assassin's Creed depending on who you ask... The show's got a Twitter: @dodgethispod All the other good stuff is here: simonfeilder.com Subsc...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 4
'Bit on the side' of the show Chris Gau returns to relive the good old days of John Woo 1989 and also the polarising days of J-Dubs 2024 as we get into the director's remake of his own movie The Killer starring Nathalie Emmanuel , Omar Sy , Sam Worthington , Diana Silvers , Eric Cantona , and Saïd Taghmaoui . >>> THE KILLER 2024 trailer <<< We also touch upon Take Cover, We All Loved Each Other So Much, It's What's Inside, Furiosa, Rebel Ridge, The Killer's Game and a very spec...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Strewth mate, this episode we're joined by Furthest Away Guest So Far, action movie fan extraordinaire Andy Gorham to talk Bren Foster's Aussie breakout beatdown bonanza Life After Fighting. Spoilers: IT RIPS. >> LIFE AFTER FIGHTING trailer << There's also time to take a swing at The Lockdown, The Twilight Samurai, The Mission and lots of pre-waffle... All the other good stuff is here: simonfeilder.com Subscribe to Simon's newsletter thing: simonfeilder.substack.com Andy is on twitte...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Oh boy we are so back and what a start as former co-host and now co-parent Matt Highton returns to help us tackle Bollywood bloodbath KILL directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat and starring Lakshya , Raghav Juyal , Ashish Vidyarthi , Harsh Chhaya and Tanya Maniktala . >> KILL trailer<< We also tickle your fancy with mentions of Beetlejuicex2, Alien: Romulus, Furiosa, Hundreds Of Beavers, Rebel Ridge, The Creator and much more waffle.... All the other good stuff is here: simonfeilder.com Sub...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 1
I now pronounce you 'friend of the show' Chris Gau is back as his wish for a Hong Kong banger is granted in action extravaganzea mouthful TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN directed by Soi Cheang , and starring Louis Koo , Sammo Hung , Richie Jen , Raymond Lam , Terrance Lau , Kenny Wong , Philip Ng , Tony Wu and German Cheun. >>> TOTW: WI trailer <<< We also touch upon Ambulance, Bad Boys For Life, Story Of Ricky, The Long Kiss Goodnight, In Search Of The Last Action Heroes, ...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Our series (!) of interviews with (British) (up and coming) action movie directors continues with this delightful and insighful chat with Will Gilbey . He's written and edited loads of stuff but his directorial debut JERICHO RIDGE knocks it out of the park. We got into the pros and cons of filming a movie in sub-zero temperatures, why using green screen sucks, how Gavin Rossdale features on the soundtrack and so much more... The show's got a Twitter: @dodgethispod All the other good stuff is her...
May 13, 2024•54 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Captain Big Punch (Joe Roberts) returns to talk about something other than Don Lee as we dive into British survival siege action thriller JERICHO RIDGE, written and directed by Will Gilbey , starring Nikki Amuka-Bird alongside Michael Socha , Zack Morris and Solly McLeod . JERICHO RIDGE trailer We also get into some pre-waffle about Prestige Television (Shogun, Baby Reindeer), Love Lies Bleeding, Dune 2, method acting, letterboxd ratings, the Steve Martin documentary, Superman: The Tony Hawk's P...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Fans of awful bee puns are in for a treat as Chris Gau rejoins to explore The Stath's smash-em-up THE BEEKEEPER directed by David Ayer , written by Kurt Wimmer and starring Jason Statham , Emmy Raver-Lampman , Josh Hutcherson , Bobby Naderi, Phylicia Rashad , Jemma Redgrave and Jeremy Irons . (Fans of the actual movie: your mileage may vary 😬) THE BEEKEEPER trailer We also got into Chris' magical/maniacal movie watching (check his LETTERBOXD ) as well as mentioning THE HOLDOVERS, THE BRICKLAYER...
Mar 04, 2024•58 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Simon is joined by director, educator and chum Ben Mallaby, to get into the weeds on ONE MORE SHOT, James Nunn's all-in-one-take-ish action sequel starring Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Aaron Toney, Waleed Elgadi, Alexis Knapp and Tom Berenger. ONE MORE SHOT Trailer Also on the menu is REACHER, PRISCILLA, POOR THINGS & ECHO The show's got a Twitter: @dodgethispod All the other good stuff is here: simonfeilder.com and here mallby.co.uk Subscribe to Simon's newsletter thing: simonfeilder.su...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 9
What a treat! Our first directorial interview and it's a smasher, with fellow Brit action maestro JAMES NUNN . James has helmed sniper thriller Tower Block, open sea thrillkiller Shark Bait, 2 entries into the WWE Marine franchise plus 4 movies with HRH Scott Adkins - Green Street 3, Eliminators, One Shot (which we discussed on our 2nd episode of this pod!) and his latest is sequel One More Shot... We discussed the nerdy logistics of making a one-take movie, how to wring the most from a budget, ...
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 8
We're back to start the new year with a bang/machete through the arm as we get into Xavier Gen's FARANG (internationally and perhaps not doing it any favours in terms of expectations titled 'Mayhem!') starring Nassim Lyes , Samir Barda, Loryn Nounay, Olivier Gourmet , Chananticha Tang-Kwa & Vithaya Pansringarm . >>> FARANG TRAILER <<< The Polygon article mentioned: https://www.polygon.com/24029877/mayhem-elevator-fight-scene-watch-interview-xavier-gens-jude-poyer-nassim-lye...
Jan 21, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 7
It's a festive special and Simon is joined (for the first time evarrr!) IRL by Joe Roberts to touch upon John Woo's naughty Silent Night and Lee Sang-yong's nice The Roundup: No Way Out starring Ma Dong-seok , Lee Joon-hyuk and Munetaka Aoki . Trailer Kitsch The Brothers Sun | Official Trailer | Netflix Official Trailer - 13 Bom di Jakarta | Tayang 28 Desember 2023 di Bioskop THE BRICKLAYER Official Trailer (2024) The show's got a Twitter: @dodgethispod All the other good stuff is here: simonfei...
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 6
We're heading back to Bollywood and we're bringing someone Actually From There to help us! Simon is joined by old pal Emil and real-life Indian Nirvi Maru for masala mega sequel TIGER 3, the Hindi -language action thriller film directed by Maneesh Sharma , produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films and starring Salman Khan , Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi . We've also watch Tiger Zinda Hai (after the Wandering Earth snafu ;p), A Haunting In Venice and Emil has gone deep on his new PS5. Off T...
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Simon is joined by improviser, editor and real-life Canadian IAN THOMAS DAY to wade into sci-fi-action(ish)-adventure-drama-cgi-blockbuster THE WANDERING EARTH 2 directed and co-written by Frant Gwo , and starring Andy Lau , Wu Jing and Li Xuejian . >>>WANDERING EARTH 2 trailer <<< After finishing their 3-hour marathon movie they still found time to check out THE CONTINENTAL, JERICHO RIDGE, LEO, BOTTOMS & David Fincher's back catalogue... TRAILERS: The Fall Guy | Official T...
Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 4
We got the band back together! Simon is joined by OG Dodge-r Matthew Highton to get the lowdown on sleek, gorgeous & brutal SK action thriller Ballerina directed by Lee Chung-hyun and starring Jeon Jong-seo , Kim Ji-hoon and Park Yu-rim. >>>BALLERINA TRAILER <<< With barely enough time to squeeze in a podcast Matt still managed to watch all of Bargain while Simon peeked at My Name, Sniper G.R.I.T. and King Of Killers. TRAILERS GANAPATH | Hindi Teaser | Amitabh B, Tiger S, K...
Oct 30, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Simon is joined by writer/comedian and fellow former Kilburn dweller CHRIS GAU to discuss why Robert McCall is interrupting his Italian vacation to equalize anyone is his way in THE EQUALIZER 3 directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning . >>>The Equalizer 3 Trailer <<< Outside of this Equalizing we've gone absolutely nuts for Equalizing and rewatched the first 2 movies in this series, so it's an Equalization-heavy treat. We also popped THE BEAR ...
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 2
We're back buckaroos and once again we're heading to Bollywood to open the season with a bang. And a song. And SRK. It's JAWAN and it's A Lot Of Movie. While Matt is off fighting interdimensional crime, Simon is joined by friend of the show Emil Struijker Boudier to get into this Indian Mass Entertainer co-written and directed by Atlee & starring Shah Rukh Khan , Nayanthara , Vijay Sethupathi , Deepika Padukone , Priyamani and Sanya Malhotra >>> JAWAN Trailer <<< Outside of...
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 1
We're jumping on Oprah's sofa for joy at the return of the best (?!) spy series on the planet.. It's MI7 (for brevity's sake) directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise along with Hayley Atwell , Ving Rhames , Simon Pegg , Rebecca Ferguson , Vanessa Kirby , Esai Morales , Pom Klementieff , Mariela Garriga , and Henry Czerny . Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Trailer Outside of this cinema trip we've watched MI: ROGUE NATION, INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY and ASTEROID CIT...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 9
We're going Dutch with King Of the Kickboxers Rico Verhoeven's first headline movie outing BLACK LOTUS, also starring Frank Grillo and directed by Todor Chapkanov . To celebrate all things NL (movie notwithstanding) we welcome back Friend Of The Show and real-life dutchman Emil Struijker Boudier who gives us the lowdown on the explosive Fast 9, nostalgic The Flash & the CelineDion-a-thon Love Again while Simon watched Extraction 2 obvs (we'll get to it in another episode) In the Trailer Park...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Cor blimey guvnor, Guy Ritchie has taken a little detour to the middle east and so do we this episode as we explore his action-adjacent military thriller THE COVENANT which stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim . The Covenant Trailer And while we're adjacent to the action we also get adjacant to the universe with an extended chat about NYC's finest webslinger in SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIER-VERSE Spidey Trailer We've also had a butchers at SLOW HORSES, TOO MANY CHINESE STREAMING SNIPER MOVIES (Sni...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 7
There's gold, nazis and one double-hard Fin in historical war action slasher SISU , written and directed by Jalmari Helander and starring Jorma Tommila , Aksel Hennie , Jack Doolan and Mimosa Willamo . >>> SISU trailer <<< Elsewhere our peepers have peeped VIRKAM, THE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAIN, THE MOTHER, ZOMBIELAND 2, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3, TOO MANY FASTnFURIOUSes Trailergeddon: FARANG | Official Trailer | STUDIOCANAL International THE CREATOR Trailer (2023) SHEROES Trailer (...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 6
A double helping of Ladykillers! No not Simon & Matt ROFLcopter; It's Vietnamese neon-drenched fistfest Furies: directed by, and starring Veronica Ngo , alongside Đồng Ánh Quỳnh, Tóc Tiên , Rima Thanh Vy, Thuận Nguyễn, and Song Luân Furies trailer Plus more assassin lore and family drama in Kill Boksoon directed and written by Byun Sung-hyun , starring Jeon Do-yeon , Sol Kyung-gu , Kim Si-a , Esom , and Koo Kyo-hwan . Kill Boksoon trailer Meanwhile we've been watching EVIL DEAD RISE, RIDE ON...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Oh sweet Baba Yaga it's finally time for the almighty JW to unleash his fury upon us in the final (?) chapter of the Wick-iverse, directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Keanu Reeves , Donnie Yen , Bill Skarsgård , Laurence Fishburne , Hiroyuki Sanada , Shamier Anderson , Lance Reddick , Rina Sawayama , Scott Adkins , and Ian McShane . >> John Wick 4 Trailer << Outside of the pod we've clocked Zombieland 2 , Sonic The Hedgehog 2 , The Menu and Simon finally put The Last Of Us to bed ...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Where we're going, we don't need roads! Because there's spaceships and wuxia and magic and ALL THE MOVIE in South Korean sci-fi action and a whole lot more genre-mashup ALIENOID directed by Choi Dong-hoon , starring Ryu Jun-yeol , Kim Woo-bin , and Kim Tae-ri . >>> Alienoid trailer <<< Since last time, we've cheered as EEAAO & RRR WON OSCARS ( watch the performance! ) and Simon has been searching high and low for Pod-worthy movies which sadly VR FIGHTER, BAD CITY & CODE...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 3
WELL STAPLE MY EYES SHUT we're back again with in-your-face action-horror-sci-fi-splatter-OMG-fest PROJECT WOLF HUNTING directed by Kim Hong-sun, starring Seo In-guk and Jang Dong-yoon . Project Wolf Hunting trailer Since last we spoke we've been cramming in a bunch of stuff across the board: Fierce Cop, Plane, DDLJ, An Action Hero, All Quiet On The Western Front, The Whale, Knock At The Cabin Door, Wakanda Forever, Scream 5... Meanwhile in Trailerville: Kill Boksoon | Official Trailer 2 | Netfl...
Feb 27, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 2
WE'RE BACK and we're starting HUGE with Bollywood mass entertainer PATHAAN , directed by Siddharth Anand and starring Shah Rukh Khan , Deepika Padukone and John Abraham . JAI HIND! PATHAAN Trailer During the Winter holidays we finished ANDOR, started THE LAST OF US, puzzled over BECKMAN, visited CHINATOWN, drank in GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE and unearthed PSYCHO GOREMAN... Meanwhile in TrailerTown: HEAD RUSH (2022) Trailer | Cuong Seven Vietnamese action thriller THE WEAPON THE COVENANT "Ride On" (2023...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Stuffed to the gills on turkey and egg nog, Simon & Matt hog the sofa for Netflix's THE BIG 4 written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto and starring Abimana Aryasatya , Lutesha , Arie Kriting, Kristo Immanuel Putri Marino & Marthino Lio . Then for dessert they run down their Top 3 movies of the year ... THE BIG 4 Trailer Before the afternoon nap we briefly tickle ANDOR, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS and WEDNESDAY... Then it's trailer time: Marco Zaror is back. TWICE. The Fist of the Condor Trailer We...
Dec 27, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 25
It's a Christmas miracle as Matt is back to talk badass Santa smasher VIOLENT NIGHT starring David Harbour , John Leguizamo and Beverly D'Angelo & directed by Tommy Wirkola . VIOLENT NIGHT trailer Before opening our presents we decide if ANDOR, WARRIORS OF FUTURE and GANGS OF LONDON have been naughty or nice... Then in the Trailer Park: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Official Trailer AS GOOD AS DEAD (2022) Trailer | Michael Jai White Action Movie KNIGHTS OF THE ZODIAC Official Trail...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Simon Feilder and Matthew Highton are British comedians separated by a sea but united by their love of action movies. Join them for a celebration of the latest and (hopefully) greatest in action cinema from around the world, from big budget bombastic bonanzas to down & dirty DTV darlings. https://dodgethis.buzzsprout.com Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dodge-this-an-action-movie-podcast/id1597524084 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2bMzvNodkzAD47B5qP5QsY Support the show...
Dec 06, 2022•40 sec0
It's our first birthday and Simon is joined by grizzled love god and movie maniac NICK HELM to track down French car-chase-brawler LOST BULLET 2, directed by Guillaume Pierret and starring Alban Lenoir , Stéfi Celma & Sébastien Lalanne . We delve into Nick's action origin story featuring Arnie, Sly & Michael Aspel before heading to Trailer City: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023 Movie) Official Trailer – Keanu Reeves PLANE Official Trailer (2023) Gerard Butler, Action, Thriller Movie HD Pathaan...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 23
