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Watched MASTHISKA MARANAM (2026) the 7️⃣1️⃣6️⃣th film I've seen with an exploding helicopter.
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A rare example of a virtual reality chopper fireball.

Watched STRIP SEARCH (2004) controversial post-September 11 political commentary directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Glenn Close and Maggie Gyllenhaal. You can admire the intention, but the film is rendered dramatically inert by heavy-handed delivery and its rigid formalism.

The End Fight Scene in "Strike Commando" YouTube video by DTV Connoisseur

With the unseasonably hot weather in Philly this week, I thought I'd throw it back to our video of the end fight in Strike Commando, which I made during a heat wave last year.

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I have indeed. Though I’m in the ‘no Miilla, no party‘ camp when it comes to that film.

Watched P STORM (2019) the 7️⃣1️⃣5️⃣th film I've seen with an exploding helicopter.
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One of a surprising number of prison movies to feature a chopper fireball. Others include The Last Castle, Half Past Dead 1&2, and - the subject of our next podcast episode - Wedlock.

Watched P STORM (2019) the 7️⃣1️⃣5️⃣th film I've seen with an exploding helicopter.
🚁💥📽️
One of a surprising number of prison movies to feature a chopper fireball. Others include The Last Castle, Half Past Dead 1&2, and - the subject of our next podcast episode - Wedlock.

I do indeed! It’s a quick chopper fireball but not as quick as The Delta Force which happens within 6 seconds of the film’s start.

New review, "Cop Game" (1988), directed by Bruno Mattei and starring Brent Huff.
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New DTVC podcast, episode 258, "Detention" with Chris the Brain from @bulletproofpod.bsky.social

We get stuck in on this Dolph Die Hard in a high school classic, complete with taint shots, caffeine shirts, and a baddie who looks like the lead singer of Everclear.

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We need more!

Or flicks the ball up and then volleys it into a helicopter. Either way, I like it.

One of only two films to feature a helicopter blown up by an exploding American football.
From THREE KINGS (1999)

Yes, we’ve got it on our lists. It was remade about 20 years ago as samurai commando 1549 which also has a chopper fireball

I feel you really missed an opportunity this week...

“Frozen in ice for over three-hundred years, a deadly samurai warrior… lives again!”

SWORDKILL (aka ‘Ghost Warrior’) (1984) Dir. J. Larry Carroll | Starring: Hiroshi Fujioka

#DTVDigest‌ 310: Reviews of BONE KEEPER (Plaion Pictures), GHOST KILLER (Blue Finch Film Releasing), PAST LIFE (Miracle Media), THE CURE (Signature Entertainment) and more. The #DTVthrowback is HOLLOW MAN 2 (2006) and the #ShortShot is THE LOST FORTUNE OF OLIVER BRODY. Listen at bit.ly/DTVDigest310

I enjoyed this delicious scene immensely…

Watched X, Y, & ZEE (1972) the 1️⃣1️⃣4️⃣th Michael Caine film I've seen. It's far from a good film, but there's plenty of entertainment to be had from Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Caine who spend most of their time on screen hurling insults at each other.

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There's also this amazing moment...

Fun fact. It wasn’t in the script, Roddy just did that. He brought his own rocket launcher.

Tragic really but he is Rowdy for a reason.

Show me Rowdy Roddy Piper exploding a helicopter with a rocket launcher.
From TERMINAL RUSH (1996)

From THE FIREBIRD CONSPIRACY (1984)

"If God had wanted man to fly..."
From DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971)

Derailed If you ever want to understand how an action star’s lustre has dimmed, just count the number of euro thrillers on their CV. Around the turn...

Our review of Jean Claude Van Damme's DERAILED (2002) - a title, that with the benefit of hindsight, doubles as an eerily accurate description of his career at this point.
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Cover art for the film featuring women with machine guns.

Found this on Tubi under the alt name Lunatic Frog Women. Starts well, ends well but sags in the middle. Women convicts with specific sets of skills come together to steal a box of diamonds. I especially liked that when someone dies they do a little jump in the air, often mistimed.

Dollman (1991): Magnum Short Matty sizes up producer Charles Band and helmer Albert Pyun’s iconic sci-fi action caper.

New Schlock Pit post! 🚨

A whole bunch o’ words on Albert Pyun’s second pair-up with Charles Band, DOLLMAN (1991).

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DEAD HEAT (1988) never gets old. Especially this scene.

Bullet Points: Air Strike (2003) Recently, I realized that it has been far too long since I reviewed a Nu Image movie here on the site. So the search was on to find a Nu Image movie that had not already been covered, and one that …

We've got some Nu Image for you this Monday, check out our review of 2003's Air Strike!
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