December Impact

December 2009

p12 / the mark of caine

Sir Michael Caine takes on social unrest. But is Harry Bown more Death Wish, Gran Torino or something else entirely? Impact investigates...

p16 / law abiding citizen

Across the Big Pond, another tale of vigilante ‘justice’ but does it generate any sympathy for this Mr. Vengeance?

p20 / asian extreme

This month we get a Thirst for an exclusive interview KoreAn film director Park Chan Wook...

p24 / now we are 18!

Impact has been published for almost two decades and here some of our regular contributors cast their eyes and thoughts back to recall their favourite moments and mark the milestones of the action industry.

p30 / enemy mine

The Descent was an unexpected horror-thriller success and has now spawned a sequel. Impact goes underground to find out how the cavernous carnivores returneD.

p34 / chee keong cheung

Impact profiles one of the leading lights of the independent action movie scene and looks at his recent releases, including Bodyguard: A New Beginning and Underground.

p38 / seven little fortunes

The names of its students became legendary, but Impact discovers the heart and soul of the famous Hong Kong - China Opera Institute itself.

p42 / japanime

Just for the sake of it... Andrez looks at some of the culinary delights behind the action and decides to trace them back to their... sauce?

p48 / tekken

The sixth chapter of the classic games title emerges. Neal Molyneaux charts the evolution of the franchise and its high-class anime atmosphere... plus win an XBox!

p50 / taiwanese ninja

This month Mike Leeder looks back on the illustrious career of Lou Rei or Alexander Lou, the taiwanese ninja.

p54 / ready, jedi...go...ats?

George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey are the A-List actors caught up in a pyschological psychic comedy action outing. But will audiences stare as much as the goats? Plus, the chance to win limited edition prizes.

p60 / harry’s game

From Ghosts to Spooks. The hit UK spy show is back - but does it still have that ruthless streak? John Mosby could tell you, but then he’d have to kill you

p62 / the knackery

It’s enough action to leave you... well, knackered. Mike Leeder reviews the latest brutal Irish actioner from George Clarke...

p64 / final test

Impact heads down into its vaults and dusts off a classic multi-genre action thriller from 1987... and gives a final word on Final Test.

p66 / far from fragile

For our eighteenth birthday, Beau Smith takes us back into the world of comics and finds out that nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.

p68 / magic and metal

To kick off our multimedia coverage, we begin by taking a look behind the scenes on this year’s Terminator Salvation to see how some of the key FX shots were made...

p72 / multimedia

This month we have a raft of reviews that our writers can recommend for Christmas... the DVDs (many of the summer hits finally reaching the shelves), key game releases and the many items going bump in the night on the bookshelf!Hard Copies, Digital Editions, Back issues, Subscriptions etc can be ordered through www.impactmoviemagazine.co.uk