Missouri Comic Con: 1985 Action Movie Triple-Threat Match

<p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/catbusruss" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>CatBusRuss</strong> </a>once again presented a TEDTalk about what might be the greatest year in action movies, 1985. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000230/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Sylvester Stallone</strong></a> had &quot;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089880/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Rambo: First Blood - Part II</strong></a>&quot;, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000216/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Arnold Schwarzenegger </strong></a>had &quot;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088944/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Commando</strong></a>&quot;, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cannon_Group,_Inc." target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Cannon Group</strong></a> threw everything at them. But as this panel evolves, could <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089835/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Sho Kosugi</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089461/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Taimak</strong>, or perhaps <strong>Julius &quot;Sho&#39;nuff&quot; Carry</strong></a> walk out as the king of violence?</p><p>It was a smaller audience, but they were more than happy to participate in determining the champion. By the end of his time, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/catbusruss.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Russ</a> got to sell his ideas to a crowd of aspiring cosplayers. They were a crowd that appreciated 1985 cinema in general, and offered up new contenders to the action hero title. That is, if you think Marty McFly, Andrew Clark, and John Bender were action stars.</p><p>Our host continues to research this year in action cinema, and this led him to find the second attempt to make <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000329/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Jackie Chan</strong></a> a movie star in America. &quot;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089847/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>The Protector</strong></a>&quot; is essentially &quot;Rush Hour 2&quot;. Instead of Chris Tucker accompanying Chan to bring justice to Hong Kong, it was a pre-prime <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000732/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Danny Aiello</strong></a> as comic relief. How does this work out wit