Ep 114: Face/Off

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Punch Mountain is swappin’ lives and traumatizin’ wives with FACE/OFF. Mac and David discuss actors acting as other actors, eating peaches, and the plot of URBAN COWBOY before revealing FACE/OFF’s place on the definitive ranking of action movies.

Quickly provided answers for frequently asked questions about FACE/OFF

Is Face Off based on a true story?
Sort of. While it is true that murderer Ed Gein did make masks from the skin of his victims, the rest of the occurrences in the movie are woefully inaccurate.

How is Nicolas Cage related to Elvis Presley?
Not only was Nicolas Cage briefly married to Elvis’s daughter Lisa Marie, but he also owns the vending machines in the Graceland gift shop. That’s a hunka hunka passive income every month!

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Base/Camp: Hard Ticket to Hawaii

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As a special end of summer treat, we’re sharing one of our Patreon-exclusive episodes. It’s Base/Camp, where we talk about movies that are seemingly too wild, weird, or way under our radar to make it on Punch Mountain, but maybe HARD TICKET TO HAWAII has what it takes. Director Andy Sidaris brings his trademark three Bs (babes, bombs, and bad dialogue) to a somehow complicated movie about drug smuggling that also involves a “contaminated” snake. 

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Ep 113: Logan

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Punch Mountain is going claws out one last time with LOGAN. Mac and David discuss feral screams, sexy corn drinks of the future, and learning to say goodbye, bub, before revealing LOGAN’s place on the definitive ranking of action movies.

Quickly provided answers for frequently asked questions about LOGAN

Is Logan a sequel to The Wolverine?
Yes! Logan is a sequel to The Wolverine and a prequel to another 2017 film, Logan Lucky, which itself is the prequel to the 1991 Martin Short/Danny Glover movie Pure Luck.

Why can’t Logan remember his past?
You know what they say – if you can remember the Weapon X program, you didn’t really live through it.

Who killed Logan’s wife?
In the movies Logan’s wife Silverfox fakes her own death. In the comic books, she’s killed by Hot Stuff the Little Devil.

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Ep 112: The Nice Guys

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Punch Mountain is pouring a tall glass of YooHoo for THE NICE GUYS. Mac and David discuss powerhouse casting ensembles, Ryan Gosling’s bathroom acting, and olde tyme TV references before revealing THE NICE GUYS’s place on the definitive ranking of action movies.

Quickly provided answers for frequently asked questions about THE NICE GUYS

Was The Nice Guys a hit or flop?
It seemed like a hit, but then we start jogging and whoa nice guys, you’re flopping around all over the place. Do your running shorts need to be that tight, nice guys? There are kids here. Get it together, Nice Guys.

Is there a part 2 of The Nice Guys?
No, but there was a 2019 prequel called Good Boys. I guess the two main characters knew each other when they were kids? Maybe I’m assuming that it’s a prequel.

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Ep 111: Predator: Badlands

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Punch Mountain is splittin’ up enemies and spittin’ on friends with PREDATOR: BADLANDS. Mac and David discuss celebrity dump trucks, PG-13 cuteness, and killer franchise crossovers before revealing PREDATOR: BADLANDS’s place on the definitive ranking of action movies.

Quickly provided answers for frequently asked questions about PREDATOR: BADLANDS

What is Predator: Badlands supposed to be about?
It’s supposed to be about kindness, dickhead.

What is the plot twist in Badland?
Turns out the land is good.

Is Predator: Badlands the story of Wolves?
No, but it is the story of Wolfs, the George Clooney/Brad Pitt movie that was dropped in the Badlands of Apple TV.

Why does the Predator look different in Badlands?
Because he’s young and small and knows the power of a good pony tail.

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