Once touted as “the next Mary Lou Retton”, world-class gymnast Kristie Phillips may not have ever achieved that level of Olympic fame, but can Mary Lou Retton claim to have ever starred in a spy flick from the director of Cyborg and Brain Smasher… A Love Story?
Kristie Phillips' one and only acting role was as the heroine of Albert Pyun’s 1995 direct-to-video homage to classic spy movies of the 1960’s: Spitfire. Why Spitfire? Because she had fiery red hair, I suppose. Phillips’ character was that of – What else? – a world championship gymnast, the daughter of the world’s greatest spy, recruited into his world of international espionage after being targeted by a diabolical arch-criminal looking to get her hands on some Russian nuclear codes.
Phillips defeated bad guys with her own special brand of gymkata. Lance Henriksen got to ham it up wearing a tuxedo and a jet...
Kristie Phillips' one and only acting role was as the heroine of Albert Pyun’s 1995 direct-to-video homage to classic spy movies of the 1960’s: Spitfire. Why Spitfire? Because she had fiery red hair, I suppose. Phillips’ character was that of – What else? – a world championship gymnast, the daughter of the world’s greatest spy, recruited into his world of international espionage after being targeted by a diabolical arch-criminal looking to get her hands on some Russian nuclear codes.
Phillips defeated bad guys with her own special brand of gymkata. Lance Henriksen got to ham it up wearing a tuxedo and a jet...
- 11/10/2012
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
The action movie. It’s my bread and butter. Give me 90 minutes of arse-kicking over the latest critically acclaimed drama any day. But between the constant stream of new action flicks coming out of Hollywood via for your attention alongside a barrage of straight to DVD releases it can be hard to find the really Good action movies these days – you can’t even rely on the big name action stars to provide solid action entertainment these days!
So with that in mind I thought I’d complied my Top 30 underrated action movies – those that may have slipped under the radar of all but those that scour Impact Magazine cover to cover, but definitely deserve hunting down. So here we are, down to the final Top 10, the creme-de-la-creme of action movies.
Unlike the previous two installments these Are in order and very much are essential purchases… Ten films that every...
So with that in mind I thought I’d complied my Top 30 underrated action movies – those that may have slipped under the radar of all but those that scour Impact Magazine cover to cover, but definitely deserve hunting down. So here we are, down to the final Top 10, the creme-de-la-creme of action movies.
Unlike the previous two installments these Are in order and very much are essential purchases… Ten films that every...
- 4/7/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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