'80s Action Movies on the Cheap

<p> The 1980s was the decade when the action film as it's now known came into being. Nonstop big-budget excitement became the standard as epic adventures like <I>Raiders of the Lost Ark</I> and <I>The Road Warrior</I> set the tone for the summer blockbusters of Sylvester Stallone Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris.</p><p> Homages (and ripoffs) made with lesser budgets followed every hit especially with the advent of direct-to-video releases. Providing detailed commentary on 284 films this book explores the excitement audacity and sheer weirdness of '80s low budget action cinema from the <I>American Ninja</I> series to dime-a-dozen barbarian pictures to such bargain-basement productions as <I>The Courier of Death Kill Squad</I> and <I>Samurai Cop</I>.</p>