{"id":28789,"date":"2023-02-26T17:20:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T01:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=28789"},"modified":"2023-02-26T17:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T01:20:53","slug":"review-epic-showdowns-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2023\/02\/review-epic-showdowns-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Showdowns: 4 Action Movies Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Epic Showdowns<\/em><\/strong> features four action movies including\u00a0Kull the Conqueror<\/em>,\u00a0The Cowboy Way<\/em>,\u00a0The Jackal<\/em> and\u00a0End of Days<\/em> and features a variety of stars like Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Kiefer Sutherland and Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n

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Epic Showdowns: 4 Action Movies<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, Suspense\/Thriller<\/span>
\nMill Creek Entertainment| NR \u2013 443 min. \u2013 $15.99 | February 21, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 02\/26\/2023 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>Michael Caton-Jones (The Jackal<\/em>); Gregg Champion (The Cowboy Way<\/em>); John Nicolella (Kull the Conqueror<\/em>);
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Rob Thompson and Bill Wittliff (story), Bill Wittliff (screenplay) (The Cowboy Way<\/em>); Andrew W. Marlowe (written by) (End of Days<\/em>); Chuck Pfarrer (screen story) (screenplay) (The Jackal<\/em>); Robert E. Howard (characters), Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay) (Kull the Conqueror<\/em>);
\nCast (The Cowboy Way<\/em>): <\/strong>Woody Harrelson, Kiefer Sutherland, Dylan McDermott, Ernie Hudson
\nCast (The Jackal<\/em>): <\/strong>Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, J.K. Simmons
\nCast (Kull the Conqueror<\/em>): <\/strong>Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere, Thomas Ian Griffith
\nCast (End of Days<\/em>): <\/strong>Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Kevin Pollak, CCH Pounder<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>None
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>No
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35, 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/p>\n
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THE MOVIES<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The Cowboy Way<\/em><\/strong> (1994)<\/strong> \u2014 When their friend and mentor Nacho (JOAQUIN MARTINEZ) goes missing after trying to bring his daughter, Teresa (CARA BUONO), to the U.S. from Cuba, rodeo riders Pepper (WOODY HARRELSON) and Sonny (KIEFER SUTHERLAND) leave New Mexico for New York City. When they arrive, however, they find Nacho’s been killed and his daughter is still being held by the smugglers. Now it’s up to Pepper and Sonny to find Nacho’s killer, rescue his daughter and somehow survive life in the big city.<\/p>\n

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The Jackal<\/em><\/strong> (1997)<\/strong> \u2014 During an FBI raid on a Moscow nightclub, the brother of Russian gangster Terek Murad (DAVID HAYMAN) is killed. Murad wants revenge and hires anonymous hit man the Jackal (BRUCE WILLIS) to kill FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (SIDNEY POITIER). With the help of Russian agent Valentina Koslova (DIANE VENORA), Preston finds the only man who knows what the notorious Jackal looks like, imprisoned IRA terrorist Declan Mulqueen (RICHARD GERE), and forces him to help hunt down the hit man.<\/p>\n

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Kull the Conqueror<\/em><\/strong> (1997)<\/strong> \u2014 After five years as a slave, warrior Kull (KEVIN SORBO) travels to the shores of the fantastical kingdom of Valusia, where he slays mad King Borna. Inheriting the crown, Kull begins an ambitious program of bringing freedom and tolerance to Valusia, which displeases Gen. Taligaro (THOMAS IAN GRIFFITH) and the royal court’s advisers. Determined to unseat Kull, Taligaro has a wizard resurrect the witch Akivasha (TIA CARRERE) to seduce and destroy the new monarch.<\/p>\n

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End of Days<\/em> (1999)<\/strong> \u2014 A private security guard (ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER) finds himself caught up in an apocalyptic conflict. The Devil’s (GABRIEL BYRNE) only chance of getting out of his eternal prison is to mate with a chosen girl in the last hour of the millennium, and the guard finds himself having to protect the woman from an enemy in whom he does not even believe.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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All four films are shown in their original respective aspect ratios and all have a 1080p high-definition transfer. Kull<\/em>, The Jackal<\/em> and End of Days<\/em> all have DTS-HD Master Audio 5.2 tracks while The Cowboy Way<\/em> has a DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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