
“Hard Justice” Poster
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Cast: David Bradley, Charles Napier, Yuji Okumoto, Clabe Hartley, Benita Andre, Adam Clark, John Koyama, Vernon Wells, Doug Kruse, Harold Cannon, Arthur Roberts, Jim Maniaci, William S. Wong
Running Time: 88 min.
By Paul Bramhall
If you’re a fan of U.S. DTV action, when the Nu Image logo appears onscreen at the beginning of a production, you usually know you’re in for a good time. At best you’ll get plenty of explosions, hard hitting fight scenes, and some crazy stunts (especially in the 90’s, when they rivalled PM Entertainment in the same space), at worse you’ll get 90 minutes of DTV comfort food. Over the years Nu Image has been home to the likes of Dolph Lundgren (Command Performance), Jean Claude Van Damme (Until Death), Chuck Norris (Forest Warrior), Jason Statham (The Mechanic), Steven Seagal (Submerged), and even Scott Adkins (Ninja). A respectable roll call of modern action stars before the superhero roster took over our screens, accompanied by productions that often felt like the 1980’s era of heroic machismo had never gone out of fashion.
Another DTV star who got to join the Nu Image stable was David Bradley. Making his debut by headlining 1989’s American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (he’d go on to also star in the 4th and 5th entries), Bradley was one of those DTV action stars who eventually slipped through the cracks of the 90’s era DTV boom. Sporting a muscular physique and trained in aikido, Bradley was an easy sell on paper – a potent mix of Jean Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal in one package. However in front of the camera it was a different story, as he lacked both the charisma of Van Continue reading →
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