Action star Scott Adkins The Movies That Made Me

The martial arts icon talks about some of his favorite action movies. Josh challenges him to a fight.
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Armaggeddon (1998)
Innerspace (1987)
The ’Burbs (1989)
Matinee (1993)
Debt Collector (2018)
Triple Threat (2019)
Avengement (2019)Ip Man 4 (2020)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Debt Collectors (2020)
The Three Musketeers (1974)
*Rocky II (1979)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky IV (1985)
Paradise Alley (1978)
*First Blood (1982)
Rambo -- First Blood Part II (1985)*Enter The Dragon (1973)Giant (1956)Game Of Death (1978)
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
Marlowe (1969)
*Road House (1989)
Grosse Point Blank (1997)Hard Boiled (1992)*The Killer (1989)
Death Wish (1974)
Seconds (1966)Face/Off (1997)
Heat (1995)Under Fire (1983)
True Lies (1994)The Wild Bunch (1969)
*The Raid (2011)Die Hard (1988)
The Raid 2 (2014)
A History Of Violence (2005)Munich (2005)
*Point Break (1991)Zero Dark Thirty (2012)Armour of God (1986)
The Protector (1985)
Under Siege (1992)Hard To Kill (1991)Billy Jack (1971)John Wick (2014)
Other Notable Items
Michael Bay
Our Jesse V. Johnson podcast episodeThe Ip Man franchiseDonnie Yen
Dolph Lundgren
Anthony De LongisBasil Rathbone
Errol FlynnOliver Reed
The Rocky franchiseSylvester Stallone
Bill Conti’s score for the Rocky filmsBrian Dennehy
Kirk Douglas
Richard Crenna
David Caruso
Bruce Lee
The Green Hornet TV series (1966-1967)
James Dean
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Batman TV series (1966-1968)
Burt Ward
Marvel Comics
Elvis Presley
Ultimate Fighting Championship
John Saxon
Jim Kelly
Quentin Tarantino
Uma Thurman
James Garner
Ben Gazzara
Benny “The Jet” Urquidez
Jackie Chan
John CusackSam Elliott
Kelly Lynch
John Woo
Rock Hudson
Chow Yun-fat
John Travolta
Nicolas Cage
Nick Nolte
James Cameron
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sam Peckinpah
Gareth Evans
The 180-degree rule, crucial to fight scenes
Steven Spielberg
Kathryn Bigelow
Patrick Swayze
Tom Cruise
Clint Eastwood
Steven Seagal
Warner Brothers
Charles Bronson
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