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Growing up action movies were, for me, second only to horror flicks as my go to genre. I used to scour the pages of Impact for news on the latest films and then pre-order the VHS at my local video shop – because yes, back in the day you could actually pre-order a video rental and I Always had to be first to rent my most-anticipated flicks! I mention this only because it was back in that era that the action movie star was king. Starting out with the likes of Stallone and Schwarzenegger, the VHS era gave birth to a myriad of action movie superstars: guys like Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal, Jeff Speakman, Jeff Wincott and the queen of action films Cynthia Rothrock… all of whom carved out careers in what were – for the most part – direct to video films.

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Who would you sign on as a member of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s henchmen? More martial artists. MovieHole has officially confirmed martial artist Scott Adkins has signed on as a henchman in the upcoming action sequel “The Expendables 2.” Adkins had roles in several action films including “Black Mask 2: City of Masks,” “The Medallion,” “Undisputed III: Redemption,” and “The Bourne Ultimatum.” He will be appearing in another upcoming sequel “Universal Soldier: A New Dimension” next year. So Adkins will join the elite action superstars in the film that already included Chuck Norris, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jet Li, Terry Crews and Liam Hemsworth. The sequel will be directed by Simon West (“Con Air,” “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”) from the screenplay by Ken Kaufman (“Curious George,” “Space Cowboys”) and David Agosto (“Big Canyon”). The production will begin next month. “The Expendables 2” will be released in...