Information about the June 2008 issue of Impact Magazine.
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Robert Downey Jnr
Troubled, outrageous, a law unto himself, a dictionary definition of the word �reputation�. Are we talking Tony Stark or Robert Downey Jnr himself? Impact meets the man behind the Iron mask.
Speed Racer
It�s been a while since the Wachowski boys have brought anything new to the screen, but this month Impact takes a look at the neon hued, kinetic car ballet that is Speed Racer.
Kudos Productions
John Mosby begins his look at British action television in an interview with a leading light of TV production from Kudos - the company behind Spooks, Life on Mars and Hustle...
Who Goes There?
...and no look at UK television would be complete without examining the sudden surge of our oldest sci-fi franchise - Doctor Who. This month, John looks at the history of Who, up to the present incarnation.
Patriot Games
Comic book writer and occasional Who scripter, Paul Cornell sits down for a chat with our absent editor (enjoying a month off in Oz), to discuss his reboot of Captain Britain - lesser known cousin to the recently deceased Captain America - who has merged with Cornell�s own Wisdom series to create an interesting cross pollination.
Ten Dead Men Reviewed
Impact has covered the making of this homegrown action-fest since its inception. Well, Ten Dead Men finally recieved its premiere last month. Impact was there and brings you its full review of the movie.
Britkickers
Impact looks at some of the UK�s martial arts heroes who�ve made a name for themselves both at home and abroad.
Dave Lea Interview [Part 1]
British martial arts legend Dave Lea has made quite a name for himself as a fighter, a stuntman, choreographer and trainer. Impact talks to him about movies, martial arts and much more.
Chocolate
Do you remember the first time you saw a martial arts movie? Do you remember being amazed by Ong Bak? Well prepare to feel like that again as the team behind the aforementioned Thai actioner return to back-to-basics, bone-crunching martial arts - with a female lead this time around...
Metal Marvel
�What becomes of the broken hearted?� They build nuclear powered armour and go crime fighting, that�s what... Over the next two pages, Impact meets Iron Man - the metal skinned vigilante who has been a staple of Marvel Comic�s super-hero stable for over forty years.
Iron Man
Rounding off our Iron Man coverage, Impact�s resident comic book fanboys dissect Marvel Studio's first film outing.
Mongol
Tadanou Asano (Survive Style 5) essays the greatest warrior general since Alexander the Great headed East, as Genghis Khan rampages West towards a screen near you...
The Heavy
Adrian Paul (you know, from Highlander...) is back on home turf and chats to John Mosby about the making of this Brit-grit gangster movie, co-starring Gary Stretch and Vinnie Jones.
Japanime
Our Tokyo correspondent, Andrez Bergen has just returned from two weeks in Hawaii - the jammy fella. Before he went, he had time to check out two new series from Japan and visited the Tokyo International Anime Festival.
Death Note
The best-selling manga adaptation finally his UK shores with its tale of demonic exercise books and what kids will do with them. Anime Attack takes a look at the first volume of the franchise.
Asian Extreme
Calum Waddell wades through the best that extreme Asian cinema has to offer and returns with The Assembly, Spider Forest and Princess Aurora.
Far From Fragile
Our hard-nosed industry insider continues our coverage of Iron Man with a look at how Marvel, finally got the casting spot on for a super-hero movie... and looks forward to some future cinematic outings of the super-powered ilk.
Tashan
Our favourite Bollywood action hero, Akshay Kumar, returns to the fray in this internationally released Hindi actioner. Richard Hawes takes a look at Tashan.
Use Your Illusion
The brothers Strause are currently promoting AVP: Requiem but here they discuss both that movie and their SFX work on other blockbusting franchises and the affect the video-game industry is having on Hollywood action.
DVDs, Games, Books and Manga
This month: Bionic Woman, The Equalizer, The Abandoned, Buried Alive; Grand Theft Auto 4, Condemned 2, Ninja Gaiden 2 Competition; Seagalogy; D. Gray-Man and The Prince of Tennis.