Information about the November 2008 issue of Impact Magazine.
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Eagle Eye
Shia LaBeouf and Michael Chiklis face-down 21st century technology and big brother in the latest Hollywood action-fest.
Payne Threshold
Mark Wahlberg takes on the title role in another game-to-movie adaptation. But is this Payne all pleasure or is the added mystical element a wrong kind of magic?
Nobody Does It Better
Bond is back, but who�s providing all the real action moves? Impact meets the man making a Quantum leap: stunt co-ordinator Gary Powell.
Chocolate
Extreme Thai stunt action makes a brutal return to UK screens as Jeeja�s action debut punches above its weight...
Som Tam
Aussie giant, Nathan Jones, has been making his mark in the movie industry. He�s battled Brad Pitt in Troy and taken on Jackie Chan in First Strike. But, for his latest project, the Thai action comedy Som Tam, Jones plays the lead...
Conan Stevens
So, you�re shooting a Thai action film and your hero is a seven foot, aussie ex-wrestler... just who are you gonna cast to fight against him? why, another seven foot, aussie ex-wrestler of course. Meet Conan Stevens...
Less Is Moore
Alan Moore is a legend in comics. The author of many of comics� landmark stories, he�s been less prolific in recent years, but no less opinionated. In the first part of a two-part interview, he tells John Mosby about his career to date.
Comic Censor-bility
It�s been a long time since comics were �just for kids� but some recent controversies highlight the problems in what people expect from titles aimed at a variety of ages. Impact looks at booze, bad language and bondage on the shelf near you.
Ninja Assassin
The Wachowski brothers do ninjas. �Nuff said...
Damme-age Control
Cover Story: He graced the cover of Impact�s very first issue, but times have changed for Jean Claude Van Damme. We look at JCVD and ask if this self-depricating look at the action-man�s rollercoaster career does the business. Also JCVD�s director, Mabrouck El-Mechri takes us behind the scenes...
Japanime
Japan isn�t just sushi, sak�, manga, geisha, anime, sumo and katana swords. This month Andrez rounds up a bunch of Japanese DJs to get their opinions on the action genre out East.
Hellsing: Ultimate
One of Anime Attack�s favourite series is back in an all new, gorier and more profane version.
Kimchi Western
Forty years after The Good, The Bad & The Ugly raised the bar for outlaw cool and reinvented the western genre at the same time, The Good, The Bad, The Weird reinvents that film with a spicy Kimchi take on things.
Samurai Cowboys
Our look at the Eastern/Western sub genre continues with Takeshi Miike�s samurai cowboy oddity Sakiyuki Western Django.
Asian Extreme
Takeshi Kaneshiro will need little introduction to Impact readers, but the UK release of the stylish historical epic, Warlords, mixes the grace of films like Hero with the �honest� visual violence of films such as Saving Private Ryan. Calum Wadell meets the actor to discuss the project.
Wushu
Antony Szeto introduces what could be the next generation of martial arts stars in Wushu, a martial arts drama that looks at the intensive training and lives of those studying the most spectacular and cinematic of Chinese martial arts styles.
Far From Fragile
As America elects a new President, Beau Smith looks at politics and political agendas in the superhero world.
Season's Greetings
Impact provides a round-up of the new and returning action-shows making up the new US TV season.
Multimedia
Hulks, Happenings and a whole lot of entertainment - including BSG�s Jamie Bamber. The latest DVDs, games and books to keep you busy.