Information about the April 2009 issue of Impact Magazine.
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Watchmen Interviews
Finally. It�s here. So did the �unfilmable� graphic novel live up or down to expectations? Impact editor John Mosby meets the cast and crew prior to the premiere...
20th Century Boys
The biggest budget film adaptation of a manga. Ever. The 20th Century Boys has just enjoyed a limited theatrical run and is due to hit DVD soon. Impact sits down with the director and manga writer for a chat about the apocalypse...
Reality Bites
Reality isn�t all it�s cracked up to be, but then again, neither is cracking up. Impact takes a look at two movies that combine the mundane and the fantastical... but did we let the right one in?
Dragonball: Evolution
After the darkness of Watchmen and The Dark Knight, Impact�s cover story suggests it�s about time we had something for the whole family...
Street Fighter
...and the second family-friendly outing gives us a Minogue/van Damme free outing in the latest incarnation of Street fighter. Is it a big deal or a Smallville? We have a chat with Robin Shou and John Bierly critiques the movie itself...
Rick Yune
Calum Wadell talks exclusively to Rick Yune about his career, characters and Commandments.
sex and the duplicity
The last time Clive Owen and Julia Roberts starred together, it was the very solemn Closer, but Dina Burgess discovers that spy thriller Duplicity has a distinctly lighter touch.
the belgian pitbull
With the ironic JCVD putting him back on the action radar, what�s next for Jean Claude van Damme? Impact talks exclusively to the man about his career and plans.
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Impact bows its head to the socially-aware, deep and meaningful and artistically wholesome outing that is... Lesbian Vampire Killers. Johnny Messias grabs his stake and goes behind the scenes with co-writer and action-film addict Paul Hupfield.
Japanime
Amid his regular coverage of all things animated and eastern, Andrez Bergen unburdens his secret obsession and its connection to Takashi Miike and Yatterman...
afro samurai: resurrection
Samuel L Jackson, soon to be back as Nick Fury in Marvel movies, returns as the Afro Samurai... accept no substitutes!
american ninja: part 2
Part two of our look at the classic movie franchise of the eighties and star Michael Dudikoff.
bruce lee: the series
One of CCTV�s most ambitious projects, The Legend of Bruce Lee, recently made its debut on Chinese television. Impact�s Ricky Morris has watched all fifty episodes and brings us his overview of the entire series.
the legend is alive
The Rebel�s villain, Dustin Nyugen, plays the mentally challenged son of Bruce Lee in this Vietnamise kick-fest. Impact checks it out.
Far From Fragile
Beau Smith takes his monthly look at the world of comics: this issue he assesses whether superheroes and their comics, like everything else, will suffer in the current financial crisis. What price, the heroes?
fusion and farscape
Ricky Manning takes us behind the scenes of his new internet project: Fusion and discusses the WGA strike, its implications and the enduring appeal of all things frelling cosmic!
stranger hero
Disability and martial arts cinema are not new bedfellows - think back from One Armed Swordsman and Chocolate to Mat Fraser�s Kung Fu Flid for examples. Martial arts action featuring a Downs actor in the main role is arguably more ground-breaking...