Information about the August 2009 issue of Impact Magazine.
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12 / reservoir dogs of war
Quentin Tarantino turns his controversial style of film-making to an action-filled period drama. Look out Nazis, here comes Brad Pitt and his Inglourious Basterds.
16 / pelham 123
Another movie gets the remake treatment. Can John Travolta and Denzel Washington keep this thriller on track and make it an underground hit?
18 / public enemies
Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and machine guns... surely the ingredients for an exciting thriller? But do Dillinger and his gangsters wrap it up?
20 / nyaff report
Impact welcomes back Abe Goldfarb as he casts an eye over the line-up of the Big Apple's annual salute to the asian film industry.
24 / clash
Audiences around the world were introduced to the idea of Vietnamese action cinema with the release of Charlie Nguyen�s The Rebel. Impact�s Phil Wyatt brings us an exclusive preview of the latest Vietnamese action fight flick from the same team.
26 / direct approach : michael bay
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen may have got ripped apart by the critics, but does director Michael Bay care? Impact talks to the iconic director for whom no explosion is too loud!
30 / bodyguards & assassins
Ricky Morris takes an exclusive look at Teddy (The Accidental Spy) Chen�s latest project, Bodyguards & Assassins and its all-star cast (including Donnie Yen, Simon Yam and kick-boxing champion Cung Le).
32 / hellbinders
Ray Park hits UK screens in GI Joe next month, but the man who was 'Maul' also stars in this latest indie actioner from Alpha Stunts.
36 / [japanime] eden of the east
Our Tokyo-based writer, Andrez Bergen, looks at the upcoming Japanese anime releases - and which better studio to approach than Production I.G, the veteran production house behind Eden of the East?
38 / [japanime] gankutsuou
This month Andrez also puts a rear-vision spotlight on one of the best anime shows of the decade, Gonzo's Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, with feedback from director Mahiro Maeda, in the third of Japanime's 'From The Back Of The Fridge' series.
40 / [anime attack] shigurui death frenzy
First up in anime attack this month is Shigurui Death Frenzy.
42 / [anime attack] gunparade march
Then we take a look at Gunparade March from the opposite end of the anime spectrum.
44 / (mortis) rex appeal
Impact catches up with Peter Briggs and takes a sneaky-peek at the plans and story-boarding for his all-action directorial debut, Mortis Rex...
48 / [asian extreme] breathless
As the ultra-violent and controversial Breathless gets its UK premiere, Impact talks exclusively to its director Yang Ik-Joon about gangsters...
52 / god's ears
Michael Worth is a name that is well known to long-time Impact readers. Mike Leeder caught up with him to discuss his latest projects... including God�s Ears, an acclaimed drama about a boxer overcoming autism...
56 / runaway blues
Impact looks back in anger at the Hong Kong movie classics that should maybe have made a bigger impact on their releases. First up? Andy Lau actioner, Runaway Blues...
58 / joe dante
He's the man who taught us to scream AND laugh at the dark. Impact meets the cult film director and promises to never feed him after midnight!
62 / [deja-view] alias
Each month we take a look at the shows you should have watched but might have missed. This month we look back fondly at Alias.
64 / [far from fragile] hey, why so serious?
Welcome back to Beau Smith. This month he casts his assured eye over the more bizarre corners of comicdom and asks �Hey, why so serious?�
66 / heroes reborn
In the last year or so, some of the main comic-book characters have been handing over their costumes to a new generation. John Bierly assesses whether it�s a sea-change or a stunt-filled rain-check...