Contents p12 / dollhouse



Back from the brink... but can Dollhouse make the most of its second season? We talk to executive producer Tim Minear about getting pro-Active!


p18 / sense and succubus



Megan Fox has been at the forefront of the publicity for this horror dramedy from the pen of Juno's Diablo Cody - but Impact finds that there's more here than meets the *sigh*...



p22 / zombieland



Impact's John Bierly looks at the recent release of Zombieland and wonders if fright makes right in this undead romp!


p26 / [asian extreme] big man japan, cyborg she & ip man



Calum Waddell takes his monthly stroll through the edges of the genre and looks at movies including Big Man Japan, Cyborg She and Donnie Yen in Ip Man...



p30 / reVisited



Readers of a certain age will remember the landmark television series V. The alien-invasion concept has been re-imagined for a new century, but will it reach a new audience?


p34 / iron man



Star of the original V and subsequently the go-to hard man for Hollywood... we talk exclusively to Michael Ironside about his career...



p38 / stormriders



Mike Leeder takes a look at the history and future of Stormriders as the latest project moves to the big screen.


p40 / [japanime] shusuke kaneko



Andrez Bergin looks at the latest anime news and the work of acclaimed director Shusuke Kaneko...


p44 / [anime attack] devil may cry




Devil May Cry is a gaming phenomenon that has spread out across the media spectrum... In addition to the live action movie on its way and a manga we review the anime series here.


p48 / raging phoenix



As Raging Phoenix gets its release in Thailand Ricky Morris sends us the first UK review of this latest action outing...


p50 / patrick swayze




Though he'd been visibly ill for some time, people were still caught off-guard by the death of Patrick Swayze. Best known for the likes of Ghost and Dirty Dancing, he was also a formidable action star...


p52 / phantasmaGoria



Horror, sci-fi and... Uwe Boll! It all came together for the second PhantasmaGoria film festival in downtown Swindon. And Andrew Skeates was there to cover it...Action,


p54 / roaring fire



With a rising reputation and a solid body of work behind him, we take a look at Henry Sanada.



p58 / ninjas!



Tall, dark and deadly... they are cinema's most deadly assassins. With ninjas back on the big screen, Impact examines the best and worst of the martial arts men in the infamous black pyjamas...


p64 / surrogates



Bruce Willis is beside himself... literally. Does this latest action outing of clone rangers and deadly conspiracies measure up? John Bierly investigates.



p66 / 9 lives



It's a dark and futuristic fairy-tale in the spirit of Tim Burton. Impact previews Shane Acker's CGI story of sock-puppets and Matrix-like machines!


p68 / [multimedia] games, books, dvds and more



Here's our regular round-up of DVDs, games, books, comics and more. Check our previous reviews right here on the website.


p74 / [far from fragile] the mid-ohio comic convention




Beau Smith is back from his appearance at the Mid-Ohio Comic Convention and gives us his exclusive diary of (almost) everything he got up to...as well as previewing the return of B'Wana Beast!!!

Contents p12 / the mark of caine



Sir Michael Caine takes on social unrest. But is Harry Bown more Death Wish, Gran Torino or something else entirely? Impact investigates...


p16 / law abiding citizen



Across the Big Pond, another tale of vigilante 'justice' but does it generate any sympathy for this Mr. Vengeance?



p20 / asian extreme



This month we get a Thirst for an exclusive interview KoreAn film director Park Chan Wook...


p24 / now we are 18!



Impact has been published for almost two decades and here some of our regular contributors cast their eyes and thoughts back to recall their favourite moments and mark the milestones of the action industry.



p30 / enemy mine



The Descent was an unexpected horror-thriller success and has now spawned a sequel. Impact goes underground to find out how the cavernous carnivores returneD.


p34 / chee keong cheung



Impact profiles one of the leading lights of the independent action movie scene and looks at his recent releases, including Bodyguard: A New Beginning and Underground.


p38 / seven little fortunes




The names of its students became legendary, but Impact discovers the heart and soul of the famous Hong Kong - China Opera Institute itself.


p42 / japanime



Just for the sake of it... Andrez looks at some of the culinary delights behind the action and decides to trace them back to their... sauce?


p48 / tekken




The sixth chapter of the classic games title emerges. Neal Molyneaux charts the evolution of the franchise and its high-class anime atmosphere... plus win an XBox!


p50 / taiwanese ninja



This month Mike Leeder looks back on the illustrious career of Lou Rei or Alexander Lou, the taiwanese ninja.


p54 / ready, jedi...go...ats?



George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey are the A-List actors caught up in a pyschological psychic comedy action outing. But will audiences stare as much as the goats? Plus, the chance to win limited edition prizes.



p60 / harry's game



From Ghosts to Spooks. The hit UK spy show is back - but does it still have that ruthless streak? John Mosby could tell you, but then he'd have to kill you


p62 / the knackery



It's enough action to leave you... well, knackered. Mike Leeder reviews the latest brutal Irish actioner from George Clarke...



p64 / final test



Impact heads down into its vaults and dusts off a classic multi-genre action thriller from 1987... and gives a final word on Final Test.


p66 / far from fragile



For our eighteenth birthday, Beau Smith takes us back into the world of comics and finds out that nostalgia ain't what it used to be.


p68 / magic and metal




To kick off our multimedia coverage, we begin by taking a look behind the scenes on this year's Terminator Salvation to see how some of the key FX shots were made...


p72 / multimedia



This month we have a raft of reviews that our writers can recommend for Christmas... the DVDs (many of the summer hits finally reaching the shelves), key game releases and the many items going bump in the night on the bookshelf!