TV Guide: Mark Dacascos

Listing: Only the Strong

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:10:00 -0400

Sat Oct 25 03:10 AM MOMAXe

Listing: Iron Chef America

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Tue Oct 21 12:00 AM FOOD

Listing: Cora vs. Smith

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:00:00 -0400

Sun Oct 19 09:00 PM FOOD Art Smith, Oprah Winfrey's personal chef, challenges Cat Cora. John T. Edge, Cady Huffman and Tony Abou-Ganim are judges.

Listing: Flay vs. Angerer

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:00:00 -0400

Sun Oct 12 09:00 PM FOOD New York chef Daniel Angerer takes on Bobby Flay. Garrett Oliver, Julie Chen and Jeffrey Steingarten are judges.

Listing: Symon vs. Adjey

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0400

Sat Oct 11 05:00 PM FOOD David Adjey of "Restaurant Makeover" faces off against Michael Symon. Andrew Knowlton, John Curtis and Steve Olson are judges.

Video: The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point

iTunes — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:33:04 -0400

The Strike Force team is back in the action-packed sequel to The Hunt for Eagle One. Starring Theresa Randle (Bad Boys, Bad Boys II) and Mark Dacascos (Cradle 2 the Grave, Brotherhood of the Wolf).Terrorists have stolen a Ground Control Encoder, a new anti-hijack device that enables Air Traffic Control to lock out the pilot's instruments and fly a plane by remote control. When the military learns of the terrorists plans to use it to crash a jetliner into a secret U.S. Military Intelligence airbase in southeast Asia, The Strike Force team is sent again into rebel territory to locate and recover the stolen Encoder before the terrorists carry out their threat.

Video: Cradle 2 The Grave

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:54:35 -0400

A thief and a lawman join forces to hunt down a common enemy in this action thriller. Tony Fait (DMX) is a master thief who, along with his crew (Gabrielle Union, Anthony Anderson, and Drag-On), pulls off a major score when they steal a cache of highly valuable black diamonds. However, the hard-as-nails Tony has a soft spot for his young daughter Vanessa (Paige Hurd), and Ling (Mark Dacascos), a former detective turned ruthless criminal, kidnaps Vanessa, demanding a ransom from Tony for her return -- the stash of black diamonds. The jewels have already been stolen, however, from Tony's fence Archie (Tom Arnold), and are now in the hands of a powerful underworld boss (Chi McBride). Determined to get back his daughter whatever the cost, Tony and his gang set out to find both Ling and the diamonds, but he soon gets some invaluable help from an unlikely corner -- Su (Jet Li), a government agent from Taiwan who was once Ling's partner, and has an old score to settle with him. Cradle 2 the Grave also features Kelly

Video: Dna

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:13:51 -0400

This enjoyable sci-fi actioner from director William R. Mesa succeeds despite stealing items from nearly every monster movie of the last twenty years. The plot concerns an idealistic tribal doctor, Ash Mattley (Mark Dacascos), who runs an underfunded provincial clinic in Sarawak, Borneo while trying to develop an immunity-boosting enzyme found only in certain rare beetles. Ash's plans are thwarted by mad scientist Carl Wessinger (Jurgen Prochnow), who steals the doctor's discovery and uses it to reanimate a nasty alien skeleton named Balacau. Ash must team with a pretty CIA operative (Robin McKee) and a precocious native boy (Thomas Taus, Jr.) to stop Wessinger and his hired commandos from selling Balacau to the highest bidder for use as a biological weapon. The monster chases the cast through many dark slimy corridors like the titular beast in Alien (1979), which it also resembles. The monster occasionally uses the cloaking ability of Predator (1987), and there's also a self-sacrificing black computer pro wh

Video: Boogie Boy

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:27:53 -0400

Mark Dacascos plays Jesse, who has just been freed after a stretch in prison. He reluctantly helps out his pal Larry (Jaimz Woolvett) with a drug deal; when things go badly, Jesse has to make a run to Detroit, where a straight job awaits him, before the dealers find out where he is. Boogie Boy also stars Frederic Forrest, Emily Lloyd, Traci Lords and Joan Jett. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.

Video: Hunt For Eagle One: Crash Point, The

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:52:05 -0400

The battle continues as the fearless Marines who single-handedly took on Al-Qaeda return to thwart a deadly terrorist plan to steal an anti-hijack device and crash an airplane into a top-secret U.S. Military Intelligence base in a non-stop, adrenaline-charged action thriller starring Mark Dacascos, Theresa Randle, and Jeff Fahey. The Ground Control Encoder was designed to lock out the pilot's instruments and allow Air Traffic Control to fly the aircraft to safety in the event of a terrorist hijacking. When terrorists hatch a plan to steal the Ground Control Encoder and use it to crash a plane into a U.S. Military Intelligence base located deep in Southeast Asia, the Strike Force team must stealthily venture into hostile territory to seek out and recover the stolen device before terrorists use it to expose the U.S. military and potentially take out hundreds of innocent lives in the process. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide.

Video: Kickboxer 5: Redemption

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:51:06 -0400

Living up to its tagline, Payback can be deadly, this installment in the popular-on-video Kickboxer series follows the travails of a displaced fighter out to avenge his friend's death. Stepping in for former hero Sasha Mitchell -- who in turn stepped in for original Kickboxer Jean-Claude Van Damme -- is Mark Dacascos, playing Matt Reeves, the longtime buddy of David Sloan (formerly Mitchell, here played by an uncredited actor). When he finds out that Sloan was murdered after refusing to join a nefarious boxing organization, Reeves travels to South Africa to get Bollen (Greg Latter), the evil leader of the cult-like federation. Redemption: Kickboxer 5 was given the Redemption prefix upon its 2003 video release. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide.

Video: Base 2 : Guilty As Charged, The

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:39:16 -0400

A military leader has taken the notion of discipline in the services too far in this action-drama. Lt. John Murphy (Antonio Sabato Jr., taking over the role played by Mark Dacascos in the first film) is sent in to investigate when a large number of American soldiers are reported missing from a remote military installation. Going undercover, Murphy pays a call to Lt. Col. Strauss (James Remar), and discovers a shocking secret -- Strauss has turned his base of operations into a kangaroo court, with the Lieutenant Colonel and his men serving as judge, jury, and executioners against soldiers who they feel are not living up to the high standards of military behavior. Murphy must now find a way to bring Strauss and his henchmen to justice and save the lives of the unjustly accused soldiers without tipping his hand in the process. Also released as Guilty As Charged, The Base II also features Melissa Lewis, Duane Davis, and Yuji Okumoto. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.

Video: Brotherhood Of The Wolf

Video Detective — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:45:52 -0400

French legend has it that a creature known as the Beast of Gevaudan -- a huge, wolf-like monster -- was responsible for the violent deaths of over 100 persons in the mid-18th century, and this horror fantasy blends the lore of this fabled beast with a story of two men who set out to capture it. After a number of mutilated corpses begin appearing across the French countryside, naturalist Chevalier Gregoire de Fronsac (Samuel Le Bihan) is dispatched by the King to find and capture the animal responsible for the killings. Mani (Mark Dacascos), an Indian from Canada and an experienced hand in the wilds, is hired to assist de Fronsac in his work. Gregoire's assignment earns him the acquaintance of Marianne de Morangias (Emilie Dequenne), the lovely daughter of the idly wealthy Count de Morangias (Jean Yanne), but Gregoire receives a much chillier welcome from her brother Jean-Francois (Vincent Cassel), who, despite having lost an arm to a lion in Africa, is quite the huntsman himself. As Gregoire and Mani arrive i

Video: Double Dragon

Video Detective — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:52:07 -0400

In this futuristic martial arts drama based on a popular video game, Los Angeles has been transformed into a watery New Angeles after a long-threatened earthquake devastates the West Coast. Billy Lee (Scott Wolf) and his brother Jimmy (Mark Dacascos) are two martial arts experts who were raised by a woman named Satori (Julia Nickson) after the death of their parents. Satori has come into possession of one half of a magic amulet; if joined with the other half, it gives whomever possesses it remarkable powers. However, the other half of the charm is now held by Koga Shuko (Robert Patrick), a martial arts master and business tycoon who is obsessed with ruling New Angeles. Satori gives her half of the amulet to Billy and Jimmy, hoping they can keep it safe while trying to win the other half away from the unscrupulous Koga Shuko. In their adventures, the brothers encounter Marian (Alyssa Milano), the leader of a gang called The Power Corps, and Linda Lash (Kristina Malandro Wagner), Koga Shuko's beautiful but dead

Video: Crow: Stairway To Heaven, The

Video Detective — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:44:09 -0400

This made-for-TV fantasy thriller was adapted from the television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, which was in turn inspired by the 1994 film The Crow. Eric Draven (Mark Dacascos) is a musician who was thoughtlessly murdered. One year after his death, Draven returns to life as a member of the undead, and with a crow as his spirit guide, he sets out to see justice done against those who would wrong others. Since Draven is not alive, he can absorb whatever punishment his adversaries offer him, and with the help of his friend Sarah (Katie Stuart), this troubled hero makes it his business to vanquish evil and support the forces of good. The home video release of The Crow: Stairway to Heaven features material that was not used in the original television broadcast; the feature-length version contains graphic violence and received an R rating. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.

Video: Hunt For Eagle One, The

Video Detective — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:40:30 -0400

A Lieutenant leading a raid on al-Qaida terrorists is forced to abandon his mission and rescue a captain trapped behind enemy lines in this military-themed action thriller starring Mark Dacascos, Theresa Randle, and Rutger Hauer. Al-Qaeda terrorists have holed up with Philippine rebels, and it's up to Lt. Matt Daniels to lead an amphibious mission to raid the site and capture the enemy. When Captain Amy Jennings' helicopter is gunned down deep in enemy territory, however, Daniels and his crew courageously leap into the line of fire in a brave attempt to rescue their fallen compatriot and take out the enemy's powerful bio-weapons cache. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide.

Video: Drive

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:13:53 -0400

While fleeing the wrath of San Francisco's Chinese mob, a fighter (Mark Dacascos) ends up taking a writer (Kadeem Hardison) hostage and racing towards the safety of L. A. Along the way, the two must fight their way through a gauntlet of determined and crafty gang members, each one hell bent on destroying the two. Furious and fast paced, this martial arts action film comes highly recommended by genre aficionados.

Video: Instict to Kill

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:41:23 -0400

Tess thought Jim Beckett was the perfect husband until she discovered he is a serial killer, responsible for savagely murdering nine women. Her testimony puts him behind bars for life but Jim coldly vows vengeance and in a cunning escape, hunts Tess down. Tess finds J.T. Dillon (Mark Dacascos), an ex-Army Commando who trains her in deadly combat and defense. The clock winds down to the terrifying reunion between husband and wife with J.T. as the wild card in the game. Together with J.T., Tess knows that this time her only choices are to kill or be killed.

Video: Instict to Kill

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:09:40 -0400

Video: Reunion

iTunes — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:37:54 -0400

On an off-world village Ronon (Jason Momoa) and Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) discover a group of warriors from Ronon s homeworld, Sateda. These Satedans, led by Tyre (Mark Dacascos), have a plan to infiltrate a Wraith weapons facility but need the Atlanteans help to do it. Meanwhile, Col. Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) arrives on Atlantis as the new leader, and her first task is to execute new security protocols that leave Ronon feeling alienated and considering leaving Atlantis for good. Once inside the Wraith weapons facility, the two teams split up, and Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and his team come under fire from the Wraith. Ronon escapes but Sheppard and company are captured. The Wraith force McKay (David Hewlett) to make changes to the Replicator base code using an actual Replicator the Wraith have imprisoned in the facility. Ronon and Carter mount a rescue operation, and, in the end, Ronon learns the truth about his old friends' new loyalties.