Get To The Chedda! The Retro Action Movie Podcast

“Get To The Chedda” is the ultimate throwback experience hosted by the dynamic duo, Matt Bourne and Malcom Martin. Join them on a nostalgic journey through the adrenaline-fueled world of 80’s and 90’s action movies. From the explosive stunts to the iconic one-liners, they rewatch these classics, dissecting each scene to see if they hold up against today’s standards. With their infectious humor and insightful commentary, Matt and Malcom dive deep into the heart of these films, exploring the nostalgia while also examining how these action-packed gems resonate in the modern era.

Get To The Chedda! The Retro Action Movie Podcast is a tv podcast hosted by Screen One, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #16

  ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981): 45 Years On, Does Snake Plissken Still Hold Up?

  Jul 29, 202646 minS1

  Snake Plissken has 24 hours to save the President, and Malcolm and I have one question: does Escape From New York (1981) still hold up 45 years on? This is Get To The Chedda!, the retro action podcast where we drop a classic in the pit and give it the Chedda Rating. John Carpenter's low-budget dystopian thriller turned Kurt Russell from a Disney child star into a hard-edged action icon, gave us one of cinema's great antiheroes, and built a grimy vision of a walled-off Manhattan penal colony on a fraction of a studio budget. Alongside Russell, the cast is stacked: Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes and Harry Dean Stanton. But does the pacing, the practical effects and the Snake Plissken myth survive a modern rewatch, or has time caught up with it? We break down the making of the film, Carpenter's fight to get it made, the score, the effects, and whether the whole thing earns its cult reputation today. Then we give it the rating that matters. Screen One is the definitive UK voice on 80s and 90s cinema. Without the noise. Subscribe and join the Video Store Society for more Essential Cinema every week. Please leave a rating it helps us grow! #EscapeFromNewYork #KurtRussell #JohnCarpenter #SnakePlissken #80sAction

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  Episode #15

  Schwarzenegger's RAW DEAL (1986): 40 Years Later, Is This the Arnie Film They Buried?

  Jun 20, 20261 hourS1

  RAW DEAL (1986) — Schwarzenegger goes undercover. The mob doesn't see it coming. Forty years on, the question is: does it hold up?Matt and Malcolm dig into John Irvin's crime thriller — the one where Arnie trades the jungle and the battlefield for the Chicago mob. Arnold Schwarzenegger as disgraced former FBI man Mark Kaminsky, dragged back in by his old boss Harry Shannon (Darren McGavin) to take down the Patrovita crime family from the inside under the alias Joseph P. Brenner. A cast built for damage: Kathryn Harrold as the sharp and complicated Monique, Sam Wanamaker as mob boss Luigi Patrovita, Paul Shenar as the calculating Rocca, and Robert Davi doing what Robert Davi does — maximum threat, minimum words.We track Kaminsky's dead-end sheriff exile, Shannon's ask and the loyalty debt behind it, the cold construction of a new identity, the slow infiltration, the burn before the detonation, and the quarry scene: Rolling Stones on the soundtrack, Arnie behind the wheel, one of the most purely cathartic moments in his entire filmography. The De Laurentiis production machine, John Irvin's direction, the film's complicated place in the Schwarzenegger catalogue, what it tried to do differently, and the verdict every GTTC has to deliver: What Chedda Rating does Raw Deal earn in 2026?Full Get To The Chedda! Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiFet-zP4QsN1mkF8nxgRoTfDsm5s7uHs #RawDeal #ArnoldSchwarzenegger #DarrenMcGavin #80smovies #80saction

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  Episode #14

  Van Damme's NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER: Villain for a Weekend — Legend for a Lifetime!

  May 16, 20261h 7mS1

  <p>No Retreat No Surrender (1986) He had no billing. He had almost no lines. He stole the entire film.Matt and Malcolm dig into Corey Yuen's scrappy, electrifying 1986 martial arts sleeper, one of the great 80s movies you've never given enough credit — and the film that put Jean-Claude Van Damme on the radar a full two years before Bloodsport made him a household name.</p><p><br></p><p>Jason Stillwell's underdog journey, the ghost of Bruce Lee as a spirit mentor, and the Soviet enforcer Ivan: the villain role JCVD was born to play.We track the underdog training ar...

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  Episode #13

  Chuck Norris THE DELTA FORCE (1986) The Cannon Masterpiece Chuck Almost Ruined

  Apr 17, 20261h 15mS1

  <p>Is The Delta Force actually Chuck Norris’s best film… or is he the least interesting part of it?</p><p>In this episode of Get To The Chedda!, we break down one of the most bizarre success stories of 80s action cinema. A film that feels like two completely different movies stitched together: part 70s-style disaster thriller, part full-blown Cannon Films spectacle.</p><p>Along the way, we dig into a stacked supporting cast led by Lee Marvin in his final performance, alongside Martin Balsam and the ever-reliable Steve James, who quietly steals the entire film.</p><p>We a...

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  Episode #12

  Russell Mulchay’s HIGHLANDER: Immortals, The Quickening, Queen Anthems & The Kurgan Unleashed!

  Mar 15, 20261h 10mS1

  <p>Highlander (1986) — There can be only one… but the craft is in the details. </p><p>Matt and Malcolm dig into Russell Mulcahy's neon-gothic sword opera: Christopher Lambert's haunted Connor MacLeod, Sean Connery's swaggering mentor Ramirez, and Clancy Brown's all-timer villain turn as The Kurgan. </p><p>We track the Highland clan battles and exile, the training and rules of immortality, the Heather romance and the cost of forever, the New York duels and parking-lot sparks, the church face-off dread, and the rooftop final fight for the Prize. Queen's power ("Princes of the Universe," "Who Wants to Live Forever"), music-video kine...

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