I am athletic, after all, and I have good legs. This kiss in From Here To Eternity has been voted as one of the all-time greats time and again, yet, for some unknown reason, people often seem to overlook a similarly surf-bound and romantic scene, perhaps because Rocky is an underestimated franchise.Įither way, there is one thing that really, really needs to be addressed: who decided to put grown men in crop tops? (Poor Carl Weathers, above, as Apollo Creed)Īt what point in the eighties did men, who were proud of their bodies, think to themselves, “Well, the short shorts are okay. What really sticks in the mind, though, is what happens after the fight: To put an end to all the innuendo-ridden fight talk, Dudikoff then chokes him with his large hose. Livid, Jackson rises to his feet exclaiming, “We don’t stop till one of us goes down!”, which is a little forward, if you ask me. One assumes this was to bring him round to consciousness, only Jackson wasn’t out cold. “Don’t push it,” Armstrong warns, then politely proceeds to kick his ass (he is an American Ninja, after all), but not without taking the time to throw a bucket of water over Jackson. Male bonding is an important theme in this list, so what better way to meet a future best friend than to have an extended fight with him? The partnership formed between Michael Dudikoff (as Joe Armstrong) and Steve James (playing Curtis Jackson) would not only last them through several American Ninja movies, but also into the likes of Avenging Force.ĭuring their first encounter, Jackson confronts Armstrong, calling him out as being a wannabe hero.