Welcome to another episode of Jay and Ross Talk Shit! This week, what begins as a conversation about Mad Max: Fury Road evolves into a much broader discussion of our favorite action movies and the way that we view and evaluate movies. It runs a bit long, but it’s a really fun piece that we hope you’ll enjoy!

Or, if you’re pressed for time and only want to listen to the things you care about the most, feel free to jump around below!

0:00 – Mad Max: Fury Road
—27:46-29:38 – Rambo/Rocky Tangent
—29:38-30:30 – Transporter 2 Tangent
—30:52-32:38 – Die Hard Tangent
32:40 – Jason’s Favorite Movies: Con Air
33:53 – How Ross Evaluates Movies
37:28 – Jason’s Favorites Continued: Money Train, Lethal Weapon 3, and Demolition Man
38:55 – Transformers and Michael Bay
40:55 – No Holds Barred…Again!
43:38 – Back to Mad Max
44:40 – The Effects of Hype
45:42 – Feminism and Mad Max: Fury Road
48:30 – More on the Effects of Hype
49:28 – Jason’s Favorites Continued: Assassins
50:45 – Rating Scales in Criticism
51:14 – Tom Hardy
51:51 – Single Actor Performance Films (Locke, Moon, Buried)
53:22 – Ryan Reynolds
55:00 – The Raid
56:22 – Kill Bill and Quentin Tarantino
1:02:19 – Conclusion