3 action movies starring Mark Dacascos to watch at home

polygon.com:

Many people know Mark Dacascos as The Chairman in Food Network’s Iron Chef America, a role that he returns to this week as Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend comes to Netflix. But Dacascos is also one of the best screen fighters we’ve ever been blessed to see gracing our screens, delivering some quintessential action performances in the ’90s and beyond that remain remarkable to this day.

Dacascos’ unique combination of charm and skill coupled with his laid-back attitude made him stand out from other martial arts stars of his era, like the much more intense Steven Seagal or Jean-Claude Van Damme. While he never got the shot at major stardom that those other two did, he’s seeing a wonderful little career resurgence recently, playing the lead villain in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, voicing a main part in the solid Batman animated movie Batman: Soul of the Dragon, and reportedly joining the cast of Cinemax’s excellent martial arts television show Warrior for its third season.

Dacascos was also one of the best interviews on Scott Adkins’ excellent Art of Action interview series, diving into his life and career. It’s well worth your time.

While some of his best movies (including the capoeira drama Only the Strong and the live-action adaptation of Crying Freeman) are not currently available to watch at home, these three are, and they all rule while also providing terrific displays of Dacascos’ talents.

This is my personal favorite of Dacascos’ movies, and it made our list of our favorite martial arts films you can watch at home. In Drive, Dacascos plays a superhuman escaping a group of deadly assassins. His laidback charm, good looks, and terrific martial arts skills suit the role of a bionic man. Along the way, he teams