Our Take

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) - Buster Keaton proves once again that he had zero regard for the structural integrity of his own skeleton. A cyclone rips through the set, and Buster stands there while a two-ton house wall falls and misses him by an inch. This isn't trick photography; it’s a death-defying dance with gravity and a total lack of fear. It’s a symphony of wreckage and physical genius that leaves you gasping. Action cinema reached its peak in 1928, and we’ve just been playing with toys ever since.