Movies: Favourite Action Movies
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Watching Raid Redemption again. This movie is absolutely insane lol. Forgot how much I enjoyed this movie!!! Pretty sure the first time I watched it my jaw was pretty much on the floor the entire time once it ramped up..
Reading through this thread was bringing back some memories. Would love to watch elite squad, elite squad: enemy within again. Sadly they aren’t on Netflix
Same goes for a few other foreign movies I’d love to watch again. I saw the devil, cell 211
Got a few on my list to check out. Anyone seen Headshot?
....Watching Raid Redemption again. This movie is absolutely insane lol. Forgot how much I enjoyed this movie!!! Pretty sure the first time I watched it my jaw was pretty much on the floor the entire time once it ramped up..
Reading through this thread was bringing back some memories. Would love to watch elite squad, elite squad: enemy within again. Sadly they aren’t on Netflix
Same goes for a few other foreign movies I’d love to watch again. I saw the devil, cell 211
Got a few on my list to check out. Anyone seen Headshot?
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Sudden Death is honesty my favorite Die Hard clone. The hockey setting is obviously a factor but for a cheesy 90's action flick they really did put in a kick ass effort. All the actors, especially the late great Powers Boothe, were awesome.
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As far as action is concerned, Hollywood ruled in the 1980s. Hong Kong was a solid #2 though.
Love Jackie Chan's work in those years. The Police Story movies and the two Project A movies are great.
Love Jackie Chan's work in those years. The Police Story movies and the two Project A movies are great.
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Can't beat McQueen and Bullitt though it is probably not a traditional action movie save a couple of scenes. Heat has some great action scenes particularly the bank robbery shootout through downtown L.A. Ben-Hur chariot race is killer but wouldn't be considered an action movie. Ditto The Great Escape.
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Whoa. Revived old thread.
Most action movies just have a very limited ceiling of satisfaction to me, even when they're seemingly perfectly pulled off and off-the-charts impressive, like The Raid 2. For the most part, I just don't feel that action can sustain a two hour movie, and I always start to recognize the trademark moves/fighting style of the choreographers and it ends up feeling repetitive and tedious/like an engorged (that's a weird adjective to use to describe the feeling I'm communicating, but I'm not sure what would be more fitting) overdose or something, after an initial thrill/novelty (and that's only if the choreography is even that strong and interesting to begin with, which it often isn't, especially with the American 80s action movies that often get praised).
Pretty much the only major exceptions for me that I can think of would be the early John Woo movies, The Killer and Hard Boiled. The inherently satisfying feedback of the way gunshots look and sound and the childishly over the top yet tasteful/poetically graceful silliness of all the movement just hits a mark I can't quite describe but makes me giddy every time.
I also love Kung Fu Hustle, but not as much for the action (I actually disliked the DBZ bit at the end) and more for the comedy.
Most action movies just have a very limited ceiling of satisfaction to me, even when they're seemingly perfectly pulled off and off-the-charts impressive, like The Raid 2. For the most part, I just don't feel that action can sustain a two hour movie, and I always start to recognize the trademark moves/fighting style of the choreographers and it ends up feeling repetitive and tedious/like an engorged (that's a weird adjective to use to describe the feeling I'm communicating, but I'm not sure what would be more fitting) overdose or something, after an initial thrill/novelty (and that's only if the choreography is even that strong and interesting to begin with, which it often isn't, especially with the American 80s action movies that often get praised).
Pretty much the only major exceptions for me that I can think of would be the early John Woo movies, The Killer and Hard Boiled. The inherently satisfying feedback of the way gunshots look and sound and the childishly over the top yet tasteful/poetically graceful silliness of all the movement just hits a mark I can't quite describe but makes me giddy every time.
I also love Kung Fu Hustle, but not as much for the action (I actually disliked the DBZ bit at the end) and more for the comedy.
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Yeah, I love "prime" Chan movies. The master of prop-fighting. Many of those films are pretty thin on plot (not a bad thing I guess), but I'm still always so entertained by the ingenuity of the choreography / prop utilization. Extremely creative flicks.
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I've probably said this in some other thread but Cliffhanger is one of my all time favorite movies.
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Here for that nature-work from 2:20-3:10.
This inspired me to go look up some up some classic Chan bits. One of his best:
Seriously, my man's environment work is off the charts.
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Since this is a suitable thread, I'll just post this here instead of in the Last Movie You Watched thread.
It's not a "favorite" of mine since I watched it for the first time last night, but Vanishing Point (1971) is one of Spielberg's and Tarantino's favorite action films (which is easy to see as it bears similarities to their Duel and Death Proof films) and was ranked #70 on some action film list. I must say that I can see why. The film is mostly action. The first half, particularly, is rather nuts, since it's pretty much a non-stop, 45-minute car chase scene. It slows down in the second half as it tries to hang some narrative meat on the bones and be more than just action scenes, and it loses steam because of it, but it remains interesting and simple to follow. The plot is little more than a driver of a muscle car evading police over three states (Colorado, Nevada and California), and its set to a 70s rock soundtrack. What more do you need, right? If you like car chase movies and muscle cars, and/or like movies like Bullitt and Duel, you should like Vanishing Point.
It's not a "favorite" of mine since I watched it for the first time last night, but Vanishing Point (1971) is one of Spielberg's and Tarantino's favorite action films (which is easy to see as it bears similarities to their Duel and Death Proof films) and was ranked #70 on some action film list. I must say that I can see why. The film is mostly action. The first half, particularly, is rather nuts, since it's pretty much a non-stop, 45-minute car chase scene. It slows down in the second half as it tries to hang some narrative meat on the bones and be more than just action scenes, and it loses steam because of it, but it remains interesting and simple to follow. The plot is little more than a driver of a muscle car evading police over three states (Colorado, Nevada and California), and its set to a 70s rock soundtrack. What more do you need, right? If you like car chase movies and muscle cars, and/or like movies like Bullitt and Duel, you should like Vanishing Point.
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I liked Dirty Harry & Magnum Force.
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Double Impact (mostly because of Cory Everson as a villain).
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Double Impact (mostly because of Cory Everson as a villain).
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All the GOATS have been listed so,
Hate to say it but 2 underrated action movies were Hard Rain and Chill Factor
Hate to say it but 2 underrated action movies were Hard Rain and Chill Factor
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Commando... very easily. 1985 Arnold. I cant stress enough how bad you need to watch this if you havnt
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mh-QUh69MCg&ved=2ahUKEwjUz5aK8q_gAhXB44MKHVBFC1AQ3ywwAHoECAgQBg&usg=AOvVaw02wBquFu5IQcyFFvJQ_nsV
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Glad to see a little love for the original Point Break, one of my all-time favorites.
Die Hard, The Matrix, the Marvel movies are a few others.
And not sure if it counts as an action movie, but True Romance is another fantastic choice
Die Hard, The Matrix, the Marvel movies are a few others.
And not sure if it counts as an action movie, but True Romance is another fantastic choice
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