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Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
edited June 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
I've been on a kick of watching some classic action movies, a few I've never seen, I just watched Robocop, Total Recall and Road Warrior for the first time. Loved all 3 of them, next on my list is The Warriors.

Just curious if anyone has some favs they might recommend?
Some of mine are Point Break, Predator, to name a few.
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    The Warriors is great, but make sure you don't get the "Director's Edition" or whatever the latest release is called. It's TERRIBLE, the director jacked up the film in ways that George Lucas didn't even know was possible.

    Some of my favorites

    Die Hard (All Of Them)
    Escape From New York
    The Thing - 1982 (Not really a heavy action movie, more Sci-Fi/Horror, but if you liked Predator...)
    Demolition Man
    The Last Action Hero

    Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,165
    Die Hard 1,2, and 3
    The Running Man
    Cobra
    Commando
    Delta Force
    Lethal Weapon 1
    Road House
    Tango and Cash
    Terminator 1 and 2
    Beverly Hills Cop
    48 Hours
    Silverado
    Big Trouble in Little China

    That should get you started.

    By the way, you just saw these movies for the first time? Were you serving time, by chance?
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Jason P wrote:
    Die Hard 1,2, and 3
    The Running Man
    Cobra
    Commando
    Delta Force
    Lethal Weapon 1
    Road House
    Tango and Cash
    Terminator 1 and 2
    Beverly Hills Cop
    48 Hours
    Silverado
    Big Trouble in Little China

    That should get you started.

    By the way, you just saw these movies for the first time? Were you serving time, by chance?

    Those two are definite Must-See movies as well. I had already put down Escape From New York and The Thing though, and I didn't want my list to look like I had a boner for Kurt Russell. But I do have a boner for Kurt Russell.

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  • PJSOLATPJSOLAT Posts: 19
    The lists previously have been pretty comprehensive, so I won't add much to them. I will however throw out something that a group of us do from time to time that might help your viewing of these classic action movies. A while back we started BAM Night (BAM=Bad Action Movie). Essentially, you get together and select two or three of the best BAM movies out there and watch them while sucking down your beverage of choice...It makes for spectacular commentary as you watch these with your friends! Invasion USA, Commando and Over The Top were the most recent selections...
  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    edited June 2012
    Die Hard 1,2, and 3 (4 didn't do it for me)
    Bad Boys 1 + 2
    The Bourne Trilogy
    Pulp Fiction
    First Blood and Rambo II
    Cliffhanger
    Fast and the Furious

    to name a few
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    Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome or GTFO
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,165
    A few more:

    Red Heat
    Hard to Kill
    Above the Law
    Red Dawn (I can't believe I missed this in the first list :fp: )
    Raw Deal
    Rambo 1 2 3
    Top Gun
    Universal Soldier
    Raiders of the Last Ark
    American Ninja
    Iron Eagle
    Braddock: Missing in Action III
    The Untouchables
    Robocop 2 (highest bodycount ever until the new Rambo came out a few years ago)

    And one of my favorites of all time ... The Punisher (Dolph Lundgren version)
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  • Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
    Jason P wrote:


    That should get you started.

    By the way, you just saw these movies for the first time? Were you serving time, by chance?

    Ha yeh not sure why its taken me this long to see those particular movies, glad I finally did though, but I have seen most of the others that where suggested.
    Lots of great ones mentioned.

    Under Siege
    Speed
    Bloodsport
    Kickboxer
    The Rock/Conair (I know they are Nic Cage films but still good ones)
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Nowhere Man wrote:
    The Rock/Conair (I know they are Nic Cage films but still good ones)

    andy-samberg-nicolas-cage-286x300.jpg

    That's high praise!!
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  • Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
    How about:

    Aliens
    The Crow
    True Romance
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Vanishing Point.
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  • Bennyorr4Bennyorr4 Posts: 307
    True Romance[/quote]


    This is my favorite. Great story and full of great actors. Quentin Tarantino scripted this wild and wooly blend of action and dark comedy, which reached theaters a year before his breakthrough hit Pulp Fiction....

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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Vanishing Point.
    If you mean the original version, yeah, that movie rocks!
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Who Princess wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Vanishing Point.
    If you mean the original version, yeah, that movie rocks!

    Yes, the 1971 film.
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  • tribejammer05tribejammer05 W'Ville, OH Posts: 696
    Don't forget Predators!

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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    tribejammer05 wrote:
    Don't forget Predators!

    Get to da choppa!

    I think you mean Predator (which has been mentioned a few times) and not Predators. Predators was the 2010 movie with Adrien Brody. I thought it was pretty good though. The premise was very interesting, and Adrien Brody was a badass (something I never thought I'd say) and it was a pretty decent rental. MUCH better than Predator 2.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • tribejammer05tribejammer05 W'Ville, OH Posts: 696
    SatansFuton wrote:
    tribejammer05 wrote:
    Don't forget Predators!

    Get to da choppa!

    I think you mean Predator (which has been mentioned a few times) and not Predators. Predators was the 2010 movie with Adrien Brody. I thought it was pretty good though. The premise was very interesting, and Adrien Brody was a badass (something I never thought I'd say) and it was a pretty decent rental. MUCH better than Predator 2.

    Yes, I did mean Predator. Thank you for the correction. I skipped over Predator 2
    "There's a $10,000 bill in it for you."
    "Oh yeah? Which president's on it?"
    "Uh, all of them. They're having a party. Jimmy Carter's passed out on the couch."

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    Columbus 2003
    Hershey 2003
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    Portland 2013
    Cincinnati 2014
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    tribejammer05 wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:
    tribejammer05 wrote:
    Don't forget Predators!

    Get to da choppa!

    I think you mean Predator (which has been mentioned a few times) and not Predators. Predators was the 2010 movie with Adrien Brody. I thought it was pretty good though. The premise was very interesting, and Adrien Brody was a badass (something I never thought I'd say) and it was a pretty decent rental. MUCH better than Predator 2.

    Yes, I did mean Predator. Thank you for the correction. I skipped over Predator 2

    Skipping Predator 2 is definitely the way to go. It's very lame. I don't even remember much about it, other than there's some Jamaican drug war going down, and for some reason a Predator is involved in it. I don't know, maybe he came to Earth to score some bud.

    Check out Predators though, it's pretty cool. The Predators drop all these people (an American mercenary, and Israeli sniper, a death row inmate, drug cartel member, etc) on a planet that the Predators use as some sort of hunting preserve, and they basically do battle with the Predators.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,165
    SatansFuton wrote:
    MUCH better than Predator 2.
    Didn't Bill Paxton get nominated for best supporting actor in that movie?

    8-)
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Jason P wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:
    MUCH better than Predator 2.
    Didn't Bill Paxton get nominated for best supporting actor in that movie?

    8-)

    As my friend has said numerous times, there is a "gnarly sex scene" in that movie.

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    If you are looking for bad...

    Sudden death
    Fair game - some Baldwin & Cindy Crawford
    Time lapse - Roy Schider

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    Or funny bad action
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    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Apocalypse now

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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    SatansFuton wrote:
    tribejammer05 wrote:
    Don't forget Predators!

    Get to da choppa!

    I think you mean Predator (which has been mentioned a few times) and not Predators. Predators was the 2010 movie with Adrien Brody. I thought it was pretty good though. The premise was very interesting, and Adrien Brody was a badass (something I never thought I'd say) and it was a pretty decent rental. MUCH better than Predator 2.

    Predators kicked ass
  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Die hard 1 and 3...
    The expendibles was great. Can't wait to watch the sequel.
    Loved red dawn. Wolverines!
    Rocky 1,2,3
    Is the unforgiven an action movie?
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    Here are a few great movies that John Woo made in Hong Kong before he came to Hollywood:

    Hard Boiled
    The Killer
    Bullet In The Head
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