Movies and TV Favorite Action Flicks? - Page 3

Raiders of the Lost Ark and First Blood are classics, but I have a soft spot for the cheesier ones with bad one liners with over the top violence.

My favorite dumb (but awesome!) action flick is Invasion U.S.A. (1985) starring Chuck Norris and the immortal Richard Lynch.

You don't get scenes like this in modern action movies:

So what are some of your favorites?
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I used to stay up and watch action schlock on weekends during my Jr High and High School years.

Mostly movies based in the 80s-early 90s.
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Originally Posted by Mennonite:
Do you mean Big Trouble in little China or the Dolph Lundgren movie Showdown in Little Tokyo?

"And you go in pieces, asshole."

^ The whole movie was just a setup for that line. It was worth it.

Yeah, I got it fixed.

I just searched "I come in Peace" and they changed the name to "Dark Angel" or some crap like that.
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Originally Posted by Mennonite:
1 and 3 are both classics.

With A Vengeance could have been even better if they had gone with the alternate ending.
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Originally Posted by notorious:
I Come in Peace

Haven't seen it in forever but yeah, great call... super underrated flic
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Rutger Hauer did a metric shitload of cheesy action movies.

One that stands out to me is "Split Second".
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The Last Boyscout is more of an A movie, but it kicks so much ass I have to list it here.
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CYBORG!

:-)
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Originally Posted by notorious:
Rutger Hauer did a metric shitload of cheesy action movies.

One that stands out to me is "Split Second".

Also of note:

The Blood of Heroes aka The Salute of the Jugger

Blind Fury (1989)

Flesh+Blood (1985)

Originally Posted by notorious:
CYBORG!

:-)

Real men watch Cyborg Cop II.

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Running Scared.

The one with Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines. It sits on the edge of A/B films, but still great.
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Originally Posted by Mennonite:
Also of note:

The Blood of Heroes aka The Salute of the Jugger

Blind Fury (1989)

Flesh+Blood (1985)

Blind Fury. :-)

It's been 25ish years since I've seen that one, but I remember the scene where he drops his sword on the road and counts to find his way back. I could be way off, though.
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Red Letter Media has done a lot of "reviews" about shitty 80's action schlock.

Samurai Cop.....I need to watch that one.
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Originally Posted by notorious:
Red Letter Media has done a lot of "reviews" about shitty 80's action schlock.

Samurai Cop.....I need to watch that one.

Oh god you have to watch that movie. It's my favorite "so bad it's good" movie. It's available on blu ray.

If you like these sorts of movies I highly recommend joining the torrent tracker Cinemageddon. Golan Globus, PM Entertainment, Godfrey Ho - shit is their specialty.
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Originally Posted by Mennonite:
I ****ing hate T2. The first one was great though.

Why?
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Forgot about Blind Fury. Loved Rutger Hauer in that, but reminds me of the awesome Sho Kosugi. Pray for Death and all the Ninja movies were a blast.
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Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
Why?

Originally Posted by Mennonite:
T2 is a shitty movie and not just because you have to listen to Edward Furlong screeching for 120 minutes. No, the reason it sucks is because they turn the T-800 into a joke. How many scenes involve the goddamn Terminator acting as comic relief? He's a ****ing unstoppable killer cyborg from the future and he's doing lame "fish out of water" bits like he's Balki from Perfect Strangers.

Oh, and they also manage to give him this candyass last line:

"Now I know why you cry"

And then sinks himself into molten slag as John "Badass Future Saviour of Humanity" screeches and blubbers like a bitch.

The only time the T-800 should use a line like that is if he's just shoved a canister of teargas in someone's ass.

Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
T2 is one of the greatest action movies of all time, you asshole.

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