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Mennonite 12:14 PM 06-05-2021
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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Fishpicker 12:36 AM 06-07-2021
if you want to see an action icon fall on his face


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Deberg_1990 07:20 AM 06-07-2021
Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic:
Always will be point break. The stunts, the chases the over the top acting.

I was watching Anthony Cumia’s podcast and they were making fun of one of John Wayne’s last movies “Branigan”. Apparently they tried to take a way over the hill John Wayne and make a Charles Bronson type movie.
Wayne made two of those types of films late in his career. McQ and Brannigan. Westerns were dying in the early 70s and the gritty cop movies were popular like Dirty Harry.
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notorious 08:22 AM 06-07-2021
Beyond the Law

Think Charlie Sheen and Michael Madsen in Stone Cold lite.
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Deberg_1990 08:24 AM 06-07-2021
Originally Posted by Fishpicker:
if you want to see an action icon fall on his face

That looks horrible.

I haven’t watched any Seagal flicks after ‘Exit Wounds’
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Mennonite 08:36 AM 06-07-2021
Originally Posted by Fishpicker:
100% practical effects
Yeah, I'm a fan of old fashioned stunt work too. It's the difference between seeing Michael Jordan dunk on someone and seeing an (almost) lifelike drawing of MJ dunking on someone.


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Mennonite 08:42 AM 06-07-2021
RoboCop (1987)










Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
Seagal flicks


I'm not a huge fan of his movies but I will say that seeing Erika Eleniak's tits in Under Siege made his entire career worthwhile.
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DeepPurple 02:13 PM 06-08-2021
There was a 1970 film called the Adventurers, I believe I was in the Army when I saw it and never saw it again on TV, but it stuck with me. It's a very strange, foreign film about a tyrant and a revolution, I believe a young and good looking at the time Candace Bergen was the only American star. I just never forgot the film since it was so unusual. It's available on youtube for free.



In the mid 80's I was watching the Academy Awards and best foreign film was a Japanese war movie called Ran. I tried to get it at Blockbuster in Savannah, but they didn't have it. I ended up buying the VHS because I was so intrigued. Couldn't understand a word they were saying, but imagine Gladiator with the horses and thousands of soldiers but in Japanese. Every unit has different color flags, a lot fire, lot of blood and a lot of long swords. It you want action, this has it. It was really great and I even loved the soundtrack so much I bought the record.


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Mennonite 02:21 PM 06-08-2021
"Ran" is actually a pretty famous Akira Kurosawa movie. I agree that it's very good. It's actually based on Shakespear's King Lear. If you like that one you might also want to check out Kurosawa's Throne of Blood (1957); it is based on Macbeth.

Also worth a watch: Rashomon, Seven Samurai (remade as The Magnificent Seven), Yojimbo (inspired Fist Full of Dollars) and The Bad Sleep Well.




The Adventurers looks interesting. I've never heard of it before, but I'm always game for a young, hot Candice Bergen.




There are some other familiar names in the cast too: Ernest Borgnine, Olivia de Havilland, and John Ireland.
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BigBeauford 02:27 PM 06-08-2021
You guys have the classics covered, how about some newer flicks:

The Raid
Logan
Bourne Series
Mad Max Fury Road
John Wick
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Mennonite 02:55 PM 06-08-2021
Originally Posted by BigBeauford:
You guys have the classics covered, how about some newer flicks:

The Raid
Logan
Bourne Series
Mad Max Fury Road
John Wick
I'm not really a fan of newer action movies, but if you like those be sure to check out Dredd (2012).
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eDave 03:11 PM 06-08-2021
I like disaster action movies too. 2012, Armageddon, San Andreas...
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BigBeauford 04:01 PM 06-08-2021
Originally Posted by Mennonite:
I'm not really a fan of newer action movies, but if you like those be sure to check out Dredd (2012).
Yeah Dredd slaps. Love that one too.
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Fishpicker 10:53 PM 06-08-2021
Originally Posted by DeepPurple:
There was a 1970 film called the Adventurers, I believe I was in the Army when I saw it and never saw it again on TV, but it stuck with me. It's a very strange, foreign film about a tyrant and a revolution, I believe a young and good looking at the time Candace Bergen was the only American star. I just never forgot the film since it was so unusual. It's available on youtube for free.



In the mid 80's I was watching the Academy Awards and best foreign film was a Japanese war movie called Ran. I tried to get it at Blockbuster in Savannah, but they didn't have it. I ended up buying the VHS because I was so intrigued. Couldn't understand a word they were saying, but imagine Gladiator with the horses and thousands of soldiers but in Japanese. Every unit has different color flags, a lot fire, lot of blood and a lot of long swords. It you want action, this has it. It was really great and I even loved the soundtrack so much I bought the record.

Ran is a great movie. it has been described as the most beautiful movie ever made. I didn't consider it an action movie, but it does have a great action payoff in the third act. Mennonite has given some great recommendations for you.

there aren't many movies like Ran. but I would recommend you check out Kagemusha. it is done by the same director and it was produced by George Lucas. I love Ran but the story in Kagemusha features historical daimyo/clans. the plot to the story is historically accurate too. Akira Kurosawa treated this as a rehearsal for his masterpiece which is Ran.



there is another movie called Ten to Chi To/Heaven and Earth

this is a samurai battle action movie. the acting is good but not transcendent. it is historically accurate for the most part and it has larger battles than Ran and Kagemusha. the movie focuses on the rivalry between Takeda, the red Demon, and Kenshin, the god of war. Takedas army consisted of expert cavalry specialists while Kenshins army was made up of fanatical Buddhist monks with state-of-the-art matchlock guns and armor.
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Deberg_1990 08:40 AM 06-09-2021
Originally Posted by BigBeauford:
You guys have the classics covered, how about some newer flicks:

The Raid
Logan
Bourne Series
Mad Max Fury Road
John Wick
Absolutely. The Raid I and II are perfection.
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Mennonite 09:32 AM 06-09-2021
Originally Posted by Fishpicker:

there is another movie called Ten to Chi To/Heaven and Earth

this is a samurai battle action movie. the acting is good but not transcendent. it is historically accurate for the most part and it has larger battles than Ran and Kagemusha. the movie focuses on the rivalry between Takeda, the red Demon, and Kenshin, the god of war. Takedas army consisted of expert cavalry specialists while Kenshins army was made up of fanatical Buddhist monks with state-of-the-art matchlock guns and armor.
This looks interesting. I may have to check it out when I get some free time.


Have you seen Seppuku (1962) by any chance? It's been years but I remember it being pretty good.
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