The Best Action Movies Period!

[MMCK2]

MMCK - good topic. Here are my choices:

Bad Boys - excellent buddy movie and non-stop action right from the start. Can't wait for Bad Boys 2!

The Living Daylights - Just when it looked like it was all over for Bond, Timothy Dalton rescued a franchise which had long gone stale and turned Bond into a credible action hero once again. Easily the hardest Bond in terms of his pure take no sh*t attitude, this film rules from start to finish.

Rush Hour 1 & 2 - Any movie with Jackie Chan is going to be cool, but add a clearly mad black dude to the formula and you have a winner. The dialogue between Chan and Tucker is awesome, especially where Tucker tries to teach Jackie to speak like him or tells him he is going to bitchslap him back to Bangkok!

The Rock - Pure action once more, with possibly one of the best car chases in a movie (between a Hummer, a yellow Ferrari and a bunch of cops). Sean Connery is awesome and Nic Cage is a convincing action hero after years of playing pansies!

Broken Arrow - I love this movie. Travolta rules as the cracked pilot trying to unleash nuclear terror on the US and Christian Slater is cool as the down-to-earth ex friend trying to stop him. Again - non stop action from start to finish.

Heat - Not really an action film per se, but the action scenes (including a massive gunfight on the streets of LA) and the poignant showdown between De Niro and Pacino make this film one of my favourites ever.

Ronin - Another excellent De Niro film which has one of the most amazing car chase sequences ever filmed between a BMW and a Peugeot 405. The impressively large Jean Reno plays a cool character as well.

Passenger 57 - Basically a film which showed the world that Wesley Snipes could kick major ass!

Demolition Man - See above. Add Stallone. Awesome!

Terminator 2 - Judgement Day - Another one of my favourite films of all time and probably the first sequel that was better than the original.

Aliens - This time it's war.

Die Hard - Probably the definitive action movie.

Full Metal Jacket - Another of my favourite movies, this is like 2 films for the price of one, with the blackly comic and disturbing training camp scenes and the bleak reality of the horror of battle.

More to follow later.

Glimmer

Again Glimmerman, we seem to have similar tastes in films. I also rate "The Living Daylights" quite highly among the Bond cannon, and thought it returned Bond to some old fashioned, serious espionage. Although Roger Moore is my favourite Bond (I saw his films first), I still quite like Timothy Dalton and thought he was severly underrated in the role.

Passenger 57 is cool too. "Now repeat after me-: Charles Rane Is Not Insane!" LOL Bruce Payne made an excellent villain.

Later.

MMCK2

 

[Sleeping Fox]

he likes to play psychos, Bruce Payne, have you seen Highlander: End Game?

 

[Sleeping Fox]

Hi Storm.

a memorable Queen soundtrack. What more couyld you ask.

Peace.

MMCK

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I have the song somewhere I knew the lyrics lol.
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Don't lose your head (dreadful song lol)

 

[Storm]

Great lyrics Junior/Fox. I thought Payne did well in Highlander 4. He never came across as the awesome immortal he was supposed to be but i like his cool, sneering style. For those that, like me have followed the Highlander films and series it was very sad that one the Mcleods had to go. They filmed the scene well.
MMCK,hi matey! We used to have a few good discussions way back at the other site didn't we?
More goodies---
DRIVE- Marc Dacoscos showed amazing martial arts skills in this Cyborg type movie and i thought he'd be a big star, not the villain in Cradle To the Grave!
TERMINATOR-T2 had good effects, ahead of it's time but this was Arnie as the cold killing machine they turned on it's head in T2! Michael Biehn (who is rarely mentioned) was great as the soldier from the future trying to stop it/him.
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD- A western but plenty of action. I loved the gunfighter contest. Di Caprio should have been firing a water pistol though.

 

[Administrator]

The below is a selection of my favorite action movies:
- Point Break
- Road House
- Speed
- Die Hard 1,2,3
- Terminator 2
- The Count Of Monte Cristo
- The Last Castle
- The Rock
- Predator
- Face Off
- Con Air
- Black Hawk Down
- Once Upon A Time In China
- Twin Warriors
- Infernal Affairs
- Eraser
- Tears Of The Sun
- Legionairre
- Ronin
- Bad Boys
- Lethal Weapon series
- The Transporter
- Heat
- Heartbreak Ridge
- Rambo Trilogy
- Leon
- Aliens
- Bloodsport
- Drive
- Seven Samurai

I'm sure i've missed loads....

Craig

 

[Markydo]

mine would be!

Enter the dragon!

Glimmerman!

Aliens!

3 kings!

saving private ryan!

under siege!

face off!

star wars!

deliverance!

thats just a few there are loads more! in fact too many to mention.

Marky

 

[Sleeping Fox]

Ohhh I've got some new ones

The One - It was actually a good movie, if you watch the special features you know how much work and devotion went into this film....and besides I'm a fan of Statham and Li....
And how each Li had a different fighting style was a cool feature.
And you can't forget the Black Mask...heehee, foriegn films

Oh and a few more li movies i've not seen but sound awesome are- The Tai Chi Master and Legens of shaolin

One Qustion, why hasn't anyone listed the Crow Movies?

Enter the Dragon- Come on I have to list this one amongst you old farts?

 

[Storm]

Enter The Dragon was awesome.

 

[Sleeping Fox]

I can't believe I flippin fogot this movie...
Its one of my Number ones...

The BoonDock Saints- Come on! great script...funny as hell, one of dafoes better performances...
and hell BoonDock Saints 2: All saints dayis in post production! woot woot