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What's the best purely action movie you've ever seen?


My vote is for Terminator 2: Judgement Day. It's had Arnold, killer cyborgs, and plenty of action. It also had emotion and good characters. That to my mind is one of the things that sets a good action movie apart from a crappy one.

Not to mention T2 had some of the best action sequences ever. I mean who could forget the motorcylce chase or the cyberdyne sequence. It's an awesome movie. And when Uncle Bob the T-800 goes into that steel you just want to salute him for the guts that took.

Stormbringer wrote:What's the best purely action movie you've ever seen?


My vote is for Terminator 2: Judgement Day. It's had Arnold, killer cyborgs, and plenty of action. It also had emotion and good characters. That to my mind is one of the things that sets a good action movie apart from a crappy one.

Not to mention T2 had some of the best action sequences ever. I mean who could forget the motorcylce chase or the cyberdyne sequence. It's an awesome movie. And when Uncle Bob the T-800 goes into that steel you just want to salute him for the guts that took.

YOU STOLE IT!!!

I liked T2 as well. It owned.

Mission: Impossible was a great action movie too, IMO.

I'll have to concur with T2. I also thought FOTR had some great action.

Ooh, don't forget the Die Hard and Indiana Jones movies.

Lethal Weapon 4 was pretty good. Also, Matrix had awesome digital effects.

T2. Fucking awesome. Under it is the original The Terminator.

I enjoy GoldenEye, Live and Let Die, and Octopussy a lot as well.

The best action movie ever?

Obviously the French Connection

Im not sure if this is the best Ive ever scene, but Hard Boiled is probably the best gun fight movie ever made. Saw it at local movie theatre that plays Chinese movies while I was in college.

Ach too many in too many different categories.

Versus is one. So is Iron Monkey. And Fist of Legend. And Hard-Boiled. And The Killer. Damn too many.

You forgot the Professional! The last third of the movie was FUCKING awesome!

Hong Kong Theatre too?

The Killer, Hard Boiled, Bullet in the Head, Eastern Condors, A Better Tomorrow.

weemadando wrote:Hong Kong Theatre too?

Speaking of Hong Kong... How about the Lethal Weapon and Rush Hour series?

And anything with Jackie Chan in it...

Stormbringer wrote:My vote is for Terminator 2: Judgement Day. It's had Arnold, killer cyborgs, and plenty of action. It also had emotion and good characters. That to my mind is one of the things that sets a good action movie apart from a crappy one.

Not to mention T2 had some of the best action sequences ever. I mean who could forget the motorcylce chase or the cyberdyne sequence. It's an awesome movie. And when Uncle Bob the T-800 goes into that steel you just want to salute him for the guts that took.

Fuck. Beaten right off the bat.

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:

weemadando wrote:Hong Kong Theatre too?

Speaking of Hong Kong... How about the Lethal Weapon and Rush Hour series?

And anything with Jackie Chan in it...

Sweet action but no soul to them. None of the character or attachment you get with T2 or other great action movies.

So is Iron Monkey. And Fist of Legend.

The fight at the end of Iron Monkey on the poles is a classic.

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:You forgot the Professional! The last third of the movie was FUCKING awesome!

You meant to say Leon. Right?

Stormbringer wrote:

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:

weemadando wrote:Hong Kong Theatre too?

Speaking of Hong Kong... How about the Lethal Weapon and Rush Hour series?

And anything with Jackie Chan in it...

Sweet action but no soul to them. None of the character or attachment you get with T2 or other great action movies.

Uhhh... they are action movies... they may have the brains of a fundie but all they're meant to do is deliver the action that maxes out your blood adrenaline for six hours after that...

In no particular order, some good movies IMO that have not been
mentioned yet are:

"The Rock" with Sean Connery

"The Usual Suspects" with Kevin Spacey

"Rambo" with Sly

"Predator" with Arnold

You forgot Predator 2 and Con Air.

TrailerParkJawa wrote:

So is Iron Monkey. And Fist of Legend.

The fight at the end of Iron Monkey on the poles is a classic.

Just wait until Hero. Jet Li vs. Donnie Yen.

Ooh, don't forget the Die Hard and Indiana Jones movies.

Mmmm, Indiana Jones, definitely. The first and the third in the trilogy get my vote, along with 'The Fugitive,' which kicks fucking ass.

Obvious much that I'm a Harrison Ford fan?

And Neoolong, I thought 'Leon' and 'The Professional' were two different names for the same movie? I thought they were both correct, no?

Third Indiana Jones was the best, easily.

IG-88E wrote:Third Indiana Jones was the best, easily.

Gotta agree with you there.

IG-88E wrote:Third Indiana Jones was the best, easily.

Definitely. My favourites were the three trials...

"Kneel Before God!"
"In the Footsteps of the Lord!"
"In the Name of the Lord!"

But I always thought the last two challenges had their names mixed up...

The best fight scene was the one on the tank.

IG-88E wrote:The best fight scene was the one on the tank.

Yes, yes... I remember they were trying to grind each other's faces into the dust on the treads...