Kevin's Watch

just including a link here to a surprisingly (to me) even-handed list of "the best" action films. I cannot disagree with the last three. All others are aptly placed.

insidemovies.moviefone.com/2010/01/18/b ... on-movies/

There are so many films missing from this list Im shocked, but Im glad Raiders tops it.

No, no, no, no, no.

There is not a better action film in existence than Die Hard. T2 isn't half the action film that The Terminator is.

1. Die Hard
2. Lethal Weapon
3. The Terminator
4. Die Hard With a Vengeance
5. Hardboiled
6. Aliens
7. First Blood
8. Braveheart
9. Robocop
10. We Were Soldiers

The Wages of Fear/Sorcerer are great films, but I'd label them as drama/suspense. RotLA is a boatload of fun, and should probably be somewhere around #15. Point Break needs to be on the list as well.

Not a bad list for once; I've got no bones on any of em nor the ranking. Seen em all but for Hard Boiled.

Kil Tyme wrote:Not a bad list for once; I've got no bones on any of em nor the ranking. Seen em all but for Hard Boiled.

Bump

Ugh, seriously? Speed topping Aliens?

And I dearly love The Great Escape, but it hardly qualifies as an action film, let alone one of the greatest.

Speed is a far superior film to Aliens. But Aliens is,,,entertaining.

Speed was a limp Die Hard knock-off.

If Blade Runner is an action film, then Driving Miss Daisy is a prequel to The Fast and the Furious.

That list was pretty questionable. I prefer Cail's picks, though I'd ditch Lethal Weapon and We Were Soldiers, and add Total Recall and The Killer.

Montresor wrote:If Blade Runner is an action film, then Driving Miss Daisy is a prequel to The Fast and the Furious.

That list was pretty questionable. I prefer Cail's picks, though I'd ditch Lethal Weapon and We Were Soldiers, and add Total Recall and The Killer.

Yeah, no way Blade Runner is an action flick. The Killer is great, but I prefer A Better Tomorrow.

Wow. I'm seriously shocked at the films selected for that list.

Where are the truly amazing action films like:
Commando
Tango and Cash
Action Jackson
Firestorm
Last Action Hero
Sharky's Machine
Gymkata
...well?

Everybody leaves out Breakdown with Kurt Russell-that movie was so insane I couldn't breathe at the end.
One of my all time favs is Runaway Train with Jon Voight, except for one outlandish scene very intense-never a dull moment. Switchback is pretty dam intense too (guess I like train movies).

Breakdown is a great movie, but I'd file it under "Thriller", not "Action".

Cail wrote:No, no, no, no, no.

There is not a better action film in existence than Die Hard. T2 isn't half the action film that The Terminator is.

1. Die Hard
2. Lethal Weapon
3. The Terminator
4. Die Hard With a Vengeance
5. Hardboiled
6. Aliens
7. First Blood
8. Braveheart
9. Robocop
10. We Were Soldiers

The Wages of Fear/Sorcerer are great films, but I'd label them as drama/suspense. RotLA is a boatload of fun, and should probably be somewhere around #15. Point Break needs to be on the list as well.

This is a great list although I haven't seen Hardboiled. I might quibble over Aliens and First Blood, they should be higher. We Were Soldiers is to me a war flick, and easily in my top 10 war flicks, but I don't think it fits here.

I could easily see removing both Braveheart and We Were Soldiers. They're both genre films that are action-packed, not straight-up action.

I could see True Lies up there.

Cail wrote:Breakdown is a great movie, but I'd file it under "Thriller", not "Action"

sure was a hell of a lot of action in it...

Where's Fight Club?

Come on; some of you guys are naming B movies! Action Jackson? The orig list is almost full of action blockbusters. I'd name White Lightning in the list, too then if we want to drag in all sorts of B rated chaser flicks. I guess I'd have a few replacments such as Preditor instead of something I haven't seen, but of all the on-line lists I've seen this one is at least attempting to be normal. Arnold makes great actions movies that I would expect people have on their lists, but for me I don't think any would be in the top 25 except for those where he is best in which he talks least, a la Terminator.

Cail wrote: The Killer is great, but I prefer A Better Tomorrow.

I love A Better Tomorrow, but I actually prefer A Better Tomorrow 2. Something about that colour coded climax with all the guys in white getting blown away.

The Killer is my favourite John Woo film, though.

Montresor wrote:

Cail wrote: The Killer is great, but I prefer A Better Tomorrow.

I love A Better Tomorrow, but I actually prefer A Better Tomorrow 2. Something about that colour coded climax with all the guys in white getting blown away.

The Killer is my favourite John Woo film, though.

You, my friend, have excellent taste in films. ABT2 kicks ass. I like The Killer up to the end. I can't stop laughing at the two blind lovers crawling around the church.