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retro74 1 Feb 2018 12:31:03 3,798 posts
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It's Predator for me too but alongside Robocop (although some might argue that is a sci-fi movie)

I remember getting them both on vhs from the rental van at the same time. What a great day

HarryPalmer 1 Feb 2018 12:31:14 6,357 posts
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Does it have set pieces?

edit: @neilka

Edited by HarryPalmer at 12:31:32 01-02-2018

phAge 1 Feb 2018 12:32:34 25,487 posts
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T2.

Or Russian Terminator.

https://youtu.be/6GyGRH8Zbv8

Seriously. You've never seen anything like it.

HarryPalmer 1 Feb 2018 12:33:37 6,357 posts
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@retro74 I think the satire in Robocop pushes into the sci-fi category, and the action isnt actually that spectacular. Although the ED-209 scene is brilliant.

smoothpete 1 Feb 2018 12:34:37 37,743 posts
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Ip Man is probably my favourite martial arts movie.

Donnie fuckin' Yen, ultimate baddass.

https://youtu.be/upwyWKzozII?t=32

Edited by smoothpete at 12:35:19 01-02-2018

dmj 1 Feb 2018 12:34:40 1,081 posts
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Hard Boiled/Predator/Die Hard.

Are we classing 'martial arts' as a separate genre? If not, I'll probably have to pick an eighties/early nineties Jackie Chan movie.

Or The Raid (I think the sequel has better action scenes, but to have made the first on $1m is insane).

BreadBinLidHero 1 Feb 2018 12:35:10 10,801 posts
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As a whole film RoboCop, easily. Just for the action... I'm going to say Terminator 2.

Honourable mention for Dredd.

Load_2.0 1 Feb 2018 12:35:48 33,582 posts
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Kill Squad.

Tonka 1 Feb 2018 12:37:09 31,979 posts
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Mad Max: Fury Road

But that's cheating. The second best is Con Air

HarryPalmer 1 Feb 2018 12:37:10 6,357 posts
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Dredd is fucking great.

mangojoe 1 Feb 2018 12:37:11 2,529 posts
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Terminator 1

mrpon 1 Feb 2018 12:39:52 37,366 posts
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Action Jackson

Deleted user 1 February 2018 12:41:45

thelzdking wrote:
As a whole film RoboCop, easily. Just for the action... I'm going to say Terminator 2.

Honourable mention for Dredd.

Made me smile as I realised I'd forgotten this when I read "Raid".

Spent an entire weekend just rewatching Dredd when I first got the blu ray.

smoothpete 1 Feb 2018 12:42:42 37,743 posts
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Desperado, not a great film as a whole but excellent action scenes

anephric 1 Feb 2018 12:45:00 5,274 posts
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mrpon wrote:
Action Jackson

Should be sued under Trade Descriptions as it has a distinct lack of action.

Decks 1 Feb 2018 12:45:27 31,013 posts
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Dredd is probably the best recent action film for me.

retro74 1 Feb 2018 12:48:59 3,798 posts
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Page 2 and no mention of Taken yet?

It's actually 10 years old this year, how time flies when you are not having fun

just noticed the spoiler on page 1

Edited by retro74 at 12:49:46 01-02-2018

Mola_Ram 1 Feb 2018 12:49:55 26,187 posts
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retro74 wrote:
Page 2 and no mention of Taken yet?

It's actually 10 years old this year, how time flies when you are not having fun

Check the first post.

retro74 1 Feb 2018 12:51:06 3,798 posts
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@Mola_Ram

I did as soon as I wrote my post and saw the spoiler - silly me!

Mola_Ram 1 Feb 2018 12:52:23 26,187 posts
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No worries.

It's not actually that great.

senso-ji 1 Feb 2018 12:53:06 10,271 posts
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The Raid gets my vote. Better than any action film Hollywood have put out in the last decade.

UncleLou Moderator 1 Feb 2018 12:54:18 40,723 posts
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Decks wrote:

UncleLou wrote:
The French Connection
Not really an action film. So change your vote to Predator.

Pah.

Says "action" right here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/

Deleted user 1 February 2018 12:55:05

Die Hard.

That was easy.

Decks 1 Feb 2018 12:55:14 31,013 posts
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I would go with "Crime Thriller"

dmj 1 Feb 2018 12:58:17 1,081 posts
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The Onion AV Club did a series on the 'most important' action movies from each year (starting in 1968): https://www.avclub.com/c/a-history-of-violence

Don't agree with every choice but it's a good read.

brokenkey 1 Feb 2018 13:00:15 11,128 posts
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Are we to conclude that live action/non CGI films make the best action movies?

Glad no-one's mentioned Enter the Dragon. Saw it the other night, its properly shit.

smoothpete 1 Feb 2018 13:02:56 37,743 posts
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brokenkey wrote:
Are we to conclude that live action/non CGI films make the best action movies?

Absolutely yes

Deleted user 1 February 2018 13:04:29

Terminator 2

Deleted user 1 February 2018 13:04:33

@DMJ Enjoyed reading those each fortnight. Think a superhero list is next. The guy clearly watches loads of shit so we don't have to.

Decks 1 Feb 2018 13:06:38 31,013 posts
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Enter the Dragon is not shit.

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