Classic Action Movies

[Niteowl]

well, i dunno if classic is teh right word.. but damn good, and you won't be dissapointed. in no particular order:

Die Hard (the sequels, if you want, TSIYW)
Karate Kid
Top Gun
Lethal Weapon (TSIYW)
Blood Sport (van damme's only good movie.. evar.)
Aliens
Young Guns
Predator (TSIYW)
The Professional
La Femme Nikita
A Long Kiss Goodnight (the?)
Hard Boiled

Con Air
Face Off
The Fifth Element
The Boy Scout

aaannd.. i know i missed a ton.. please add what you think the younger folk might not have seen, whether they were yet to be born when teh movie was made, or whatnot.

[Grimm]

Die Hard Check
Karate Kid Check
Top Gun
Lethal Weapon Check
Blood Sport
Aliens Check
Young Guns
Predator Check
The Professional
La Femme Nikita
A Long Kiss Goodnight
Hard Boiled

Con Air Check
Face Off Check
The Fifth Element Check
The Boy Scout

A friend of mine has been recommending The Professional a lot recently, so I'll have to double my efforts at going out and renting it or something.

[Jefe]

you forgot Kill Bill

[BobTheJanitor]

you forgot Kill Bill

You would have to be AWFULLY young to have missed that one. I think we're aiming at older movies that people might not know about the awesomeness of. Although some of Tarantino's earlier work should be included: Reservoir Dogs is wicked awesome. The Usual Suspects is quite possibly the best movie ever. Way of the Gun, while a newer movie, didn't get a lot of publicity, and that's one that's worth seeing. Hmm... If I think of more I'll get back to you.

Edit: hello, punctuation!

[@gentOrange]

Starship Troopers boyee :p

Young Guns is one of the best movies of all time. Go rent it right now. Better yet run to best buy and buy the dvd.

[X-S-Z]

Hard Boiled.... HARD BOILED!!!!!!!!!!!! ROX0RZ!!!

Bullet in the Head, too

[Malevolent]

Some aren't that old, but oh well.

True Lies
Terminator 2
The Fugitive
Goldeneye (and other older Bond movies)
Indiana Jones (series)
Braveheart (war, but action)
Bladerunner (sci-fi, but still contains action)


And Die Hard is one of the best action movies ever .

[Isamil]

Havn't seen any of them.  I don't go to movies much though.

[Seth]

Apacolypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon

3 best war movies ever made...

oh then theirs Saving Pt.Ryan

lets not forget ForestGump
(still war movie it has vietnam in it)

[Malevolent]

Havn't seen any of them.  I don't go to movies much though.

Isamil, all the movies we mentioned are at least about five years old. Then other are from the '80s. That could be a reason too. :p

[Anarki3x6]

hehe , seen all the movies you all listed  :blink:
except a long kiss goodnight , ill be sure to check it out tho

[Niteowl]

yes, we should make other lists for war and sci fi.


braveheart is sorta an epic war type movie, i love it, but i'm not sure if it fits into the action movie category i'm talking about.

if you are going to there, then it's be
braveheart
gangs of new york
gladiator
master and commander

for war, yeah, what seth said.



bob: yeah, just as i hit post, The Usual Suspects popped up in my head :S

so, these movies i listed are like.. you won't regret renting them

OH DEAR GOD!! i forgot
Red Dawn

[@gentOrange]

Boondock Saints anyone?

[Grimm]

Since we're adding on some relatively recent movies as well, I'll add Equilibrium, although I'm sure nearly everyone has seen that.

Also, there was one movie that the same friend as mentioned before, who is a major movie fanatic (like my obsession with music, but with movies for him), a movie he suggested and that I've seen many good reviews for is Memento. Something about it being very much a tribute to the old film nior movies and such.

[@gentOrange]

Memento is hardly an action movie through Grimm.

[Sancho]

Starship Troopers boyee :p

Oh boy, I managed to finally watch through all that crappy acting the other day and it was one of the most entertaining movies I've ever seen.  Its like a 20/10 point movie, minus 10 points for the bad acting, making it about 10/10.  WHAT OTHER MOVIE SHOWS BRAINS GETTING SUCKED RIGHT OUT OF A GUY'S HEAD?!  POINT MADE!

[Venmoch]

Ghost In The Shell

[Clashen]

ROCKY 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Rambo: First Blood Part 1, 2 and 3





Stallone  <3

[Anarki3x6]

ooh ooh , Event Horizon, thats a pretty sweet sorta old sci-fi  :ph34r:

[Grimm]

Too bad Ghost in the Shell is anime, Venmoch.  :p

Event Horizon is another one of those movies I need to see.