Kick Ass Action Movies!

[SuperDanX]

Looking for recommendations for some kick ass action movies! (forgive me for being all american) Seen the classics, Commando/Predator/Rambo's etc etc but hungry for more, i like my action films from the 80's/90's but any time frame is fine as are genres, (except kung fu) thanks in advance.

[Ajay1986]

Get some Van Damme cheese with the classic Hard Target which interestingly enough was directed by John Woo. Comes in for a lot of stick but I always found it entertaining plus it has Lance Henriksen in.

Even the trailer is win.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zAyZff2FuQ

[noobish hat]

I was surprised to find myself impressed with the comparatively recent Crank, considering I usually don't go in for any of this modern crap. Very funny too.

[Dogg Thang]

Dig out some Chuck Norris classics. There's a bunch of DVD collections I think. I bought one a while back for my father-in-law. Not sure he ever watched them. But, yeah, you can't go wrong with Van Damme.

[buster_broon]

chuck norris is the man

When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because Chuck Norris only recognizes the element of surprise.

[NemesiS]

Where do you start, theres loads:

You have probably seen most of these anyway and its hard without listing the outright obvious like Die Hards, Star Wars, Batman, Lethal Weapons, Gladiator etc etc. So...

The Rock
Con Air
Last Boy Scout - Very very funny and underrated action comedy with bruce willis
Aliens
Independence Day
Indiana Jones - Raiders
Armageddon
The Wild Bunch
Any which way you can
Every which way but loose
Heartbreak Ridge
The good, the bad and the ugly
The Arrival - Not outright action but a good alien thriller with Charlie Sheen
Enter the Dragon
The Thing
Starship Troopers
Leon
Westworld
Pulp Fiction
Dawn of the Dead
REC
Evil Dead
Man on Fire
Repo Man - One of Chuck Norris' first
Point Break
Taken - Liam Neeson. Awesome film which i'm amazed at how many people still haven't seen

Probably gone a bit off track but there loads that i would class as action

[Soundwave]

If you dont mind reading your movies then you need to hit up the Heroic Bloodshed movies of John Woo et al like...

A Better Tomorrow Trilogy
Hard Boiled
The Killer
Bullet in the Head
Young & Dangerous Trilogy
City on Fire

Then when your done being amazed at how great they really are you can look to America for ultimate cheese along the lines of...

Kickboxer
Awol
Bloodsport
Marine (John Cena is a suprisingly good Arnie Replacement)
Crank
JCVD
Universal Soldier
Red Dawn
Escape from New York
Escape From LA
Hard Target
Face Off
Ronin
Heat

Like Nemesis said the list just goes on & on, but they should get you started

Neil

[Kit]

They Live
Escape from New York
Escape from LA
The Thing

I’d recommend the new Punisher film also.

[NemesiS]

They Live

I?d recommend the new Punisher film also.

Not seen They Live for years. Great Film or am i looking through a pair of those dark glasses they wore with a rose tint, lol.

I actually think the old Punisher with Dolph Lundgren is better than the new version

[Baseley09]

Soldier!

Kurt Russell always a badass.

[anephric]

I'm gonna kill 'em all, sir.

That's a rubbish film, but it scores + 10 because it has Michael Chiklis crying because Kurt doesn't like a pretty scarf he makes him, and Sean Pertwee getting blown to bits. Again. Plus KR looking so pumped he resembles a pile of swollen sausages stuffed inside a big bag of swollen sausages.

I recommend Tango & Cash. That film has everything, including KR dressed as a lady. Never have I been so tempted.

[Baseley09]

It also has Jason Scott Lee and direction by Paul Anderson, you know the pure quality right there. With Pertwee in the mix you can't possibly go wrong, his vocal power nearly makes me purchase a Panasonic plasma nightly.

[huxley]

Shoot Em Up? Also a kick ass soundtrack.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465602/

[rmoxon]

Shoot em up is pretty fun yeah...

Another recent action film I actualy liked alot was Punisher: War Zone.

Its the kind they dont make much nowadays, very violent and some hilarious moments of dark humour... Much better than either of the other punisher movies as well...

[Gradius]

Action Jackson with Carl Weathers and Red Scorpion spring to mind. Nothing beats Commando tho.