Xavier Plagaro Mussard Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Nolan's Batmen! ;-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ak Ns Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Casino royale Michal Gajdoš 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronChicago Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 10 hours ago, Jonesy Jones said: Is Heat an action, if so then I love that too. Matrix (the original) is the only other action film that I'd really watch. Heat is a crime drama/thriller. Great movie though. I'm assuming the OP meant pure action movie and not a sub genre? mercer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Emery Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 10 hours ago, Jonesy Jones said: Is Heat an action, if so then I love that too. Matrix (the original) is the only other action film that I'd really watch. I would say it is, blended with other genres (a crime thriller/ drama), and with some good character development (similar to "The professional")... muscle & brains mix well. And if it isn't action, I would say it's got one of the best action scenes ever filmed. I agree Jonesy, Matrix is right up there too... and it's also a mix. Geoff CB and Jonesy Jones 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bioskop.Inc Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 The Killer (Dir. John Woo) - mind blowingly amazing & a must if you like action/gangster movies (American films just pale in comparison). Best action sequence - the opening 10mins of 'Hard Boiled' (John Woo again). Don't know how many people die, but its a lot & the gun play is out of this world. Bold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Mayer Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Midnight Run (my most watched movie ever: filled with action and humour) Battle Royale (unique, brutal and very cool) Crank (the most fun film ever, not stop action and amuzement) Spy (had a room of 8 in tears of laughter all the way through the other day) I like action movies with wit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikkor Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Beside the classic stuff that has been mentioned, I like the nolan Batmans and Inception, even when there are some people who say the action is bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 40 minutes ago, Bioskop.Inc said: The Killer (Dir. John Woo) - mind blowingly amazing & a must if you like action/gangster movies (American films just pale in comparison). Best action sequence - the opening 10mins of 'Hard Boiled' (John Woo again). Don't know how many people die, but its a lot & the gun play is out of this world. The body count for the opening scene of Hardboiled : 44. Woo's early work like The Killer, Bullet in the Head, and Hardboiled, are amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bioskop.Inc Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 18 minutes ago, Bold said: The body count for the opening scene of Hardboiled : 44. Woo's early work like The Killer, Bullet in the Head, and Hardboiled, are amazing. Love that - thought it was more, but that's probably because 307 people die in the film! Hong Kong cinema rules for this sort of thing - kung foo or guns it doesn't matter. "Infernal Affairs 1&2" are probably the best gangster films made recently (re-made by Scorcese, but not a patch on the originals - not even close). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erichd Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Blade 2. Blade teams up with vampires to fight SUPERvampires; huge fight/shootout in a vampire club; a samurai vampire; and an awesome (and, at times, funny) CGI fight between Blade and the main badguy. All around great action flick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinad Amir Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Godfather & Scarface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Digging for the roots: North By Northwest. Few know that this very film was the blueprint for the James Bond style: chases in impossible places, denying probability, the plot driven by some deliberately silly pretext which Hitchcock himself labelled as "McGuffin". Before that, Hitchcock had made many comic thrillers. He liked the cinematic approach from the silent movies. Montages of sensations (a term coined by Sergej Eisenstein), that's film in it's origin. It's all about fun, being amazing. Of these films I remember leaving the cinema, and everybody could just say "Wow-wow-wow!" : The first Terminator (hate all others). Robocop (the first, hate all others, but find the remake quite good). Alien and Alien³. Luc Besson (his approach). Kill Bill (that was pure fun) With modern CGI, anything goes. But little is awesome anymore. Speaking for myself, I am bored to death by watching superheroes or desasters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Daniel Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Terminator 2. Bold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal Gajdoš Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 John Wick! That was just pure action. A unique movie these days. Geoff CB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richg101 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Die Hard With a Vengance is probably top for me for overall entertainment. But films like Predator will always stay close to my heart Bold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk908 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Die Hard, of course Bold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Kieley Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Hot Fuzz. Geoff CB and Liam 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldolega Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 10 hours ago, hk908 said: Die Hard, of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 With comedy, anything by Stephen Chow: Kungfu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer. For old school, Yuen Woo-ping's done this great gem, Iron Monkey. (Woo-ping choreographed the fight scenes in The Matrix.) Liam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Tecno Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 I very much like most of the quoted ones. Nobody mentioned First Blood (Rambo) which I think is quite cool for those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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