Top 10 Action Flicks
February 13th, 2007 by Crza under archive, movies, top10I love action movies. These past few day I’ve must of watched 8 of them. Here’s a list of my favorite action movies:
- Aliens- This is the second movie and it was done by James Cameron. This is my all time fave’. It has horror, suspense and balls to the wall action. Most try to imitate this formula but fall short.
- Saving Private Ryan- I know this isn’t really an action movie but the scenes are really intense. This movie always keeps me on edge even though I’ve seen it like 20 times. The characters make this flick so good.
- Empire Strikes Back -The second movie in the Star Wars triology. How fucked is this movie? Luke finds out his Dad is Darth Vader, Han Solo gets all jacked, dam this one was dark and the action is intense. The fight scene between Vader and Luke is one of the best.
- Heat- Dude, that bank robbery scene…have you seen it? Oh shit, talk about over the top
- Terminator- That scene in the police station is recockulous.
- Children of Men- This is a new flick and at first I didn’t want to see it. The story seemed lame. Holy shit I was wrong. The scene in the car (which some film nerds talk highly about due to the camera angles) will have you gripping your seat. The whole movie had me so tense. Crazy action scenes in the end.
- Dusk Till Dawn- I rented this movie a long time ago and I had no idea it was about vampires. It’s like 2 movies in 1. It’s a fun ride and Salma Hayek is half naked in the flick.
- Kill Bill Vol.1- I had a hard time thinking of which kung fu flick I liked the best. I could do a separate list for these films. I know some kung fu snobs will hate this flick but this movie is brutal and really fast paced.
- First Blood- This movie had every kid buying a survival knife with a compass on the handle. Such a good flick. The scene that blew my mind was where he stitched himself up. Holy fuck that is some real man shit right there.
- Die Hard- Tons of one liners in this flick.
What are your favz’?
February 13th, 2007 at 10:50 am
not a huge ‘action flick’ fan, but i really liked Children of Men. never really thought of star wars as anything but sci-fi, but i’ll put a thumbs up for that one too.
February 13th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
You are right it is scifi but I decided to just lump into action. Shit getting blown up etc…
February 14th, 2007 at 6:17 am
ok for Dusk Till Dawn.
i want to add Desperado. The scene in the bar is incredible.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Die Hard 1, 2, 3 and 4 (should come out this summer!)
February 14th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Totally on point with “Children of Men.” I saw it the other night at the $2 theater just for something to do. Didn’t think it would be anything special, but it caught me off guard. Really liked it. My favorite part was toward the end where he’s in the refugee camp running after the people who took the girl. I truly felt like I was an embedded photo-journalist following some third-world civil war fighter. I couldn’t even tell there were visual fx because they were so subtle, yet so real.
Anyway, I’d like to add “Enter the Dragon” to the list, just because of its influence in other movies. “Smokey and the Bandit” gets it done as well.
Oh, I almost forgot–John Woo movies…any of them! “The Killer” or “Hard Boiled” are definitely the best gun-battle, bullet-orgy scenes ever put to celluloid. Also where I first saw Chow Yun Fat.
February 14th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Killer and Hard Boiled are super good calls.
May 1st, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Just a few others to consider:
Bloodsport
Braveheart
Cliffhanger
Crank
Dante’s Peak
Gone in 60 seconds
Gladiator
Independence Day
Starship Troopers
Total Recall
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Matrix I, II & III
The Professional
The Rock
Transporter I & II
Maybe even Tombstone
Robert K
March 20th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Crank was a really good movie. Robert’s list hits some of my favorites… Total Recall, The Rock I could watch over and over again.
I would also like to recommend a movie called The Last Outlaw… It has an all star cast including Mickey Rourke. Is a Western from 91!