What action movies from the 80s do you guys think are the best?
I admit, there's an ulterior motive for this post - I'm curious to see if anyone will nominate titles that I've long forgotten!
I'll start off with a couple of my faves: The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989). I gotta say I reckon Timothy Dalton should've replaced Roger Moore and Sean Connery as James Bond in all 007 movies in the 80s! And I do think Licence to Kill is one of the BEST Bond movies ever made. Period!
Sorry for the mini-rant Can't wait to see the lists!
Posted by Fightertown (Member # 7418) on :
The movies that remain to be my favorite 80's action films are:
Predator Die Hard Lethal Weapon Mad Max
Posted by Paul Dangerously, you iceholes.... (Member # 1022) on :
Die Hard is the only 80s action movie. Every other one is "Die Hard, only not as good..."
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Is "The Terminator" Action or SciFi or both?
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Escape from New York
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
First Blood?
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Top Gun
Posted by saturnchick (Member # 7524) on :
Die Hard Terminator Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Lethal Weapon Beverly Hills Cop Aliens Empire Strikes Back
Posted by There'll be no morning for us (Member # 5804) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valley: Is "The Terminator" Action or SciFi or both?
I always kinda seen the first Terminator as horror, the second one as sci-fi and the third one as crap Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
I don't know the difference between Action and Suspense and Thrillers....are they all the same?? Or different?
My favs...are:
Lethal Weapon Die Hard Tango and Cash Commando Silent Rage 48 Hours Cobra Nighthawks Roadhouse Wisdom
Posted by J2ME (Member # 5728) on :
A few that haven't been mentioned:
The Dead Pool Raw Deal Bloodsport
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Die Hard Lethal Weapon Nico: Above The Law Police Story 2 Predator The Killer A Better Tomorrow
Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :
First Blood (one of my all time favs) Predator American Ninja Any Chuck Norris Movie
Posted by LoverswithCassie (Member # 7794) on :
I have seen Predator on video, too. I own as well the novel tie-in, which I ordered through Biblioquest.
Posted by LoverswithCassie (Member # 7794) on :
By the way, has anybody watched Predator 2? And if so, then what did you think of it?
Posted by WolfmansGotNards (Member # 5910) on :
I'm going to have to go low budget and somewhat obscure here:
Ninja III: The Domination
Seriously awesome! The opening ninja sequence is the ultimate ninja action ever.
Wish there was a nice widescreen DVD available.
Posted by DuB1978 (Member # 7950) on :
No Retreat,No Surrender 48 Hours The Golden Child Over the Top Road House Uncommon Valor Red Dawn (probably my favorite action movie)
Posted by journey (Member # 7316) on :
Above the Law Action Jackson Aliens American Ninja Armour of God A Better Tomorrow Beverly Hills Cop Beverly Hills Cop 2 Big Trouble in Little China Bloodsport Braddock: Missing in Action 3 Cobra Code of Silence Commando Conan the Barbarian Conan the Destroyer The Dead Pool Death Wish 2 Death Wish 3 Die Hard The Empire Strikes Back Escape from New York The Exterminator Exterminator 2 An Eye for an Eye Firefox First Blood For Your Eyes Only 48 Hrs. Gotcha! Heartbreak Ridge Heat (1986) The Hunt for Red October Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Invasion U.S.A. Kickboxer The Killer (1989) Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects Lethal Weapon Lethal Weapon 2 The Living Daylights Lock Up Lone Wolf McQuade Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Malone Midnight Run Missing in Action Missing in Action 2: The Beginning Murphy's Law Never Say Never Again Night Hawks Octopussy The Package Police Story Police Story 2 Predator Prime Risk Project A Project A 2 The Protector (1985) Raiders of the Lost Ark Rambo: First Blood Part II Rambo III Raw Deal Red Dawn Red Heat Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Return of the Jedi Road House The Road Warrior RoboCop Runaway Runaway Train The Running Man Running Scared Savage Streets Sharky's Machine Shoot to Kill Silent Rage Stakeout Stick Sudden Impact Survival Quest Tango & Cash Tank 10 to Midnight The Terminator They Live Tightrope Uncommon Valor A View to a Kill Vigilante The Young Warriors
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Posted by jdocster (Member # 5752) on :
Yeah, what he said...
Nice list journey...
- j
Posted by Earl Keese (Member # 7986) on :
Definitely nice list Journey, also liked the ISIS if your into the whole brevity thing. What I didn;t see though was To Live and Die in LA . Another must see from 85 that stars William Petersen before he became Will Grissom. Gritty, unwashed, great beginning & soundtrack, turns you won't see coming, really frantic car chase and Willem Dafoe at his creepiest...and that's pretty creepy. You won't be disappointed.
Posted by Shamwow (Member # 7989) on :
quote:Originally posted by LoverswithCassie: By the way, has anybody watched Predator 2? And if so, then what did you think of it?
It's well worth watching. Stupid, not nearly as good as the original but good fun and way better than AVP stuff.
Posted by The Dice Man (Member # 8014) on :
Predator 2 is Worth watching for Busey Alone
Posted by journey (Member # 7316) on :
quote:Originally posted by Earl Keese: Definitely nice list Journey, also liked the ISIS if your into the whole brevity thing. What I didn;t see though was To Live and Die in LA . Another must see from 85 that stars William Petersen before he became Will Grissom. Gritty, unwashed, great beginning & soundtrack, turns you won't see coming, really frantic car chase and Willem Dafoe at his creepiest...and that's pretty creepy. You won't be disappointed.
Good call on To Live and Die in L.A. - that definitely should have been on my list. Some others I forgot:
Blind Fury Streets of Fire Over the Top Class of 1984 Maximum Overdrive Outland The Thing
Posted by x0x0ilymucho (Member # 6772) on :
Beverly Hills Cop I Back to the Future Terminator
Posted by Burnett (Member # 9924) on :
I've only picked pure action movies. For example: no Back to the Future, Indy or To Live and Die in L.A.
1 Robocop 2 The Terminator 3 Savage Streets 4 The Road Warrior 5 Commando 6 The Killer 7 Road House 8 Rocky III 9 Legendary Weapons of China 10 Die Hard
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Can't wait to see the lists!
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