The Biglime Action Fifty

[The Liberal Elite]

The long kiss goodnight

is the warriors 'action'?

[Guest]

One of the best nights in I had on my own consisted of.

Pizza Hut Pizza

A bottle of Champagne

Die Hard

Class!

[The Liberal Elite]

The smirnoff ad by michel Gondry with the bloke who jumps from genre to genre.

[Space Renegade Ulala]

[quote name='Duncan' date='Jul 8 2004, 10:03 AM'] The smirnoff ad by michel Gondry with the bloke who jumps from genre to genre. [/quote]
Don't forget the girl in the sparkly green dress was there too. She ruled.

[Vemsie]

The long kiss goodnight

Underrated and absolutely ace. Like The Last Boy Scout, another Shane Black scripted corker.

Some of my random faves: The Killer, Hard Boiled, Once Upon a Time in China, Kill Bill, Blade II, The Wild Bunch.

[Caleb Newcastle]

The Wild Bunch.

Vemsie calls it right again.

I'll vote for:

Hard Boiled

The Last Boyscout

Robocop

Versus

And, er, Die Hard 2: Die Harder...

[Vemsie]

Robocop is probably my all time favorite film, but I'd say it's definitely sci-fi. Like The Matrix.

[ChrisN]

Ronin

The Transporter

Desperado

Ones I'm not sure whether should make it:

Equilibrium

Kill Bill

Brotherhood of the Wolf

Spiderman

The Last Samurai

Van Helsing

[Vemsie]

Spider-Man is ace. As is The Crow

And Speed.

[The Liberal Elite]

OMG! Equilbrium is just BAAAD.

[Vemsie]

And Demoliton man was Stallones last good action movie too, if you ask me.

Was that before or after Cliffhanger? Because I really dig that one.

Renny Harlin has made some great action films. Long Kiss Good Night, Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger.

[ChrisN]

OMG! Equilbrium is just BAAAD.

Well with an intelligently argued rebuttal like that theres no way it can be in the list.

[Billy Brown]

It's the full monty we're talking about here.

I think that was supposed to be more of a comedy drama than an action movie.

[The Liberal Elite]

Well with an intelligently argued rebuttal like that theres no way it can be in the list.

well, for one, it's not an action film. it has about 2 scenes where they do that wanky gun fu stuff, and the rest of the film is some 16 year old's reimagining of 1984.

[Dom B]

Speed and Desperado are essential for this list I think.

Terminator 2, unless that's sci-fi. But if Aliens and Predator are allowed then...

And I really want to suggest The Fast and The Furious for it's glorious stunt driving and truck-based shotgun antics and lack of CGI, but it's not a very good film. Good action is not enough on it's own.

Also, Spider-Man 2... I'd suggest postponing the final list until a few more people have seen this.

[Yewone]

The Transporter

Brotherhood of the Wolf

Yes & Yes!

Although Brotherhood is a bit long, the action scenes are brilliant. Have you seen the uncut version of the first fight? Its about 20 minutes long! B)

[SeanR]

Was that before or after Cliffhanger? Because I really dig that one.

Renny Harlin has made some great action films. Long Kiss Good Night, Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger.

deep rising

Nightmare on elmstreet 3 (or was it 4?)

[squirtle]

Where's Action Jackson?

[Aust]

Where's Action Jackson?

Over there with Hudson Hawk

[Rin]

Speed

Terminator 2

Matrix

Leon

Southern Comfort (does that count, or is that more of a thriller?)

Ghost Dog - Way of the Samurai

The Fugitive

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Great Escape

Are we including war films as action films? Platoon, Braveheart, Ran etc. And what about Westerns?

[squirtle]

Over there with Hudson Hawk

Cool. Hudson Hawk is great and much maligned for no good reason.

Action films...

The Rock.

[SeanR]

Cool. Hudson Hawk is great and much maligned for no good reason.

Action films...

The Rock.

Maybe he was thinking of The Last Boy Scout

[JBD]

Enter the Dragon; hilariously dated and incredibly cool at the same time. Also of course, the template for about every third video game ever made.

[le sai]

the matrix....

iconic action...very very cool indeed. NOT THE SEQUELS. the original rocked, especially the foyer sequence. A true action classic . . . but not Die Hard Classic.

[dunni]

Leon

A couple of people have mentioned Leon now. It's an excellent film, but is it really an action film?

[Rin]

A couple of people have mentioned Leon now. It's an excellent film, but is it really an action film?

I guess it's one of those multiple-genre films. Some scenes are undoubtably action scenes (ie the first and last sections). Some play more like a thriller. Not all films are all-out action like Die Hard so it's difficult to select boundaries.

[Vemsie]

I'd say Leon counts. And it's indeed great.

[DirkCrisis]

Ghost Dog - Way of the Samurai

I've always wanted to see this but it's never been cheap enough and my local Blockbuster is crap.

Is it a straight actioner or does it try to be deep with poorly researched Samurai lore?

[Vemsie]

Is it a straight actioner or does it try to be deep with poorly researched Samurai lore?

Neither.

[Andy_Tanner]

i've seen a few shouts for Terminator 2 but what about the original? imo it's still the best 'hardware' movie of all time, and ranks up there with Die Hard as an action flick too.