I'm a big action/adventure movie fan, but I feel like I've run out of stuff to rent. Please list any oft-overlooked action movies you can think of. Anything from the 90s or 80s would be much appreciated.
The original Italian Job with Michael Caine and Benny Hill and the original Thomas Crown Affair with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway are also good.
I'm starting to think of some overlooked ones...
ffolkes with Roger Moore, James Mason and Anthony Perkins Red Dawn Charlie Scheen and Patrick Swayze Executive Decision Kurt Russell and Halle Berry Escape from New York Kurt Russell Midnight Run De Niro and Grodin
Stallone Daylight, Cliffhanger, Demolition Man, Victory The Final Countdown Kirk Douglas Hellfighters Joh Wayne Three Days of the Condor Robert Redford
With Brian Bosworth as the "hero", Lance Henriksen as the pluperfect villain and William Forsythe as his loopy henchman. I used air quotes around hero, because when candyboy goes undercover as a biker, everything the mulleted putz does only makes bad matters worse...
... much, much worse.
I swear the damned thing is a very sly send-up of the genre.
Nighthawks -- Underrated Sly
Out for Justice -- Action packed and funny (sometimes unintentionally so)
Running Scared -- Billy Crystal
"I ask every producer I meet if they need TV specs they say yeah. They all want a 40 inch display that's 1080p and 120Hz. So, I quit my job at the West Hollywood Best Buy."
- Screenwriting Friend
COMMANDO will always be one of my favorite guilty-pleasure action movies. It practically raises camp to an art form. And most of that's thanks to Vernon Wells as Bennett, the henchman with the chain mail vest and gay porn star mustache.
I'll add William Friedkin's The Hunted, with Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro. It's worth seeing for the knife fights alone. Bonus: homemade shivs.
Note: Some of these movies are now available on HD, and or BluRay (or will be shortly depending on region).
Rewatching some of them... Like the original Die Hard... In 1080p... Is like watching a whole new movie again because of the detail that was left out in the standard DVD and sometimes VHS transfers. Also, the audio is even closer to the actual theatrical experience (broader; more bass) than a lot of the DVD and VHS transfers too.
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