Originally Posted By ToonKirby 1 DIE HARD 2 ALIENS 3 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 4 THE ROAD WARRIOR 5 THE MATRIX 6 SEVEN SAMURAI 7 GLADIATOR 8 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 9 HARD-BOILED 10 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY 11 SPEED 12 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 13 THE WILD BUNCH 14 ROBOCOP 15 ENTER THE DRAGON 16 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON 17 THE BOURNE SUPREMACY 18 THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD 19 GOLDFINGER 20 KILL BILL - VOL. 1 21 SPIDER-MAN 2 22 PREDATOR 23 DRUNKEN MASTER II 24 LETHAL WEAPON 25 THE INCREDIBLES DIE HARD over RAIDERS ... seriously ???
Originally Posted By peeaanuut I am glad to see Seven Samurai and The Wild Bunch in that group. 2 of my favorite movies. And I agree. Raiders should have been at the top.
Originally Posted By DAR I'd put it Raiders and Die Hard but it's very hard to quibble with this list.
Originally Posted By DAR I'd put it Raiders and Die Hard but it's very hard to quibble with this list. I take that back I wasn't a big fan Crouching Tigger Hidden Dragon.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby This is EW, they hated "Pirates". And I wouldn't call "Pirates" a drama, its a fantasy film with action. And I hardly call "Saving Private Ryan" an action film either ... its far too realistic and bleak. Yes, it has incredible battle sequences, but it just doesn't seem to sit well with the others like "Lethal Weapon". The term "action movie" hints at something a little more escapist then a hard core war movie like "Ryan". "Raiders" is better acted, directed and scripted then "Die Hard", a good popcorn movie in its own right but not the best. I would say that if this list was being published around the time of "Indy 4", "Raiders" would be #1. The "Die Hard" entry on the list leads right to ... an article about "Die Hard 4". But that's EW for you ...
Originally Posted By hightp I never even heard of #9 Hard Boiled but I'll have to check it out, and I thought that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was one of the worst movies I had ever seen. (It's one of the few movies I actually considered walking out on.) Although 7 Samurai is on the list, I could have, easily, included the Magnificent 7, as well as the original Mark Of Zorro.
Originally Posted By hightp I realize that, DAR, I guess my comment wasn't as clear as I thought. I see Hard Boiled is a Chow Yung Fat movie. Does anyone know if it is available in the US?
Originally Posted By DAR I think Hard Boiled is available. If it's the movie I'm thinking of it's pretty crazy. It's a Hong Kong movie, John Woo directed it. Every character has two guns, flies through the air, fires a hundred bullets, the lucky ones don't get it hit. If I'm thinking correctly the end shootout which is basically the whole movie takes place in a hospital.
Originally Posted By jmoore1966 Raiders #1 -- Look up action movie in the dictionary and its pictures is in there. Alien & Saving Private Ryan seem out of category. Kill Bill? There's always a bias towards the most recent, I guess.
Originally Posted By Main Street Dad I agree about Ryan, doesnt belong in this group. Glad to see Road Warrior high, I've always felt that movie was under appreciated. Gladiator at #7?? That whole movie did nothing for me.
Originally Posted By seanyoda Hard Bolied is available on DVD. You might want to wait; A two-disc "ultimate edition" is being released on July 24th.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Drunken Master II? <Alien & Saving Private Ryan seem out of category.> Ryan I agree on, but the choice at #2 is Aliens (the first sequel), which was in fact a really good action flick.
Originally Posted By DAR Time to add those to the list that should have been on there. I would remove Crouching Tiger and add The Dirty Dozen.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby "Drunken Master II", also known as "The Legend of Drunken Master", stars Jackie Chan and is generally considered his best. I'm curious why those who said they don't like "Crouching Tiger", well, didn't like it.
Originally Posted By DAR I haven't been impressed with anything Ang Lee has done. I like the look of his films, CTHD, Hulk and Brokeback Mountain, but storywise they all just leave me cold.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut I liked CTHD. I wouldnt call it tops of my list, but it was watchable. There just seemed to be no point to it. Also they downplayed the action sequences in that movie so much with that slow dragged out music they chose from YoYo Ma.
