Heya BBI'ers. Laid up with the effects of a back procedure. Looking for action film recs. -- preferably lesser-known ones that I might not have seen before.
By way of example I watched Payback (Mel Gibson) and Crank & Crank 2 (Jason Statham) recently and liked them both a great deal -- super recommend Payback if anyone hasn't seen it.
Anyway, appreciate any suggestions for a BBI'er who has to lay low this weekend.
One of the best action movies I've seen in a while.
Actually was going to watch heat last night. Was too tired to invest 2 hours and 50 minutes, but i'll to watch it today. As to the OP, I watched the Equalizer with Denzel this week and I enjoyed it.
Happy is a graphic novel and is made by the people who made Crank. It is a tv show on the SyFy Netwkrk but season one is on Netflix.
Heat was excellent. Michael Mann is great. Thief (James Caan) is great.
As far as older movies, I recently saw To Live and Die in LA. That was great.
Happy is a graphic novel and is made by the people who made Crank. It is a tv show on the SyFy Netwkrk but season one is on Netflix.
Awesome! Thanks!
One of the best action movies I've seen in a while.
Great -- thanks! Have not seen that one
Season 1 - ( New Window )
Season 2 - ( New Window )
2 Escape Plan - Sly and Arnold are much older now but great prison break action film.
3 Wanted - Very fun action film about a guild of assassins.
4 Deep Blue Sea - Genetically enhanced sharks start killing people. Fun film as though a bit cheezy and predictable in parts
Some Big Budget films that are great but still not alot of people have seen them
1 Edge of tomorrow - Excellent film, action version of Groundhog Day.
2 John Wick - Very cool vengeance action film.
3 Jack Reacher - Only the first one, sequel was crap
Olympus Has Fallen is a good flick. London Has Fallen is fun but not as good.
The Punisher - War Zone
DREDD - Best underrated action flick in the last decade (opinion)
Olympus Has Fallen is a good flick. London Has Fallen is fun but not as good.
The Punisher - War Zone
DREDD - Best underrated action flick in the last decade (opinion)
Good call on Dredd. I liked it too. And the scowl on the lead actors face as Dredd like he was constantly smelling dog shit I found unintentionally hilarious
Eastwood..The Gauntlet,The Eiger Sanction
Frankenheimer..The Challenge,Dead Bang
Walter Hill..Trespass,Undisputed
Some others..Death Hunt,The Outfit,True Romance(haven't seen this talked about much on here),The Last Boy Scout
Electric Horseman trailer - ( New Window )
True lies
Die hard
Die hard with a vengeance
Jack reacher
Matrix
Bourne
Speed
Heat
Scarface
The fugitive
The game
Braveheart
Apocolypto
Avatar
The revenant
I’m sure there are others but those come off the top. Not all are “action” but
Just watched it! HOLY SMOKES!!!
Gonna do JWII before some of the others. Thanks, fellas!
I have seen Point Blank and just ordered the Hunter. I kind of like Mel Gibson version better. Loved James Coburn "That's just mean!"
Plus I have the huge hots for Lucy Liu
Quote:
unconfirmed sequel to Payback.
Olympus Has Fallen is a good flick. London Has Fallen is fun but not as good.
The Punisher - War Zone
DREDD - Best underrated action flick in the last decade (opinion)
Good call on Dredd. I liked it too. And the scowl on the lead actors face as Dredd like he was constantly smelling dog shit I found unintentionally hilarious
REally liked Dredd.
Gonna check out Get the Gringo later this weekend. Thanks!
It’s brilliant.
It’s like watching Nick Cage in an acid fever dream and there’s chain saws.
Hard to beat The Road Warrior for straight-up action, but I bet you’re aware of it.
"Limitless"
"Nightcrawler"
I mean he killed three guys in a bar with a fuckin' pencil! Who does that??
"Magnum Force," the second Dirty Harry movie will show how Clint Eastwood earned his rep as action star.
It’s like watching Nick Cage in an acid fever dream and there’s chain saws.
i saw that. What an odd film!
Also Boobdock Saints if you missed that one
Inglorious Basterds, the Ocean’s 11 remake and Ocean’s 13 are always on my iPad. Feel better!
Upgrade (best action movie of 2018)
Blue Ruin (A revenge story I will leave it at that)
The Raid (about a team of Indonesian cops fight there way out of High rise full of killers on every floor)
The Purge Anarchy (The second in the series and well done shootouts with crazies)
The Boondock Saints is a classic
and
the second was full of action as well.
I agree it did it had the potential of being an amazing film if it expanded just a little more.