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What R Your Favorite Action/Adv Movies?

post #1 of 29
10/4/05 at 11:06am
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Wife and I were looking through the collection last night trying to find a good action/adventure movie to watch. Couldn't find anything we wanted to see, so I decided it's time to add some to the collection. I would love to hear what YOUR favorites are in these genres.
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post #2 of 29
10/4/05 at 12:09pm
Ben, center the discussion around the DVDs of movies and your thread can stay here in the Software section. Otherwise, it really seems to belong in the Movies area.
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post #3 of 29
10/4/05 at 12:21pm
Indy Jones DVD trilogy is a must have of course. But you should be more specific as there are alot of different sub-genres within the action genre. If you like modern action, I'd recommend the Bourne movies, or if you like classics, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is great.
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post #4 of 29
10/4/05 at 1:30pm
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Jack- Good Point! Can you move this to the Movies section?
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post #5 of 29
10/4/05 at 1:33pm
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Kain- Well, I didn't want to be too specific as I was hoping I might get suggestions I hadn't thought of. But I suppose I'm looking more for modern (last 20 years) movies. By the way, the Indy collection is one of my favorite recent additions.
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post #6 of 29
10/4/05 at 2:11pm
Die Hard
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post #7 of 29
10/4/05 at 2:23pm
Per Ben's point, thread moved.
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post #8 of 29
10/4/05 at 2:40pm
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I thought I would go ahead and list some of my all time favorites that I already have:

Fifth Element
Kill Bill
Rundown
House of Flying Daggers
Last Samurai
Once Upon a Time In Mexico
LOTR Trilogy

I know some of these crossover into other genres, but still are great action movies.
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post #9 of 29
10/4/05 at 2:59pm
Die Hard Trilogy
Kill Bill
Fifth Element
Leon: The Professional
Lethal Weapon series
The Last Boyscout
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Executive Decision
Indiana Jones
Tomorrow Never Dies (I love both of the chase sequences, especially the parking garage one.)
Face/Off
La Femme Nikita
The Edge
Predator
Top Gun

That should get you started.
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post #10 of 29
10/4/05 at 4:25pm
Eraser
The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Transporter
The Transporter 2
Romeo Must Die
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
Cradle 2 the Grave
Batman Begins
Serenity
Hero
A Clear & Present Danger
The Rock
Spider-Man 2
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post #11 of 29
10/4/05 at 4:38pm
Hero
Oldboy
Crouching Tiger...
Ichi the Killer (don't know the genre really)
Tae Guk Gi
Equilibrium
Rambo Pt 2
Blade
Predator
Goldeneye
Max Mad (a little older than 20 years)
The Road Warrior (THE action film...period)
The Matrix trilogy

All I can think of for now...
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post #12 of 29
10/4/05 at 6:31pm
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I forgot about Long Kiss Goodnight. A highly unerrated movie! I am adding it to my list. You guys are giving me some great ideas. You've listed a lot of movies I've never heard of too, which is exactly what I was hoping.
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post #13 of 29
10/4/05 at 8:38pm
Escape from New York
The Thing
From Dusk 'Til Dawn
Predator
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post #14 of 29
10/5/05 at 6:36am
Lots of good ones already mentioned. I'll add:

The Killer
Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2 (2 has more action)
Ronin
Cliffhanger
Aliens
The Mask of Zorro
Desperado
The Terminator Trilogy
Bad Boys 1 & 2
Akira
Ninja Scroll
The Incredibles
Battle Royale
Big Trouble in Little China
Braveheart
Enter the Dragon
The Great Escape
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post #15 of 29
10/5/05 at 9:37am
Besides the usual, two movies came to mind that might be overlooked:

Payback with Mel Gibson. The movie seemed to always propell forward with no lulls. I just loved the main character's attitude of just getting what he wants no matter the odds or with whom he was dealing.

Drive (1997) with Mark Dacascos, Kadeem Hardison, and a drugged out Brittany Murphy channelling Anna Nicole Smith (you'll understand when you see her performance. ) This may be a B-movie but it has some of the best fights I've ever seen on film. Each fight in the movie is better than the one before it.

Both of these films have rewatch-ability in my book.
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post #16 of 29
10/5/05 at 9:41am
The One
Kiss of the Dragon
True Lies
Exit Wounds
Half Past Dead
Blade 1, 2, and 3
Underworld
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post #17 of 29
10/5/05 at 10:56am
I'd recommend these:

The Seven Samurai - Considered by fans to be the 1st big-budget action film in the sense that it brought together components of several genres: romance, adventure, war, etc.

Wages of Fear (1953) - One of the most [rant]INTENSELY[/rant] nervewracking films I've ever seen! Avoid the 70s remake, Sorceror.

Ronin - Some of the best car chases ever filmed.
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post #18 of 29
10/5/05 at 11:42am
I'll chip in with a few of my favourite R-rated action/adventure...

- Gladiator
- Matrix trilogy
- Speed
- Crimson Tide
- Air Force One
- Die Hard 1&2
- Braveheart
- The Peacemaker
- True Lies
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post #19 of 29
10/5/05 at 1:00pm
Matrix trilogy
Um, I'm pretty sure that there was only one Matrix movie. The others are a myth. And there was only one Highlander movie too. Yup, pretty sure. Never happened. Pretty sure. Never happened. Pretty...
*goes into fetal position and sucks thumb*
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post #20 of 29
10/5/05 at 9:33pm
The Warriors!
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post #21 of 29
10/5/05 at 9:36pm
I forgot to mention the 80's ninja movies! They were great back in the day.
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post #22 of 29
10/6/05 at 11:18am
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Hunter- There WAS only one Matrix movie. Who told you different? (Not sucking thumb, but soda is getting a workout.)
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post #23 of 29
10/6/05 at 1:32pm
Behind Enemy Lines
Sword Fish
The first Matrix
True Lies
Superman 1 and 2
Star Wars
and all the Indy movies
any James Bond movie
Saving Private Ryan
and Spider man
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post #24 of 29
10/6/05 at 10:42pm
Well, I'll try and mention a few from my own collection and a few that I've yet to purchase that came out after 1980.
I don't believe these have been mentioned yet.

Movies on the High Seas:

The Bounty (Mel Gibson and Sir Anthony Hopkins)
Master and Commander
The Perfect Storm
The Hunt For Red October
Crimson Tide
White Squall

Westerns/War:

Open Range
Silverado
The Big Red One
Unforgiven
Enemy at the Gates
Gettysburg
Black Hawk Down

Documentary:

Himalaya
Lewis and Clark: The Corp of Discovery
National Geographic - Everest
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post #25 of 29
10/6/09 at 4:20pm
Braveheart
The Last Samurai
War of the Worlds
300
The Dark Knight
Push
The Patriot
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post #26 of 29
10/7/09 at 2:43am
"Live And Let Die." It was the first of the James Bond movies to feature Roger Moore. I especially love the boat chase scene, and some of the shots of a young Jane Seymour.
I also like "The Dogs Of War." Starring Christopher Walken and Tom Berenger, this is about a group of mercenary soldiers who plot to overthrow a small country in Africa.
In a similar vein, try "The Wild Geese." This stars Richard Burton Richard Harris, and Roger Moore as leaders of another group of mercenaries, this time hired to rescue an African politician from a prison camp.
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post #27 of 29
10/7/09 at 6:17am
Star Wars, of course.
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post #28 of 29
10/8/09 at 1:15pm

These may fall under the "War" category but when I think Action-Adventure I can't think of better movies:

The Guns of Navarone
Where Eagles Dare
Von Ryan's Express
Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

Nothing defines 'adventure' better than these flicks

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post #29 of 29
10/14/09 at 11:17am
The Rock
Crimson Tide
Equilibrium
Transformers
Hard Boiled
Mission: Impossible 3
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