What R Your Favorite Action/Adv Movies? (1 Viewer)

[Ben::H]

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.

 

[Jack Briggs]

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.

 

[Kain_C]

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.

 

[Ben::H]

Jack- Good Point! Can you move this to the Movies section?

 

[Ben::H]

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.

 

[Jonathan_]

Die Hard

 

[Jack Briggs]

Per Ben's point, thread moved.

 

[Ben::H]

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.

 

[Nate Anderson]

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.

 

[Malcolm R]

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

 

[Kain_C]

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...

 

[Ben::H]

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.

 

[BrettGallman]

Escape from New York
The Thing
From Dusk 'Til Dawn
Predator

 

[Jacob McCraw]

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

 

[Hunter P]

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.

 

[Brian_D]

The One
Kiss of the Dragon
True Lies
Exit Wounds
Half Past Dead
Blade 1, 2, and 3
Underworld

 

[TommyT]

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.

 

[Neil Joseph]

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

 

[Hunter P]

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*

 

[mikeSantos]

The Warriors!