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[bronson]

I'm a big fan of silly, schlocky action movies, but sometimes I feel like I've seen it all. I've run through pretty much all JCVD/Seagal/Stallone/Arnold, etc have to offer and I'm looking for something "new."

What are some criminally underrated cheesy action movies (preferably in the 80s/90s era) that don't get enough love?

 

[Pickman]

One word.

Drive.

Easily one of the most ridiculously cheesy awesome movies ever.

edit: should note, if it wasn't for skunkers' amazing taste in bad movies, I'd have never seen this masterpiece. So kudos to him.

 

[Commander Jameson]

Runaway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCZY9Z6WvSY

Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, robots gone bad!

And the coolest POV shot.

 

[Tenebrous]

I can't remember the name of the film, but one springs to mind... There's a shortage of men & women capable of having children, so the action hero/leading character has to go on a mission to save some captive females from some aliens or something.

Hell Comes to Frogtown?

Creamfarts figured it out. You should watch that one.

Or just watch Stryker instead. The best cheesy 80s stuff is the stuff that's so unintentionally bad that it's hilarious.

 

[teruterubozu]

 

[Rhomega Beta]

Runaway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCZY9Z6WvSY

Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, robots gone bad!

And the coolest POV shot.

I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've seen nudity in a movie. In fact, i think it's the first time I saw nudity period.

 

[QuantumZebra]

Repo Man
Big Trouble in Little China
Escape from NY/LA
Commando
Bloodsport
True Lies
Over The Top
Roadhouse
Under Siege 1/2
Highlander 1/2
They Live
Soldier
Point Break


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Fuck if Sci-Fi and cyberpunk is allowed lets do this:

Johnny Mnemonic
Hackers
Lawnmower Man
Hardware
Screamers
Maximum Overdrive
Robocop 1/2/3
Predator 1/2
T1/T2
Blade Runner
Robot Wars
Robot Jox
The Matrix
Tron
Judge Dredd
Dark City
Nemesis
Starship Troopers
Split/Second
Class of 1999
Total Recall
Circuitry Man
Running Man
Terminal Velocity
Tank Girl
Akira
The Fifth Element
GATTACA
12 Monkeys
Until The End of the World
Virtuosity
Ghost In The Shell
Strange Days
Freejack
Tetsuo
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien: Resurrection

(I know some of these aren't cheesy but I love all these movies and had to list them all sorry)

 

[Hubbl3]

The only reason I ever wanted a Game Gear:

 

[alfredofroylan]

Escape from the Bronx

 

[creamfarts]

I can't remember the name of the film, but one springs to mind... There's a shortage of men & women capable of having children, so the action hero/leading character has to go on a mission to save some captive females from some aliens or something.

Hell Comes to Frogtown?

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Bulletproof.

Your worst nightmare, butt-horn!

 

[Slayven]

Action Jackson

 

[Tenebrous]

Hell Comes to Frogtown?

That's the one! Many thanks to you.

 

[FallingEdge]

 

[Coin Return]

Class of 1999
Miracle Mile
Robot Jox
Avenging Force
No Retreat, No Surrender
...
The Final Sanction
Strike Commando
Robowar
Sci Fighter
Kickboxer Robocop
Psycho Kickboxer
American Kickboxer
Bloodfist 1-8

Pretty much anything with Don "The Dragon" Wilson.

Edit: Hulk Hogan also tried his hand at B-movie stardom in between heel turns and Pastamania. In addition to Thunder in Paradise 1-3, you had amazing stuff like this:

 

[Megadragon15]

I Come In Peace.

 

[DudeWithNoName]

Repo Man
Big Trouble in Little China
Escape from NY/LA
Commando
Bloodsport
True Lies
Over The Top
Roadhouse
Under Siege


I could do this for months

--

Fuck if Sci-Fi and cyberpunk is allowed lets do this:

Johnny Mnemonic
Hackers
Lawnmower Man
Hardware
Screamers
Robocop 1/2/3
Predator 1/2
T1/T2
Blade Runner
Robot Wars
Robot Jox
The Matrix
Tron
Judge Dredd
Dark City
Nemesis
Class of 1999
Total Recall
Circuitry Man
Freejack
Tetsuo
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien: Resurrection


(I know some of these aren't cheesy but I love all these movies and had to list them all sorry)

Such an incredible list, I bookmarked your post just so I can watch for these on Netflix and Amazon.

 

[Fox Mulder]

I Come In Peace.

And you leave in pieces asshole.

Love it.

 

[Nudull]

And you leave in pieces asshole.

Love it.

I was a kid when I saw a commercial for the movie, and that scene came up. I never actually saw the movie, but I still remembered that line to this day.

 

[TheCochese]

Cannon Films + Chuck Norris. You're welcome.

 

[Sojgat]

 

[8-Bit Sunset]

What else in life do you need?

https://media.giphy.com/media/pVaAQYs2KC1zi/giphy.gif

 

[Fox Mulder]

I like any of the sho kosugi ninja films.

 

[glow]

 

[Commander Jameson]

Tango and Cash

 

[8-Bit Sunset]

sorry double post.

 

[Sojgat]

Yes.

This is a good pick.

 

[RoyaleDuke]

 

[Shig]

Might not totally be in the spirit of what the OP is looking for (it's more a comedy with an action-comedy ending), but I feel Men at Work should have more of a following.

Keith David's a lot of fun in it.

 

[.la1n]

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man.

 

[Geist-]

 

[Gnome Scat]

 

[Stallion Dan]

Excluding any films with actors mentioned in OP.

Die Hard 1/2/With A Vengeance (2 is the weakest)
Army of Darkness
Flash Gordon
Robocop 1/2 (3 if you have to, but really, you don't)
Leathal Weapon 1/2/3/4
Mad Max 1/2 (2 much better)
Escape from New York/LA
Big Trouble in Little China
Golden Child
Speed
The Fifth Element
Starship Troopers

Is enough trying think of some.

 

[Violence Jack]

Broken Arrow
Passenger 57
The Last Boy Scout
Executive Decision
Buckaroo Bonzai
Split Second
Virtuosity
Silent Rage
Iron Eagle
Toxic Avenger
American Ninja
Gymkarta
Best of the Best
The Vindicator
Eve of Destruction
Reno Williams

You could turn on El Rey Network on Monday nights and get a few hours worth of cheesy action flicks. In fact, I think they have a a Dolph Lungren marathon coming on soon.

 

[cr0w]

The finest.

 

[BronsonLee]

First of all WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE

One word.

Drive.

Easily one of the most ridiculously cheesy awesome movies ever.

And secondly this, this movie is hilarious

 

[Ulysses 31]

 

[Korigama]

Blind Fury

 

[Dizzy-4U]

That train scene, holy shit! It blew my little mind back then. Never seen so much badassery on screen like that.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Ok this one's not that cheesy. >.>

 

[maquiladora]

A lot of replies seem to be missing the point of the OP.

This is what OP is asking for. You're welcome.

 

[Korigama]

That train scene, holy shit! It blew my little mind back then. Never seen so much badassery on screen like that.

Ah yes, this. Definitely this.

"Is this Kinjo!?"

 

[Bleepey]

One word.

Drive.

Easily one of the most ridiculously cheesy awesome movies ever.

Beaten by first post. My man. Check out the PAL DVD commentary if you can. It's funny how many jokes from Drive found their way to the Rush Hour tv series.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Ooh, Navy Seals!



Rapid Fire gets my vote.

Beaten by first post. My man. Check out the PAL DVD commentary if you can. It's funny how many jokes from Drive found their way to the Rush Hour tv series.

Wow. Is this proto Crank?

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

I Come In Peace.

Thread Winner Ladies

Thread. Winner

 

[Dr.Horrible]

Didn't see them mentioned, but I'd throw out:

Best of the Best
Night Hawks

Off the top of my head.

 

[Bleepey]

Ooh, Navy Seals!



Rapid Fire gets my vote.



Wow. Is this proto Crank?

Never saw it that way, but kinda. It's more a proto Rush Hour, except it's a road trip and Britney Murphy is a Harley Quinn in everything but name wanting to sit on Mr J Kadeem Hardison's dick

 

[Sojgat]

More

 

[Ulysses 31]

 

[Bleepey]

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I bet if I was 8 years old, I'd have watched the shit out of these films and loved them. As an adult however, I know they are almost certainly trash.