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[Transistor]

One word.

Drive.

Easily one of the most ridiculously cheesy awesome movies ever.

Fuck yes

 

[The Main Event]

Got this last year as a gift as I'm a Dudikoff mark. Legit good 80s action flick. Also includes the late Steve James, who played Jackson in the American Ninja series.

I own Red Scorpion on DVD, Blu-ray and UMD.

 

[Cat Party]

Cobra

 

[Ridley327]

How many 80s action movies have John Stamos, Gene Simmons, Vanity and George Lazenby? Only this one:

It is bad, but it is so goddamned entertaining.

 

[Ulysses 31]

 

[SocksAndShoes]

They Live, if you don't mind stupid sci-fi with your cheesy action.

The 6 Minute Fight Scene is LEGENDARY

 

[Endo Punk]

This thread, subscribed

Saw this a couple years ago, such a fun flick. Lance henriksen as a biker badguy was the best

 

[Volimar]

Not an action film, but since people seem to be ignoring the underrated part of the OP, I feel okay posting this film that the thread reminded me of.

My Demon Lover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLMLFrOaxB4

 

[zerosum]

Yor: The Hunter from the Future Really bad, but... it is cheesy.

Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn Hey, it's Bull from Nightcourt as an evil henchman.

If Looks Could Kill Cheesy, but still a surprisingly solid spoof of the spy genre staring "that other guy that's not Johny Depp from 21 Jump Street".

The Beastmaster This one has a bit of a cult following, and isn't even really cheesy. I'm just bringing it up because it's awesome. Stay away from the sequels though, unless you want to overdose on cheese.

 

[old manatee]

Judgement Night and Surviving the Game don't get enough love

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

Hell Comes to Frogtown?

Damn, totally forgot about this one so fucking weird/cool.

 

[DrForester]

 

[Marvie_3]

Samurai Cop

 

[| Praxis |]

 

[PrivateWHudson]

Don't think I saw The Last Action Hero on any of the lists. It's cheesy, but surprisingly good.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Putting this in now..

 

[Sojgat]

 

[| Praxis |]

Edit: Actually The Car is 70's,but features an old lady shouting "cat poo!" at the sentient vehicle.

 

[Bulk_Rate]

Exterminator

IIRC he puts a dude into an industrial meat grinder at one point

 

[Ecto311]

The half tank guy inspired a shitload of drawings from me as a kid. Don't remember the movie as much as the cover.

 

[bionic77]

Nothing beats Over the Top.

Perfect movie accompanied by legendary soundtrack.

 

[QuantumZebra]

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

I'll keep updating it as things come back to me

My soul is in shitty/crazy 80s and 90s action/scifi/cyberpunk

 

[jett]

No Retreat No Surrender

I'm not sure how sobadit'sgood it is these days, probably all kinds of awful lol. Protip: Van Damme is in the movie for like 5 minutes.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Only the Strong- The villain uncle was badass.
https://youtu.be/qj-VHOp2myk

 

[| Praxis |]

Ah shit. My mind skipped over the word action in the op.

 

[Shig]

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

Naw, Lithgow's performance is scene-chewingly delicious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px2M8kuS91U

 

[| Praxis |]

 

[lazygecko]

Deadly Prey

Surf Nazis Must Die

Some ninja movie I don't know the name of

 

[spicy cho]

L.A. Streetfighters is my favorite, here's a review http://www.fistofblist.com/2011/07/la-streetfighters-1985.html

 

[Ceebs]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109402/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

They Live. It's got Rowdy Roddy Piper in it mother fuckers

 

[gappvembe]

I'm proud of you gaf, 3 different movies with my man Gene Simmons (Runaway, Never Too Young To Die, Wanted Dead Or Alive)....

Anyway, I just saw the Green Room and it reminded me of an early movie with Patrick Stewart and another favorite actor, Pierce Brosnan: Detonator. I remember seeing it, but recall nothing about it. So I went to look it up on Amazon (don't have the bandwidth to stream) and wow there is a sequel with Pierce! Bought the double pack for $5 and some change.

 

[cj_iwakura]

I'm proud of you gaf, 3 different movies with my man Gene Simmons (Runaway, Never Too Young To Die, Wanted Dead Or Alive)....

Anyway, I just saw the Green Room and it reminded me of an early movie with Patrick Stewart and another favorite actor, Pierce Brosnan: Detonator. I remember seeing it, but recall nothing about it. So I went to look it up on Amazon (don't have the bandwidth to stream) and wow there is a sequel with Pierce! Bought the double pack for $5 and some change.

The mission is impossible.
The consequences... deadly.

Nothing like a good tag line. It's an art form.

 

[Travo]

Die Hard, Lethal Weapon? C'mon, guys.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

The half tank guy inspired a shitload of drawings from me as a kid. Don't remember the movie as much as the cover.

Heh. I created a superhero when I was a kid. This was his name.

If I knew this movie existed when I was young I would have been so pissed.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

Got this last year as a gift as I'm a Dudikoff mark. Legit good 80s action flick. Also includes the late Steve James, who played Jackson in the American Ninja series.

This was the first movie I saw that did the "man hunts man" schtick.

It was also the best.

The people that recommended these titles:
Drive
Surf Ninjas
American Ninjas
The Last Dragon
Cobra
Tango and Cash
They Live
The Hunted
[Brofist]


Since all the good ones have been mentioned, here's a title (not sure if it counts) that's slightly more on the adventure side, but it's got that good awesome cheese.

Yes the guy in green is Liam Neeson!

 

[franknbeans]

 

[xevis]

Bloodsport! Most under-rated 80s movie ever. From the 90s, I really dig Assassins (the one with Antonio Banderas and Sly Stallone).

 

[Giant Robot]

The Hidden

The Wraith

 

[Skiptastic]

Escape from the Bronx

I know this thanks to MST3K!

 

[ComputerBlue]

That no one talks about, why the hell are people posting movies like Blade Runner, Kickboxer, Big Trouble in Little China, Tango and Cash? These are pretty popular movies.

The King of Kickboxers. - Trailer has boobs so nsfw.

This movie is so great and so cheese. Really is a hidden gem and it has an amazing soundtrack.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

My maaaaaan

I leave this thread satisfied.

Yazoooooooooooooo

 

[Amagon]

This thread is awesome. I need to get a list going on here.

 

[Bleepey]

Do you know the funny thing about all these movies is, you can look at the pictures and you can pretty much guess the content of the trailer to a tee. Will there be a cheesy voice narrator? Check. Synth? Check Etc Etc Action however can sometimes be surprisingly not shit. The King of Kickboxers looks decent. Though the VHS quality hurts my eyes.

 

[World SkiFree]

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. Renny Harlin directing and Dice starring as a Rock 'n Roll detective. With Morris Day AND Wayne Newton, along with Al Bundy singing/dancing to a disco hit called "Booty Time" ... Can't go wrong.

 

[JLynn]

No Retreat No Surrender

I'm not sure how sobadit'sgood it is these days, probably all kinds of awful lol. Protip: Van Damme is in the movie for like 5 minutes.

And JCVD legit knocked out kickboxing champion Peter Cunningham.

And I'm super ultra surprised no one of NeoGAF mentioned The Story of Ricky or Yes, Madam.

 

[tearsofash]

Evilspeak

 

[Zabka]

That no one talks about, why the hell are people posting movies like Blade Runner, Kickboxer, Big Trouble in Little China, Tango and Cash? These are pretty popular movies.

The King of Kickboxers. - Trailer has boobs so nsfw.

This movie is so great and so cheese. Really is a hidden gem and it has an amazing soundtrack.

Came to post this movie or anything starring Billy Blanks. Showdown, Talons of the Eagle, TC2000. If there's one thing I miss about Blockbuster it's the SUPER ACTION section.

I'll add Arena

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHKnU-YkOE4
Rocky in space with Aliens. Has some familiar sci-fi actors in it and it's total crap and fantastic.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

Nicholas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones are Apache pilots fighting a drug war when they come up against a master drug cartel helicopter pilot.

As the cover art says, it is basically top gun with helicopters.

Cage = Maverick, Jones = Viper

 

[.hacked]

dead heat