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[jackissocool]

I'm seeing this praise for John Wick in the thread and I'm surprised to hear people comparing it to Dredd, which I absolutely fucking loved. I like the Raid and thought the Raid 2 was an absolute action masterpiece. I dig Shoot 'Em Up and Smoking Aces for their absurdity and sheer body count. I love every single Tarantino movie.

Give me something badass without a bunch of shaky cam bullshit. I don't need a coherent plot. I don't need compelling characters. I need the best action there is. Guns, fists, swords, whatever. Give it to me.

Just bumped this thread to talk about our first choice. Editing my post into the OP:

So my roommates and I finally started our action movie odyssey tonight, and we went with The Man From Nowhere for our first movie. It wasn't exactly balls to the wall action, but it was a really fucking great movie all around. Won Bin is a huge badass in it and really nails everything he does. What fights and action scenes there are are absolutely incredible - the final fight with the assassin is brilliantly choreographed and very well shot. The pace was tight and I never felt bored with the move - I was riveted the whole time, and totally forgot about even bothering to check my phone once. I thought the very ending was kind of cheesy, but I suspect that was more due to cultural differences than bad movie making so I don't mind it one bit.

Overall, a great movie and a good start for us. We're not sure what we're watching next cause there are so many recommendations here, but I'm looking forward to whatever we pick.

 

[entremet]

True Lies
Commando
Predator

Arnold in his prime days, although True Lies was near the end of his big run.

 

[elrechazado]

The rock. Best bay movie.

 

[P3P5I]

If you liked the Raid check out Ip Man 1 and 2.

 

[daviyoung]

Gamer
Crank 2: High Voltage
District B13
Rambo IV

 

[TEJ]

Ip Man
Ong Bak
The Protector {Tom-Yum-Goong}

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Crank
Hard Boiled

 

[GK86]

Battle: Los Angeles.
Olympus Has Fallen.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

most john woo movies (hard boiled, the killer)

 

[dripdripsplash]

Another + for ip man. Amazing action scenes. Both of them worth a watch.

 

[Advance_Alarm]

Since you already said The Raid and Raid 2 you NEED to watch HARD BOILED. It's a gun movie instead of martial arts but it sets an insanely high bar for action movies.

EDIT: wow beaten

 

[TEJ]

Wheels on Meals and Hard Target are fun choices as well.

The legend with Jet Li and fist of legend with jet li

the chinese connection with bruce lee is another good choice.

UGH

I forgot about Police Story with jackie chan.

 

[Akahige]

Probably not what your looking for since it's not ball to the wall action but Jack Reacher does the action scenes really well.

 

[Piecake]

Dredd is pretty much just pure Bad ass action awesomeness.

 

[Flappy]

Desperado.

 

[jond76]

I think a really overlooked one is Rapid Fire with Brandon Lee.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Ip Man
Ong Bak
The Protector {Tom-Yum-Goong}

and born to fight

Leaves reality at the front door and just goes nuts for 90mins

 

[Bleepey]

The 80s movies of Jackie Chan
Crank 1 and 2.
Elite motherfucking Squad 1 and 2

 

[Whom_Gods_Annoy]

Another one for Dredd, can't tell you how much I loved that movie. So many memorable scenes.

 

[goober]

Running Scared.

 

[TEJ]

and born to fight


Leaves reality at the front door and just goes nuts for 90mins

I need to watch this as soon as I can! Can't believe I haven't heard of this one before.

I've also heard good things about SPL/killzone with donnie yen.

 

[fushi]

A lot of good recommendations already, so I am just going to quote the most underrated one:

Gamer

This movie TOTALLY hits the sweet spot in action and humor. Michael C Hall plays a fantastic villain and Gerard Butler performs a believable Gerard Butler.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Terminator 2 or The Matrix

Ong-bak is good, too

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

Crank and Crank 2

 

[lemmykoopa]

Flash Point (donnie yen goes MMA. Especially last 30 mins is action heavy).

The Protector (Tony Jaa, there's a 7 min scene shot in one take that is really fantastic, worth watching the film alone for that)

Also Crank is poor, shouldn't be in this thread.

 

[Baron Von Beans]

Desperado.

ASo much this! The "sequel", Once Upon a Time in Mexico is good as well, but nowhere NEAR as awesome as the original- It's like a Mariachi James Bond. Badass to the max.

 

[Typographenia]

FACE/OFF

With Nick Cage and John Travolta. It's a favorite of mine, and I watch it yearly. So dumb, but it is an excellent action film.

 

[speculawyer]

The Abyss
Aliens
True Lies
Die Hard
Indiana Jones
Last Crusade
Star Wars

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Hard Boiled the thread.

 

[MiszMasz]

That Tintin CG movie, I'm 100% serious.
It starts off quiet but after something like 15-20mins it's pretty much constant explosions, crashing, fighting, shooting, bit of sneaking, pirates, chases, alcohol, dog and eagle fights, facial hair etc. etc.

 

[Dennis]

Aliens
Predator
Terminator

 

[Aiii]

Payback

 

[Corpsepyre]

Nothing will get better than the Raid movies. Shit will seem toned down and mellow compared to those masterpieces.

 

[QualityPixel]

Most of the movies I would have mentioned have been done, but I'm going to thrown in District 9 and Elysium.

 

[Akahige]

and born to fight

Leaves reality at the front door and just goes nuts for 90mins

Yes this one is pretty good, Panna Rittikrai last film looks good as well.

 

[Davey Cakes]

I just watched Ip Man and Ip Man 2 on Netflix recently. Great films!

 

[udiie]

Crank and the much much worse, Crank 2
Die Hard Series (minus the 5th one)

 

[Shadybiz]

The rock. Best bay movie.

Fuckin' A. People can hate on Bay all they want (and I understand most of the hate), but The Rock was awesome.

Spoiler

I think we just became best friends

Also:
Die Hard
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Predator
Aliens (gotta go director's cut)
Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Oh, fuckin' Fifth Element.

 

[inm8num2]

Aliens
Predator
Terminator

These, plus Raiders of the Lost Ark. Action perfection.

 

[Trago]

Cobra
Commando
Predator
Death Wish 3
The Protector
EVERY BRUCE LEE MOVIE

 

[NullPointer]

I don't need a coherent plot. I don't need compelling characters. I need the best action there is. Guns, fists, swords, whatever. Give it to me.

HARD BOILED is what you want.

Gave me violence fatigue when I first watched it.

The Boston Herald proclaimed the film as "arguably Woo's masterpiece, it is an action film to end all action films, an experience so deliriously cinematic it makes "True Romance," a film that clearly aspires to it, look like a cheap copy"

 

[dekline]

Hard Boiled is badass. Check out The Killer as well.

For something recent, watch The Guest. Fucking bonkers.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

Running Scared.

I honestly don't remember the movie (I remember Paul Walker and a boy) but what I do remember is that it was surprisingly very good.

 

[Butts-a-plenty]

Lethal Weapon 5.

 

[Union Carbine]

Fist of Legend
The Warrior
Wild Zero
Time & Tide

 

[elrechazado]

Fuckin' A. People can hate on Bay all they want (and I understand most of the hate), but The Rock was awesome.

Spoiler

I think we just became best friends

Also:
Die Hard
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Predator
Aliens (gotta go director's cut)
Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Oh, fuckin' Fifth Element.

Bro fist.

 

[Zeus Molecules]

Equilizer had a surprising amount of action,

Man on Fire
Edge of Tomorrow
Book of Eli

 

[TurboLibre]

 

[genjiZERO]

HARD BOILED is what you want.



Gave me violence fatigue when I first watched it.

best action film of all time

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

Equilibrium got pretty crazy at times.

Kung Fu Hustle was also nuts, but in a cartoony way.

Definitely see John Wick.