Favourite over-the-top action movie!

Duggy747

Yuo know the type: Arnie, Sly, Chuck, Seagul, and other bastards snapping bad guys necks and the sort. Since the Rambo IV trailer surfaced everybody is talking about how they miss the good ol' days of ridiculous violence, i.e shootouts in a barrel, REAL action heros who looked like they could take a bullet with a smile, then proceed to inventively kill you and then clear their remorse / conscience with a witty pun regarding your grissly end.
*wipes a tear away for nostalgia*

Mine has to Commando, sheer violence, comedy in all the wrong places and of course Arnie. Though The Delta Force provides a good laugh too!

Karl Hungus

You know, I'll forgo my usual "Picking favourites is pointless" rant, I'll just say that while it's not a favourite, and there's loads of great action movies out there, Demolition Man always has a place in my heart.

Captain Smiggy

Rocky IV. HE BEAT COMMUNISM!

monkeyfudge

I always loved Darkman... it's a brilliant superhero type movie and I was always very disappointed with the Spider-man films as I knew that Rami was capable of something like this.

The whole helicopter chase sequence is wonderfully over the top.

And lets not forget the pink elephant scene:

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

mike65

Mad Max 11 - the Australian Stuntman Union rules seem to be that a member MUST risk injury during filming!

Mike.

da_deadman

It’s got to be Predator – it’s just great. I mean, you’ve got Arnie with weapons, Arnie making wise cracks (“Stick around”), Arnie covered in mud… what more could you want in an over-the-top action film?

Predator Tagline wrote:

It came for the thrill of the hunt. It picked the wrong man to hunt.

Get to da choppa!

kaimera

Excellent choices so far.

Must listen to the Demo Man OST again.

Predator with Commando a very close second.

Black Swan

True Lies

Venom

Some very good suggestions here guys apart from Darkman lol. Seriously WTF drugs you on boy

Gotta go with True Lies.

Fysh

I'm torn between Demolition Man and True Lies, but anything with Arnie in it up to Eraser will get a watch from me.

Ruu_Old

Good ones listed, Commando would be up there. "Let off some steam, Bennett!", etc.

Bloodsport would not be too far behind. It has all the 80s cheese and the popeye comeback from Van Damme.

Chong Li: Very good. But brick not hit back!

The Marine is good mindless fun. As is the amazingly brilliant Cranks.

Jesus Wept

Die Hard

humanji

Both Transporter movies for me. Both ridiculous, but brilliant, the way all action films should be.

Kingp35

Universal Soldier for me. Im not afraid to admit that I am a bit of a Van Damme fan but Dolph Lundgren really steals the show in this. Great action scenes and great one liners amount to a very entertaining movie.

Stay the hell away from the Sequels though.

Hard Target directed by Joh Woo and starring Van Damme is another very entertaining movie.

Petey2006

Without a doubt, John Woo's Hard Boiled. For pure manic gunplay, it's unparalleled. The the amount of innocent people that wander into a hail of bullets is something Hollywood studios would balk at. Nobody aims, they just fire wildly in the direction of their foe. Fantastic movie.

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

Kinetic^

Commando FTW!!!

Duggy747

Petey2006 wrote:

Without a doubt, John Woo's Hard Boiled. For pure manic gunplay, it's unparalleled. The the amount of innocent people that wander into a hail of bullets is something Hollywood studios would balk at. Nobody aims, they just fire wildly in the direction of their foe. Fantastic movie.

I think it's brilliant too, I tried showing it to my friends but they get turned off by the dubbing.........tsk, tsk. No respect for film!

I'm torn between Demolition Man and True Lies, but anything with Arnie in it up to Eraser will get a watch from me.

I go nuts for Eraser, especially when Arnie bursts through the floor, picks up the two rail guns and unleashes hell Arnie-style!! (Picture of him firing the guns is my wallpaper.....my hero! *swoon*)

Can't forget the Rambo trilogy either. Bar the 1st one they are ridiculous and by the 3rd Rambo loses the plot blowin all sorts o' shìt up while doing his trademark shouting: "EEEEERRRRRRRRRGGHHH!!"

And who can forget the sentence at the end of the 3rd movie: "This film is dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan"
LOL , still makes me laugh!

sofireland

Must admit i thought Commando was awesome. Arnie's one liners in that film make it what it is!

"Your a funny guy sully, thats why i'm going to kill you last!"

Also think The Evil Dead - Army Of Darkness is just way over the top ridiculous action. Very funny too

Winters

Has to be Hard Boiled.

I love Demolition Man but really is is nowhere near as over the top as Hard Boiled is. And anyone that gets put off watching a movie because it has subtitles really is missing out on probably the greatest pieces of film ever. I just cant stand the 99% of ****e that Hollywood spues out these days.

Kingp35

Kingp35 wrote:

Universal Soldier for me. Im not afraid to admit that I am a bit of a Van Damme fan but Dolph Lundgren really steals the show in this. Great action scenes and great one liners amount to a very entertaining movie.

Stay the hell away from the Sequels though.

Hard Target directed by Joh Woo and starring Van Damme is another very entertaining movie.

I too am a big fan of both Van Damme and Lundgren. You should check out their newer films. Both are displaying acting abilities few even gave them credit for. In Van Damme's newsest he acts Stephen Rea off the screen.

EARMUFFS

Sorry guys but the winner has to be INVASION USA.

Chuck gets the call while living in the everglades that some nasty men have invaded the US. Luckily they have only decided to attack one city and have decided also to blow up a few estates.

When i saw this in my local cinema aged 14! i nearly died laughing. coke coming out of the nose etc. The first scene sets the tone when a boat load of refugees are suckered into believing that the nice men whose boat comes up beside them are the friendly US coastguards. Cue lots of hilarity as when chuck's nemesis declares "welcome to America!" and proceeds to empty the entire bullet magazine of Cuba into them.

great memories...:D

Matt Hunter: If you come back in here, I am gonna hit you with so many rights you are going to beg for a left.

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Bouncer: Hold it! Where are you going, I don't think I know you pal!
Matt Hunter: That makes us even, I don't know you either.

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Matt Hunter: See you in hell.
Matt Hunter: Send me a postcard.

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Mikhail Rostov: 18 hours from now, America will be a different place.

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[Hunter gives an interview directed towards Rostov]
Matt Hunter: Nikko was easy. Now it's your turn. One night you'll close your eyes, and when they open I'll be there. It'll be time to die.

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Matt Hunter: [whispers to Rostov] It's time.

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Matt Hunter: Tell me something John, what are you going to do when the social security people find out you've been moonlighting?
John Eagle: Ain't found out about my air boat business. Been doing it for forty years.
Matt Hunter: That's probably because you haven't made a profit in the last thirty-nine.

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John Eagle: Matt, you wanna come to dinner tonight? We got some live ones. Fried, steamed, barbequed, your choice.
Matt Hunter: [under his breath] God, I'm sick of frogs.

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Matt Hunter: You're beginning to irritate me.

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Matt Hunter: Didn't work, huh?
[throws terrorists their own bomb and detonates it]
Matt Hunter: Now it will.

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Matt Hunter: Did you lose this?
[explosion]

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Matt Hunter: [putting a grenade in Thomas' hand] If you live through this, tell Rostov It's time to die.

TheIrishGrover

Petey2006 wrote:

Without a doubt, John Woo's Hard Boiled. For pure manic gunplay, it's unparalleled. The the amount of innocent people that wander into a hail of bullets is something Hollywood studios would balk at. Nobody aims, they just fire wildly in the direction of their foe. Fantastic movie.

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

Damn YOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!! I wanted to say that. Well, then it'll have to be Starship Troopers:

Rasczak: This is for all you new people: I only have one rule. Everyone fights. No one quits. You don't do your job, I'll shoot you myself.


Or the unforgettable: They Sucked his brains out!!!

Auvers

Deleted User wrote:

In Van Damme's newsest he acts Stephen Rea off the screen.

jasus thats something I tought I would never see "Van Damme" and "act" in the same sentence

but would have to add the masterpiece that is Iron Eagle, Oh how I laughed watching it

plastic membrane

All of the above are primo choices, but i'll go for Hart Target for its effective dispatch of the bad guy:

"Ha ha..Whoops!"

humanji

Acually, how can Hard Boiled be mentioned and not The Killer.

TheIrishGrover

humanji wrote:

Acually, how can Hard Boiled be mentioned and not The Killer.

Good point. Actually........ Doves kick ass. Must be attracted to carnage like magpies to silver

Kingp35

Deleted User wrote:

I too am a big fan of both Van Damme and Lundgren. You should check out their newer films. Both are displaying acting abilities few even gave them credit for. In Van Damme's newsest he acts Stephen Rea off the screen.

Yeah that would be Until Death. Its a good film and I agree that Van Damme does prove that he can act. Tbh I never thought he was that bad an actor its just the ridiculous accent on him that makes his lines sound so bad. In Hell was another one that I thought he was good in. It actually had a good plot in it too.

Petey2006

humanji wrote:

Acually, how can Hard Boiled be mentioned and not The Killer.

Purely personal preference.

Moussdog

Commando all the way but I do remember the most nostalgic action masterpeice i ever saw was "King of the Kickboxers" with Billy Blanks of Tae Bo fame as the bad guy. Complete with Rocky style montage.

It ticked every box for a 10 year olds veiwing pleasure including a trailer for Flesh Gordon 2!

Probably complete bollox if i was to see it again but i stand by it.

gucci

commando it is for me too. how he managed to get out of that garden shed and single handedly (well both hands and a hell of alot of bullets ) and take out a full army on his own.....truly legendry!!

Zaph

While I love several of the films already mentioned, I have a bit of a soft spot for Con Air. You just can't beat crash landing a plane on the Vegas strip. Loadsa mindless fun.

spacecoyote

Plenty of talk of Arnie without anyone menioning the awesome The Running Man - what a movie!!!!

Kickboxer was also savage

Carcharodon

Van Damme, Seagal, Lungren, Snipes have all provided pure mindless fun over the years that you have probably ended up watching several times over the years
Classics include Demolition Man, Under Siege, Time Cop, and the dozens of other similar films they have made, especially Van Damme....legend!
So many more with Arnie, Sly, Willis, Cage etc

TerrorFirmer

Billy Blanks....ugh...ever since I saw him in this I feel ill every time he's mentioned.

The best has to be Commando. It's just the one liners that cement it. 'Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired.'

Other then that, there's no point trying to pick out good ones. There's simply far too many. Much more fun picking out the crap ones.:D

cruiserweight

Commando has to be the best. There are some fairly good bits in Desperado as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjJOfc_z9PI

mike65

Has anyone mentioned Terminator 1, when I saw that it blew me away. Even though now it looks as cheap as chips.

Mike.

Kingp35

Kingp35 wrote:

Yeah that would be Until Death. Its a good film and I agree that Van Damme does prove that he can act. Tbh I never thought he was that bad an actor its just the ridiculous accent on him that makes his lines sound so bad. In Hell was another one that I thought he was good in. It actually had a good plot in it too.

In Hell was great. Wake of Death is also a great film and The Hard Corps isn't bad either.

I reckon that Van Damme's next may recieve a limited cinema release. He does big business on the rental market and he has enough fans who would pay to see him on the big screen.

Moussdog

HavoK wrote:

Billy Blanks....ugh...ever since I saw him in this I feel ill every time he's mentioned.

:eek:

TerrorFirmer

Deleted User wrote:

I too am a big fan of both Van Damme and Lundgren. You should check out their newer films. Both are displaying acting abilities few even gave them credit for. In Van Damme's newsest he acts Stephen Rea off the screen.

I'm a big Lundgren fan as well - for pure Arnie-type action complete with random one liners, I think this rates as one of Lundgrens best by far...Along with Universal Soldier of course!

And who can forget Red Scorpion.....the poor mans Rambo III.

And whoah - I almost forgot. He played an excellent Castle in the 1989 version of The Punisher....very good action film, certainly more of one then the recent version. Definitely one to recommend to anyone looking for those typical 80's action flicks.

mike65

Bet no-one has thought to mention The Gauntlet old-school shoot-em-up in which 1000 bullets was fired when one or two hundred really would have done for the most part!

Mike.

HavoK

HavoK wrote:

I'm a big Lundgren fan as well - for pure Arnie-type action complete with random one liners, I think this rates as one of Lundgrens best by far...Along with Universal Soldier of course!

And who can forget Red Scorpion.....the poor mans Rambo III.

And whoah - I almost forgot. He played an excellent Castle in the 1989 version of The Punisher....very good action film, certainly more of one then the recent version. Definitely one to recommend to anyone looking for those typical 80's action flicks.

His Punisher was very good, though I feel that Thomas Jane is more suited to the role. The script for the Punisher remake didn't really grasp who the character was till the closing shot. The sequel is supposed to closer resemble the comic, it's set in New York, is extremely violent and will feature more characters from the comic.

Red Scorpion is great fun. Completely OTT, brainless and watchable in a way few other action films are. The Peacekeeper is good fun also. I got it in a boxset awhile back and didn't watch it for ages. I had confused it with Storm Catcher, which is a truely terrrinle film. Check out The Final Inquiry for Dolph acting in style.

BopNiblets

Does Conan The Barbarian count as action? I seem to remember Arnie punching a camels lights out for looking at him funny, ridiculous!

Duggy747

Cobra is another one of Sly's movies where he tanks up on armory. I always loved in that movie the typical action grenades that explode as soon as they touch their target (Or the ground beside them giving them the chance to do an action jump into the sky ) Or the bit where he pops the main bad guy on a hook in a factory and the hook glides into a furnace, toasty!

azezil

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter FTW!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itWoHzL6n-w

Retr0gamer

How about the Turkish rambo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCNi9I1dHk4

Also why has nobody mentioned Big Trouble in Little China?

joe_chicken

Deep Rising.

I flicked over to this movie one night, thinking it would be crap and found myself loving every minute of it.

Giant Squids, fast boats, loads of blood, annoying characters getting killed, a likable main character, big guns.

Perfect.

Duggy747

Retr0gamer wrote:

How about the Turkish rambo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCNi9I1dHk4

Thanks a million Retr0Gamer :mad: I laughed so hard at the absurdness of that clip now my pants are soaking wet!! Everytime he fired the plastic RPG the rocket would come off like a shoe (I loved the fact he conviently found rockets lying around everywhere!)

I remember on one of the Asian channels on Sky there was this indian action movie that made no sense whatsoever! The action star (An Indian-looking Charles Bronson) was causing hell with one magazine for 40 minutes straight in a warehouse AND when he litteraly pushed a guy it immediatly cut to next scene showing the guy flying up and smacking the roof.............of the warehouse!?! I gotta find this movie

Ishmael

Tom Yum Goong, Some very OTT and showy fighting but all fits together nicely in the end.

For Arnie it would have to be Collateral Damage.

TerrorFirmer

Retr0gamer wrote:

How about the Turkish rambo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCNi9I1dHk4

Oh god lord, where can I find the rest of this

spacecoyote

Ishmael wrote:

Tom Yum Goong, Some very OTT and showy fighting but all fits together nicely in the end.

For Arnie it would have to be Collateral Damage.

Tom Yum Goong doesn'y have a patch on Ong Bak though!!!

The Story Of Riki for endless ridiculous violence!!!!