Action movies to keep you awake

SuperBlu26

I'm looking for some good action movies, something kinda like the Expendables and that is on Netflix.
Thanks!!

EoghanIRL

Not sure if on netflix but the Bourne triology . Amazing!
Non stop action it's great.

johnny_ultimate

The Raid is the most visceral, inspired action film of the last decade or so, and shows up the Expendables as the desperate, ill-conceived ineptness that it is. A stunning ballet of punches, throws, kicks and weaponry that is as hypnotic as it is exhausting. Best of all, The Raid is available on yonder Netflix

krudler

+1 for The Raid, it's amazing. plot is as thing as a communion wafer but it matters not, less talky talky more punchy kicky death by door framey.

As mad as it sounds I thought the best American action film of the last few years was Fast Five, great setpieces and loads of real stunts as well as cgi.

SuperBlu26

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

The Raid is the most visceral, inspired action film of the last decade or so, and shows up the Expendables as the desperate, ill-conceived ineptness that it is. A stunning ballet of punches, throws, kicks and weaponry that is as hypnotic as it is exhausting. Best of all, The Raid is available on yonder Netflix

Sounds good, I'll definitely check it out! Not sure if I agree with you on the Expendables but let's agree to disagree!

The last two Universal Soldier films have been amongst the most inspired and downright brutal action films you'll see. Day of Reckoning in particular is an exceptional genre film that strives and largely succeeds in being more than just another generic romp.

Direct to the home market is where action cinema is thriving. Some of today's most interesting filmmakers are taking pocket change and crafting films which show up large big budget trash such as the Expendables for the poorly made and bland nonsense that it is

El Horseboxo

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The last two Universal Soldier films have been amongst the most inspired and downright brutal action films you'll see. Day of Reckoning in particular is an exceptional genre film that strives and largely succeeds in being more than just another generic romp.

Direct to the home market is where action cinema is thriving. Some of today's most interesting filmmakers are taking pocket change and crafting films which show up large big budget trash such as the Expendables for the poorly made and bland nonsense that it is

Any title recommendations? I'll be working on call overnight. Could do with some good action movies to keep me awake.

biko

Any early Indiana Jones stuff.

Zemuppet

The Punisher and the Punisher Warzone are good for a laugh. Red is one the newer movies I've enjoyed. 90's action movies are probably the best. Netflix (Irish or US) have ConAir, Face/Off, Broken Arrow, Equilibrium and Shooter which are great action movies.

Also I agree with Fast Five as a great movie, best of the series it is

Duggy747

Dredd was one of the best action films of the past few years too, hampered by an only 3D release in the cinemas and marketing that painted it off as a braindead film.

You can never go wrong with The Rock, either :pac:

Zemuppet

Duggy747 wrote: »

Dredd was one of the best action films of the past few years too, hampered by an only 3D release in the cinemas and marketing that painted it off as a braindead film.

You can never go wrong with The Rock, either :pac:

1995s Judge Dredd you say, an excellent movie it twas indeed .

Speaking of Stallone, Cliffhanger is a good oldie, with an excellent baddie in John Lithgow, some not so over the top one-liners and a decent plot.

Rambo IV is good if you're into really violent action flicks and high tempo action or watch the first Rambo if you prefer a better storyline.

Adamantium

I recently watched Commando for the first time and my god it's like every bad gung ho FPS shooter and videogame of the 90/00's ripped their cliches from this. Its glorious and not a hint of self awareness. A blueprint.

Back in 2008 in NUIG, in the film soc projected Predator and the amount of laughs was huge, 50 or 60 people all laughing at all the right moments.

The laughter in the silence at 1.56 was amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKYyYGf4l8Y

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

razorblunt

Smoking Aces is a watch once a year movie, the hallway shoutout is quality.

El Horseboxo

El Horseboxo wrote: »

Any title recommendations? I'll be working on call overnight. Could do with some good action movies to keep me awake.

Well for starters check out pretty much any of Isaac Florentine's work, the Undisputed Trilogy, Ninja and Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear and The Shepherd are all great examples of what a talented filmmaker can do when working with limited money. Fight scenes are clean, fluid and edit from long takes rather than Hollywoods' preferred quick edits where everything is a blur. Florentine is a superb choreographer and unlike many others he doesn't neglect the plot in favor of cheap action.

Roel Reine is another well worth checking out, his Death Race sequels and and his follow ups to a number of WWE action films are good fun. Visually inventive with well staged action and some rather decent scripts. There's nothing groundbreaking to be found there but his work will leave you wondering why someone hasn't given him $100 million to do something with.

John Hyams who directed the Universal Soldier sequels is quickly becoming one of the most interesting filmmakers around. His work is ambitious and amongst the most out there that action cinema is ever likely to get. Day of Reckoning is pretty much an action film if done by David Lynch by ways of Kubrick with a little Michael Haneke, Cronenberg and a sprinkling ot Takeshi Kitano, Shion Sono and Takashi Miike.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

battle of the damned is pretty awesome

Bipolar Joe

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

battle of the damned is pretty awesome

Ohh myyy gaaaaaahd...

That looks fucking amazing.

To add to the list, Shoot 'Em Up. Cracking film, basically a video game on the big screen. Really enjoyable absurdity.

FortuneChip

A lot of good action movies mentioned there.

In particular though Shoot 'Em Up. It would be terrible, if it wasn't so damn good.
Clive Owen & Paul Giamatti are both absolutely excellent in it.
It's a pure riot from start to finish.

Agent Coulson

If you have time to look for there has been some great Korean action movies over the last 10/12 years.

TerrorFirmer

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The last two Universal Soldier films have been amongst the most inspired and downright brutal action films you'll see. Day of Reckoning in particular is an exceptional genre film that strives and largely succeeds in being more than just another generic romp.

Direct to the home market is where action cinema is thriving. Some of today's most interesting filmmakers are taking pocket change and crafting films which show up large big budget trash such as the Expendables for the poorly made and bland nonsense that it is

Day of Reckoning was really good. Much better than any of the tripe that was released after the original movie. Regeneration was also pretty good, there was a particularly awesome one take shot that really impressed me. Amazing what can be accomplished on a small budget. Scott Adkins has a very decent resume of enjoyable action films the past few years.

Also, I really loved Battle of the Damned, so ridiculous it actually worked.

Birneybau

I'll second "Dredd" wholeheartedly. Also, for all it's ridiculousness "Face/Off" is a cracking action film. And having watched it again recently, "Robocop" (1987) is a stone cold classic.

The opening scene of Day of Reckoning displays more wit and imagination than pretty much every $100+ million play Hollywood blockbuster of the past ten years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaiQOiI7nM4

And this is just one of teh many fight scenes in it, I mean when was the last time you saw a fight scene which relied on long takes and an actual stedicam.

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

It's a film full of great moments and I'm thinking that I may throw it on later tonight. Last time I watched it was in 3D, which was bloody great and one of the best uses of the technology I've yet seen.

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

Beefy78

Expendibles was so disappointing. That should have been an amazing film.

I love both Dredd and The Raid equally so fully endorse both of those shouts. And nearly 30 years later Die Hard remains the king of the action movie.

Bipolar Joe

I'd like to add something, here. The best action films are, in my opinion, directed by either stunt men or people who learned how to kick someone on the face for a living, because they know what it takes to shoot an action sequence.

Daemos

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Roel Reine is another well worth checking out, his Death Race sequels and and his follow ups to a number of WWE action films are good fun. Visually inventive with well staged action and some rather decent scripts. There's nothing groundbreaking to be found there but his work will leave you wondering why someone hasn't given him $100 million to do something with.

Funny you mention him and his WWE movies. I came in to recommend 12 Rounds as one of my favourite action movies, and having looked him up I see Reiné actually directed its sequel, which I haven't seen yet. If it's any was as good as the original then I'd be very happy with it

EoghanIRL

If you can tolerate subtitles then 13 assassins has some pretty good action in it towards the end.