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Who is the greatest ever 80s action movie hero?

  • 17-04-2021 3:00pm
    #1
    Infernal Racket
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    As the title suggest, who is the greatest of all time. I stole this picture from twitter. For me it has to be Arnie closely followed by Van Damme.


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  • #2
    sebdavis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 891 ✭✭✭sebdavis


    Infernal Racket wrote: »
    As the title suggest, who is the greatest of all time. I stole this picture from twitter. For me it has to be Arnie closely followed by Van Damme.

    None of those

    They all wear Chuck Norris PJ's


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
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    Pee Wee Herman.


  • #4
    B.A._Baracus
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    Arnold hands down.
    Everything that man touched turned to gold. Ermmm, well, with the exception on his house keeper.


  • #5
    Riddle101
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    Arnold for me. The first two Terminator movies are my favorite movies and really left an impression on me for good action flicks.


  • #6
    bazz26
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    None of them are a patch on Kung Fu Joe:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcOWum8S3qA


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  • #7
    Rikand
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    Arnie

    Terminator
    Predator
    COmmando
    Conan the Barbarian
    The Running Man
    Red Heat


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
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    Arnie followed by jcvd


  • #9
    Keyzer
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    Arnie hands down.


  • #10
    Snake Plisken
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    I have a fondness of Sly Stallone
    Rambo First Blood
    Rambo First Blood Part II
    Rambo 3
    Cobra
    Tango and Cash
    Plus you had Rocky 3 Escape to Victory all classics


  • #11
    KungPao
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    Arnold owned the 80s.

    Let off some steam, Bennett.


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  • #12
    B.A._Baracus
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    Just been looking online at some facts and figures of movies in the 80s and I thought Arnold would have been the biggest box office draw or there abouts. I mean his movies were huge and the 80s was the era of the action flick.

    But none of his movies are in the highest grossing movies of the 80s actually. Neither is Stallone etc.

    In fact, the biggest box office draw was Harrison Ford having 5 movies ranked out of the top 10. (The three indy movies, empire strikes back and return of the Jedi) I would not have guessed that.

    Accordingly E.T. is the biggest earner of the 80s.


  • #13
    Thelonious Monk
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    I loved Arnold so much when I was a kid and wanted to be him. Even Commando seemed like world class cinema to me in the 80s. Predator was electric and terrifying, I was disappointed at the time when he moved into more mainstream comedies etc.


  • #14
    Captain Havoc
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    Colonel John Matrix.

    https://ormondelanguagetours.com

    Walking Tours of Kilkenny in English, French or German.



  • #15
    KungPao
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    @BA Baracus:

    His movies were mostly him killing scores of people in the 80s though, not family friendly blockbusters. And some were good but bad like Commando, Raw Deal, Red Heat.

    The turn of the decade he got box office, terminator 2, Total Recall...


  • #16
    KungPao
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    Captain Havoc wrote: »
    Colonel John Matrix.

    He eats Green Berets for breakfast, and right now he’s very hungry.


  • #17
    Infernal Racket
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    Bloodsport though. What a cracker of a movie. The good fights made up for the bad acting..


  • #18
    ShatterAlan
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    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    Arnie followed by jcvd


    I'd go with Arnie but put Sly second...First Blood, Rambo(s), Cobra, Tango & Cash.


  • #19
    B.A._Baracus
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    KungPao wrote: »
    @BA Baracus:

    His movies were mostly him killing scores of people in the 80s though, not family friendly blockbusters. And some were good but bad like Commando, Raw Deal, Red Heat.

    The turn of the decade he got box office, terminator 2, Total Recall...

    Good point, PG-13 movies are always the bigger earner.


  • #20
    banie01
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    Infernal Racket wrote: »
    Bloodsport though. What a cracker of a movie. The good fights made up for the bad acting..

    Pick a brick?
    ...
    ...
    Bottom one!


  • #21
    Church on Tuesday
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    Sigourney Weaver/Ellen Ripley.

    Out of all those characters (who I all love) she is the only one who has any depth or real story arc with the possible exception of First Blood era John Rambo. And she's a badass to boot in Aliens. Iconic.

    An extremely close 2nd would have to be Arnie; he was born to play a Terminator and Predator is a total classic.


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  • #22
    RurtBeynolds
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    banie01 wrote: »
    Pick a brick?
    ...
    ...
    Bottom one!
    Kumite!... Kumite!... Kumite!


  • #23
    odyssey06
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    The Predator, tragically killed by that dirty cheating ape on his honourable mission.

    * I watch movies differently to regular folks

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #24
    Infernal Racket
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    The Predator, tragically killed by that dirty cheating ape on his honourable mission.

    * I watch movies differently to regular folks

    You'd be thinking along the lines that Hannibal Lecter only ate people because he was hungry and there were no fast food joints close by?


  • #25
    BorneTobyWilde
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    Rikand wrote: »
    Arnie

    Terminator
    Predator
    COmmando
    Conan the Barbarian
    The Running Man
    Red Heat


    Terminator
    Great
    Predator
    Good
    COmmando
    Meh
    Conan the Barbarian
    Meh
    The Running Man
    Crap
    Red Heat
    Joke


  • #26
    BorneTobyWilde
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    Stallone

    Rocky ,2,3,
    First Blood
    Escape To Victory
    Rambo 2
    Cobra
    Over The Top
    Lock Up
    Tango and Cash

    If we are only talking 80#s then Stallone wins

    Arine only had one good movie in the 80's How could he ever win.


  • #27
    mzungu
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    If watching 80s JCVD movies has taught me anything, it's that I wouldn't like to be either his brother or a close friend. They always end up getting killed or maimed by the main antagonist.


  • #28
    fryup
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    ferris bueller


  • #29
    Doublebusy
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    Sure they made a film about it in 1993


  • #30
    odyssey06
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    Infernal Racket wrote: »
    You'd be thinking along the lines that Hannibal Lecter only ate people because he was hungry and there were no fast food joints close by?

    He only ate people who wouldn't be missed and it's hard to find something to pair with a good chianti in the gourmet food wasteland he was living in.
    As if he would be seen dead in a fast food joint.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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  • #31
    Mike Guide 69
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    Bruce Campbell aka Ash, no contest!!!!


  • #32
    ZX7R
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    A kinda forgotten badass in many 80s action movies
    Rutger Hauer


  • #33
    Arghus
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    Arnold.

    It's not even close.


  • #34
    odyssey06
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    ZX7R wrote: »
    A kinda forgotten badass in many 80s action movies
    Rutger Hauer

    Salute of the Jugger!
    But more in the badass than hero territory...
    Brilliant in Blade Runner.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #35
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Infernal Racket wrote: »
    You'd be thinking along the lines that Hannibal Lecter only ate people because he was hungry and there were no fast food joints close by?
    It was because he was a humanitarian.


  • #36
    ZX7R
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Salute of the Jugger!
    But more in the badass than hero territory...
    Brilliant in Blade Runner.

    But are we talking actors who played heroes only or actors who are renowned as acting in action heroes movie .


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  • #37
    Cienciano
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    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    The Running Man
    Crap

    Wrong. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong.


  • #38
    odyssey06
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    ZX7R wrote: »
    But are we talking actors who played heroes only or actors who are renowned as acting in action heroes movie .

    Heroes only need apply... based on the thread title :)

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #39
    RandomViewer
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    Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson and Kurt Russell ,
    Jackie made Armour of God


  • #40
    BorneTobyWilde
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    Arghus wrote: »
    Arnold.

    It's not even close.


    So he conquered the 80's but only had one hit?


  • #41
    BorneTobyWilde
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    Cienciano wrote: »
    Wrong. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QfcKP1W6EM


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  • #42
    Bob Harris
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    I don't know how Crocodile Dundee hasn't been mentioned yet.


  • #43
    ZX7R
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Heroes only need apply... based on the thread title :)

    But Arnie was a baddie in the terminator....
    Stallone
    Van dam
    Kurt Russell
    The only ones I can think of that never played a villain in any of there 80s action movies
    Van dam played is evil twin I let that slide


  • #44
    BorneTobyWilde
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    Harrison Ford is 2nd to Stallone for me. He had a good 80#s

    Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
    Raiders of the lost Ark
    Blade Runner
    Star Wars Return of the Jedi
    Indiana Jones And the Temple of Doom
    Witness
    Frantic
    Indiana Jones The Last Crusade


    Not all Action hero movies though.


  • #45
    Greyfox
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    Riddle101 wrote: »
    Arnold for me. The first two Terminator movies are my favorite movies and really left an impression on me for good action flicks.

    Me too, Terminator 2 still looks brilliant today and is far better than any action film made in the last 20 years.


  • #46
    billyhead
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    Wesley snipes was good in passenger 57.


  • #47
    Duckworth_Luas
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    mzungu wrote: »
    If watching 80s JCVD movies has taught me anything, it's that I wouldn't like to be either his brother or a close friend. They always end up getting killed or maimed by the main antagonist.
    True, but at least you're guaranteed to be avenged by a roundhouse kick to the face.


  • #48
    Galwayguy35
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    Infernal Racket wrote: »
    Bloodsport though. What a cracker of a movie. The good fights made up for the bad acting..

    Van Damme was making faces like he was constipated and trying to have a sh1te for most of it.


  • #49
    Galwayguy35
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    Wonder Woman was well able to handle the baddies with her steel whip.

    Still a fine looking lady in 2021


  • #50
    Infernal Racket
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    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    Van Damme was making faces like he was constipated and trying to have a sh1te for most of it.

    And it was still tremendous


  • #51
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Who is the greatest ever 80s action movie hero?

    He's the greatest, he's fantastic
    Wherever there is danger he'll be there
    He's the ace, he's amazing
    He's the strongest he's the quickest he's the best
    Danger Mouse
    He's terrific, he's magnific
    He's the greatest secret agent in the world
    Danger Mouse, Power House
    He's the fastest he's the quickest he's the best
    Danger Mouse
    Danger Mouse
    DANGER MOUSE


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