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Die Hard (1988,  R)
Die Hard
probely the best ction film ever made, grat use of a location, and a star turn from wills, and rickman, although did spawn it own sub action, di hard on a, which came around in the 90s, when ever in l.a check out, the fox studios building, its the building used in the film, amazing
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Duel (1972,  PG)
Duel
spielberg master of suspence, a great action film here actually made for tv, a truck storks car driver dennis weaver, for 90 mins and thats it he gets mad and fights back, its simple but its a well paced thriller, a great chase film
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Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) (1981,  R)
Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)
non stop action here when it gets going, and the best stunt work ever, great car chases and smashes
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Lat sau san taam (Hard-Boiled) (1992,  R)
Lat sau san taam (Hard-Boiled)
my introduction to hong kong cinema in the early 90s, a must fr the ending,a great shootout in the hospital, which must last for 30mins,just breathless
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First Blood (Rambo: First Blood) (1982,  R)
First Blood (Rambo: First Blood)
the hunt is on, great game of cat and mouse, as jon rambo has no option but to go on the run from local sheriff with a bit of a thing against scruffy vagrants, his mistake
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The Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) (1954,  Unrated)
The Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai)
.certainly contender for most inspirational film ever madem, and certainly a bechmark in action films, filmed in the 50s this did brake all the rules to what can and should be done in cinema, and introduced the world to asian and japanees cinema, everyone from john ford to george lucas owe a dept to kurosawa, as a film maker. a town is over run by bandits, and they will return in a few months, when the crops are ready, and will again steel and take what ever they wish, the towns folk have had enough and seek help from a samuri, he will help them out, so he and a band of samuri turn up in this town, and realise they got there work cut out for them, will the town and indeed the samuri be ready for the return of the raiders, it simply is breathtaking,the pace of this film is spot on, and considering its lenth, close to 3 hours its really great how they kep it interesting,as when w get to the siege, its one long chess game so to speak, the bad guys attack the samuri defend and so on, but its great, but theres more than just action, great early scenes howing village life, trainng sequenes and honour being tested, this ls up there with citizen cain in terms of technics being seen and storytlling especially for the modern action, one of the rare acton films that stand up against so called proper films, as there known, but deserves to be, not sure if young people will get this film, but im sure young film fas should check it out, just a masterpiece,
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The Terminator (1984,  R)
The Terminator
great sci fi from james cameron, just dont think about it to much, it wont make locical sense, but a legend is born in schwarzenneger, and his ill be back catchprase, great chase movie
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The Wages of Fear (1953,  Unrated)
The Wages of Fear
another oldie but great action and thriller, a nerve ride as a group of drivers must transport if i remember highly sensitive fuel, across a bad piece of road, quite nerv racking, and suspencefull
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Con Air (1997,  R)
Con Air
very dumb but very enjoyable action here from bruckheimer, so no suprise, and cage is as cheesy as ever, but great turns from malkovich and bushimi... put the bunny back in the box
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Speed (1994,  R)
Speed
yep this this one of those die hard on a ?, but works well, quite original, great action, many stupid scenes, but handled well, its great how its kept interesting, maybe because theres a proper 3 act structure, and not always on the bus, who knows

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