My Favourite Action Movies

No John Woo, Chow Yun Fat & Hardboiled = No Matrix!!

Pure action!!

Everyone has an action film that blew their minds when they were a kid and consequently became an action movie junkie he/she is today. T2 is that movie for me. Saw it for the first time when I was 4. Let's just say that at that time, a movie about two indestructible robots figthing for the future was considered the greatest movie of all time lol.

I saw the movie again recently on TV and it is still a great action movie. It may not be as technologically advanced as recent movies but I guess the lack of highly excessive CGI is a good thing. Let's take the helicopter highway chase scene in the movie as an example. I bet if it was done today, the helicopter would be CGI.

The action movie that defined the genre in the 90s (it was released in 1988 but the Die Hard rip offs came during the 90s). You have the flawed hero, the evil genius bad guy, the incompetent cops/FBIs, one liners and a single setting.

Released back in 1999, this movie is still fun to watch. I like the noir feeling of the movie especially in the early parts. I also liked the references to Alice in Wonderland (follow the white rabbit), Wizard of Oz ("Buckle up Dorothy coz Kansas is going bye bye") and even 1984 (room 101). It's kinda cool to see certain hints of information revealed at the sequels (the TV monitors from the Architect's room was briefly seen and Agent Smith mentioned about the early utopian version of the Matrix). The lobby shoot out still pumps me up and the bullet time sequences still looks good.

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When you ask ordinary people about Rambo, they will create a mental picture of a shirtless man with a bandanna shooting down bad guys in the jungle instead of a troubled vietnam vet fighting cops.

This is the movie (not the first one) that cemented Rambo into pop culture status. It's also the first movie that introduced me to Rambo thus despite being the worse movie of 1985 or being labelled as a Reagan movie, this movie has a special place in my heart. The sight of a man who can do almost anything, from piloting a heli to blowing up people with arrows, blew me away when I was a kid. The way he selflessly refuse to take the medal of honor at the end made me proud of Rambo.

One of the best action movie ever. Seen it dozen of times and never get bored of it. NEVER....well so far.

- Good cast: Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery having a good chemistry, Ed Harris brings some depth as a villain and even Michael Biehn was cool for a short while.

- Exciting action scenes: the hummer vs Ferrari chase, mine cart gun fight, shootout at the end.

- Heart pumping soundtrack: Easily THE acton movie theme for me. Dundun Dundun Dun DUN! Dundun Dundun dun DUN!!

A friend of mine has never seen any Arnold Scwarzenegger movie. I recommended her this movie as the best introduction to Arnold's larger than life on-screen persona (you see a a part of John Matrix in Predator, True Lies, Last Action Hero and Terminator)

"You're a funny guy Sully. I like you that's why I'm gonna kill you last"

When Bush was about to attack Afghanistan back in 2001, I remember telling my friend that they would lose because the Afghans defeated Alexander, The British and the Russians so they would surely beat the Americans. ROFL!! One of the few lessons I learned from this Rambo movie. Good times hehe

People shit on this movie because Rambo helps the mujahideen and all that. I mean so what, who could've known in those days that Americans will wage war with Afghanistan.

This is a good action movie.

**This review is dedicated to Hamid Karzai**

This is the second most macho movie I've ever seen (the 1st place goes to Commando). You have Arnold Schwarzenegger, Apollo Creed, Jesse 'The body' Ventura and that "green beret gonna kick your ass" black guy from Commando VS an Alien who rips people's spine. nuff said.