Favourite old action films?

boxman2000 · 23 Mar 2011 at 10:24

Leon
Die Hard
Rambo
Terminator
Under Seige
Flight of the Intruder (hence my user name - one of the pilot's callsigns)
Patriot Games

Bubo · 23 Mar 2011 at 13:13

Escape from New York if you want to complete your Kurt Russell classic collection.

Dirk · 23 Mar 2011 at 16:29

Midnight Sting. James Woods at his best.

fullmetaltony · 23 Mar 2011 at 16:31

The Armour of God and all the other cheesy Jackie Chan films

Kosmiche · 23 Mar 2011 at 16:37

Anything with Bruce Lee

Meridian · 23 Mar 2011 at 17:01

whitecrook said:
Dambusters

If we are going proper old-school, then it would be hard to beat The Adventures of Robin Hood (the Errol Flynn version).

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kefkef · 23 Mar 2011 at 17:02

Spartacus, The Vikings, Bullitt.....am i showing my age???

Grimley · 23 Mar 2011 at 19:29

Remo - Unarmed & Dangerous for the win (win being the most cheesy)

Secret_Window · 23 Mar 2011 at 19:53

Terminator 1 & 2
Die Hard
Speed
Predator
Commando
Rambo 1 & 2 (3 sucks in my opinion)
Lethal Weapon 1-3
Clear and Present Danger
Top Gun
True Lies
Cobra
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Mission Impossible
Face / Off
Con Air
Aliens
Empire Strikes Back (more Sci-Fi I know but has really good action throughout)
The Rock
Leon
Heat
Goldeneye
Robocop
Enter The Dragon
Beverly Hills Cop

Broken Arrow
Scarface
Bad Boys
Universal Soldier
Eraser
The Crow

Deliberately left out some of the later 1990's movies.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 23 Mar 2011 at 20:51

The Warriors. No guns, as such... but full of fisticuffs and baseball bats. I do bang the drum a bit for this film, but hey.

nasher32 said:
+1 Point Break - What a movie!

Greatest film ever made. Well, probably.

dunker · 23 Mar 2011 at 21:07

you missed one!

Total Recall

mikeyholt · 23 Mar 2011 at 23:59

Air Force One
Bad Boys
Behind Enemy Lines
Clear and Present Danger
Cobra
Commando
Con Air
Demolition Man
Die Hard

That's what I can remember off the top of my head in terms of films I have.

Snax · 24 Mar 2011 at 00:02

Tango and cash

Dirk · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:27

Can't believe nobody said 'Action Jackson' yet!

Alty · 24 Mar 2011 at 16:10

Dirk said:
Can't believe nobody said 'Action Jackson' yet!

follow the bouncing ball, "why
you lookin' for Papa Doc?" :cool:

Mr_Orange · 24 Mar 2011 at 16:16

Castor said:
HardBoiled, best action movie EVER!

This needs to be reiterated!

Brumboy · 24 Mar 2011 at 16:21

I forgot quite a few of the other great action films from that era, cheers for the reminders, downloading all of them now, watching them will be fun haha

oddsbodikins · 24 Mar 2011 at 21:58

No retreat, No surrender
The Last dragon