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First film that popped into my mind as well when reading the thread title. Pretty much a flawless movie apart from some minor pacing issues and Pacino's overacting (which makes sense again when you consider that the first draft of the script has had his character have a coke habit).1995 Heat
The sound design is just out of this world in this film.The gunfire in Heat sounds like guns being fired in an urban environment cos it actually is the sound of guns being fired in a urban environment.
I'd go as far as saying that Hard Boiled is THE best action movie of all times. The shoot outs, the gun porn, squibs galore, excellent pacing, the film has it fucking all. The OST is fucking great, too. Prime Tony Leung is just the cherry on top, closely followed by Anthony Wong playing another great villain in this. ABT 1 is very high on my list of best HK films as well, together with P.T.U. and other Woo and Johnnie To masterpieces of that time.A Better Tomorrow 1 and 2, and Hard Boiled are easily two of the greatest action movies
Saulnier turned into one of my favourite film makers ever since watching Blue Ruin, all of his films are solid must-watch territory. Very unique style, glorious practical effects.Green Room isn't really a true action film, more of a horror thriller but it does have a pretty solid plot and some good action scenes too.
Only watched the first one after everyone in my social circle was raving about it but i think it's nothing to write home about. Has some cool shoot out choreographies but didn't blow me away. Never bothered watching the sequels because the first film is average at best.Thoughts on John Wick?
The two main characters and their dialogue carry that film, haven't watched it in a long time but i have fond memories of it. 90's french comedies have a distinct style and are laugh-out-loud hilarious, i already sperged about how much i love Les Visiteurs in the Movie Recommendation thread.The French version of Taxi is an action comedy and there's some very good dialogue in it. The silliness can get OTT but it's a French comedy, after all.
1 is solid, 2 has some really fun fight scenes, but by 3 and 4 the story and "lore" keep getting dumber and the fight scenes start feeling repetitive. Honestly it's hard to hate on the franchise though because it's still better than 90% of the slop that Hollywood puts out nowadays.Or at least for the first movie. By the final one it lost the grounded touch entirely and went full action.
I'd go as far as saying that Hard Boiled is THE best action movie of all times. The shoot outs, the gun porn, squibs galore, excellent pacing, the film has it fucking all. The OST is fucking great, too. Prime Tony Leung is just the cherry on top
That one is amazing, too, i get where you're coming from. Check out Johnnie To films if you haven't already, he's my #1 classic HK action film director, even surpassing Woo in my eyes. Not by much, though, both are masters of their craft. Did you watch Bullet in the Head online/torrented it? I've burned through all my Avistaz.to accounts quite a long time ago and have been fruitlessly looking for a new place to watch/download asian cinema ever since.Hard Boiled is fantastic, but after watching Bullet In the Head today I think I have to classify that as close competition to Hard Boiled, it may even be better. John Woo like his happy show-off protagonists but when he writes tragedy there's no limit to how low he will go lol
Fuck yeah, someone else who read the sequel novel.Vincent Hanna will never not be the most entertaining action movie protagonist, love the sequel novel scene where he throws a child abuser off a roof. Coked-out little Al Pacino slaying pedophiles would’ve been enough to keep his career going into the 2000s.
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You hear they’re the doing the sequel with zoomer actors replacing these legends?
Sicario was excellent in this regard, really makes you feel the tense atmosphere throughout the film. The sequal on the other hand fell into the Hollywood trap and was more of a generic action film.
Another good one is the first Rambo movie (First Blood), since the first movie was based on a book the story was actually compelling.
All four are very entertaining (i think the second one is the weakest of the bunch, i know many people are hating on the fourth but i think it's good) and a great watch even if it's just for Mel Gibson's glorious mullet, rivaling even Michael Douglas' mullet in Black Rain. Speaking of Black Rain, it is another must-watch that fits this thread, not strictly an action film but great nonetheless. Michael Douglas as the hard-boiled cop and a young Andy Garcia as his more easy-going partner are going on a wild goose chase in Japan after extraditing a Yakuza from the US. The sense of alienation and getting lost in a foreign country is fantastically conveyed to the viewer, the film is doing that better than, for example, Lost in Translation.Lethal Weapon
I would’ve watched more movies with Hanna as the protag, right balence of ruthlessness, humour, heart and compassion. That scene where he hugs the mother of that dead prostitute and gives her the most solemn, dead inside stare I’ve ever seen is brutal. The sequel novel segments with him as a younger bloodthirsty super cop and after Heat as a Xanax-fueled wreckage are the best parts of the novel, with Neil’s being the weakest.Fuck yeah, someone else who read the sequel novel.
I like Hanna as a protagonist and his relationship with his stepdaughter is heartwarming and nice.
All four are very entertaining (i think the second one is the weakest of the bunch, i know many people are hating on the fourth but i think it's good) and a great watch even if it's just for Mel Gibson's glorious mullet, rivaling even Michael Douglas' mullet in Black Rain. Speaking of Black Rain, it is another must-watch that fits this thread, not strictly an action film but great nonetheless. Michael Douglas as the hard-boiled cop and a young Andy Garcia as his more easy-going partner are going on a wild goose chase in Japan after extraditing a Yakuza from the US. The sense of alienation and getting lost in a foreign country is fantastically conveyed to the viewer, the film is doing that better than, for example, Lost in Translation.
Yeah, that's why the sequels were better. The original didn't impress me by much. Whereas the sequels embraced the insanity of the premise and made it highly entertaining.Thoughts on John Wick? The sequels go off the rails as one would expect, fighting on horseback or doing top down Hotline Miami style shootouts, but the first one had a grounded setting of an ex-hitman going on a murder spree to cut ties with his life of crime. As far as I could tell, all fight scenes were shot in a way you could actually see what was going on, have great choreography incorporating martial arts, guns don't have infinite ammo etc. Story was kept subtle and simple. It worked great as an action movie thriller, giving you a glimpse of the bigger picture that Wick will forever remain chained to.
Or at least for the first movie. By the final one it lost the grounded touch entirely and went full action.
I just torrented it, like with most movies. There's one for BITH up on tpb dot party that's pretty good.That one is amazing, too, i get where you're coming from. Check out Johnnie To films if you haven't already, he's my #1 classic HK action film director, even surpassing Woo in my eyes. Not by much, though, both are masters of their craft. Did you watch Bullet in the Head online/torrented it? I've burned through all my Avistaz.to accounts quite a long time ago and have been fruitlessly looking for a new place to watch/download asian cinema ever since.
Sweet, thanks. Has been forever since i last watched it.I just torrented it, like with most movies. There's one for BITH up on tpb dot party that will get you the full movie with the alternate ending also.
Has been since forever since i've watched that one, too. Could very well be that i last watched it on VHS even. I didn't even remember Chris Rock being in it. The memory of that scene with the fire popped right back up when reading your post. Yeah, that was an asspull. I did basically nothing but watch films all my life, often while drunk, so my memory is hazy on many of them and i may very well see things differently if i would rewatch them in the present day. I do remember liking Jet Li playing the villain, the first time i ever saw him in a bad guy role.double posting...
Black Rain was great. But, you liked lethal weapon 4? I had some grievances...
It's been a while since I saw part 4. IIRC it had a subtle pro illegal immigration theme, Glover had a line in the film suggesting this, maybe that's me. The shit I really take issue with is Chris Rock Marrying his daughter in secret, do I have that right? What was the point? The Chinese kid plays Deus machina running out with scissors to cut them all free when the bag guys are torching the house instead of just shooting everyone? The real shit that bothered me was the method of killing people, don't the bad guys wait for people to stop at train tracks and ram them into trains to kill them? They're following them around for what? A week till they get to a railroad crossing that has a train perfectly timed to stop them and then using that method to murder people? I just couldn't get past that stuff
I don't know what it is with Serpico but it never really clicked for me. It should be right up my alley, cop film, young Pacino, old, dirty NY setting, i don't know what i think that is missing from it. Nonetheless a great film.Not one of my top 10 but it's great
Drama. I'm wearing the word out in this thread but must-watch film. Easily one of the best films i have ever watched.Is Taxi Driver 1976 , considered an action film?