Favorite ACTION movie?

Road Warrior for me. Haven't seen the new(ish) one, a bit hesitant even though the reviews are good. Beyond Thunderdome still has me a bit gun-shy decades later.

 

A lot of good ones have already been named, but I'd add:

Rambo
The Matrix
Death Race 2000
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
The Dark Knight
Avengers (1st film)
Duel
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

 

You should love Fury Road if you liked any of the other Mad Max films.

 

The new is amazing. Highly recommended if you like Road Warrior.

And how did I forget Snake Plissken's first Escape from.... movie?

 

Shoot Em Up.

 

Another one that comes to mind that I don't think's been mentioned ...

Way of the Gun

 

Die Hard
True Lies
Alien

There are many that I like.

 

Like Ronin a whole lot!

 

I think Commando is quite nice!!

 

Tsui Hark's "Time and Tide". Everyone tries to top that scene of the shootout while rappelling down the side of a buildng. No one can.

 

Another one just comes to mind, because it is actually playing on TCM right now - Westworld.

 

Does "Captain Blood" with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone and Lionel Atwill count? Or for a 10 minute clip the Charge of the Light Brigade in Flynn's movie of the same name?

If forced to choose more recent films "Die Hard" and "Commando".

 

Hard to beat T2 or T3.

 

This. The Raid is absolutely incredible.

 

The fight scenes in Raid 2 looked puny compared to the first one. Think the Welsh director attempted too much in the follow up. Can't see a USA version topping it.

 

My favorite action movie of all time is Mad Max : Fury Road. Only time in YEARS I felt exhilarated watching an action movie, to the point I wanted to cheer in the movie theater. A much-needed antidote to CGI overkill.

 

Fury Road is better than Max Max 2.

 

The Bourne trilogy (haven't seen the Legacy) and at least Casino Royale of the Daniel Craig 007 reboot. All of them let me just barely get my breath before plunging back into superbly choreographed and photographed mayhem.

Of course, there are many more, but these came off the top of my head.

 

First Blood

 

What's your favorite Bourne movie, sir?

 

I can't choose among the original trilogy; kinda like a three-part saga for me. I think if I ever binged and watched 'em all together, I'd have a heart attack.

 

I may have to start making a list. I love rockem sockem action flicks.

I'll add "District B13" as among one of my favorites and it may be time for me to watch that one again.

 

We did that, watching the three over a weekend. I was amazed to spot the fact the first part of the trilogy showed computer users using Windows 2000. Yes, it was THAT long ago!

I like the Indiana Jones movies too, particularly the first, but a couple of more recent action movies have caught my attention:

UNSTOPPABLE - a corker of a runaway train movie with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. Edge of your seat stuff the whole way.
NON-STOP - a similarly named airplane movie with one of those on again/off again whodunits. Liam Neeson's in the lead, with DOWNTON's Lady Mary as the head flight attendant.

Harry