90) Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
Director: Lance Hool
Writers: Steve Bing, Larry Levinson, Arthur Silver
Stars: Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven William
Action Sub-genre: War, Special Forces
Synopsis: “Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.”
89) In Hell (2003)
Director: Ringo Lam
Writers: Eric James Virgets, Jorge Alvarez, George Alvarez
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lawrence Taylor, Lloyd Battista
Action Sub-genre: Martial Arts, Cop, Prison
Synopsis: “A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the wardens’ entertainment.”
In Hell: Celebrating the ‘Shawshank Redemption’ of Van Damme Movies
88) Bullitt (1968)
Director: Peter Yates
Writers: Alan Trustman, Harry Kleiner
Stars: Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn
Action Sub-genre: Cop, Classic
Synopsis: “An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection.”
Bullitt (1968): the Quintessential Classic Hollywood Action Movie
87) The Last Dragon (1985)
Director: Michael Schultz
Writer: Louis Venosta
Stars: Taimak, Vanity, Christopher Murney
Action Sub-genre: Kung Fu, Martial Arts
Synopsis: “In New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow.”
The Last Dragon: How to Remake a Martial Arts Classic in 6 Ultimate Steps
86) Blind Fury (1989)
Director: Phillip Noyce
Writers: Ryôzô Kasahara, Charles Robert Carner
Stars: Rutger Hauer, Terry O’Quinn, Brandon Call
Action Sub-genre: Martial Arts, Comedy, War
Synopsis: “A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.”
85) Taken (2008)
Director: Pierre Morel
Writers: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
Action Sub-genre: Vigilante, Rescue
Synopsis: “A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.”
84) Face/Off (1997)
Director: John Woo
Writers: Mike Werb, Michael Colleary
Stars: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage
Action Sub-genre: Cop, Sci-Fi, Shoot ’em Up
Synopsis: “In order to foil an extortion plot, an FBI agent undergoes a facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity and physical appearance of a terrorist, but the plan turns from bad to worse when the same terrorist impersonates the FBI agent.”
Nicolas Cage in ‘Face/Off’ – The 90s Action Hero We Never Knew We Needed (Part 3)
83) Starship Troopers (1997)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: Edward Neumeier, Robert A. Heinlein
Stars: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer
Action Sub-genre: Sci-fi, War
Synopsis: “Humans in a fascist, militaristic future wage war with giant alien bugs in a satire of modern world politics.”
Starship Troopers: A Hilarious (Yet Low-Key Chilling) Action Satire
82) American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
Director: Sam Firstenberg
Writers: Gary Conway, James Booth, Gideon Amir, Avi Kleinberger
Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Larry Poindexter
Action Sub-genre: Ninja, Martial Arts
Synopsis: “On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines, which leads him to The Lion, a super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.”
UAMC Interview: Behind the Scenes of American Ninja 2 (1987)
81) Air Force One (1997)
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Writer: Andrew W. Marlowe
Stars: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close
Action Sub-genre: Die Hard, Thriller
Synopsis: “Communist Radicals hijack Air Force One with The U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a Veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.”
Air Force One: When a Fictional American President Became Ultimate
wow this is one screwed up list, cobra #1 really? this movie never even got a sequel because it was one of stallones worst ever, picking it over terminator and die hard, again WOW