Prepare for a First Date with the Best Action Movies from the 80s or 90s

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Ultimate Action Movies
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First dates are the perfect time to show someone what you love and to see if they share your interests. If you decide to have a movie date with your partner, then there is no better era for action films than the 80s and 90s, a time when action films were at their zenith. Check out the best movies to watch with your date and why this sort of date is such a good idea.  

Action movies as a popular topic of dating charts

You should always try to find a way to date someone that shares your passions in life. People that love action movies tend to do well on dating services. Watching films is a popular activity to share with others, and action movies are a popular genre, at least according to the users of this site. Using a dating service to meet single people that share your love for action movies is a great step to take for your romantic life because the topic is so good at uniting people. It doesn’t even matter if you’re dating them over a long distance. People that love these films are incredibly passionate about them, and you can share that passion online.

Top 5 action movies from the 80s or 90s for your date night

When the date night arrives, what film do you want to pull up to watch? You have a lot of choices available for the top action movies in the 80s and 90s, but we have come up with fan favorites that serve for every date.  

Terminator 2

The sequel to The Terminator, Terminator 2 sees the original T-800 terminator come back to save John Conner from the T-1000, a much more dangerous foe. 

First Blood

In this movie, John Rambo comes home from being in the Vietnam War and receives a brutal welcome. He strikes back at the establishment that treated him badly. 

Bloodsport

Frank Dux is invited to take part in the Kumite, a dangerous martial arts tournament. It’s a wild ride from start to finish. 

Commando

Commando is a standard revenge film with Arnold Schwarzenegger trying to bring his daughter home safely. He goes on a one-man mission to make it happen, and explosions ensue. 

Rocky 3

What happens when you hit the pinnacle of your career and fall off? Rocky becomes Apollo Creed and reaps the consequences. 

Watch movies with someone special

After you meet someone online that is interested in you, it’s a good idea to set up a date with them. As you might imagine, it’s a great idea to have a movie date with your partner. Watching any of the action films that we have listed here is a perfect way to get to know a person. You can spend some quality time at your place or their place watching the film, basking in the action. You can make comments about the story, ask questions, or just watch the entire film in silence if one of you has never seen it before. Best of all, you can make much better food than you could get if you were to go to a theater, and you get to see films made in a wild era in Hollywood’s history.  

Using action films as a way to have great dates with people can be a rewarding experience. When you really connect with someone that loves these films, you’ll be excited to share your passion. It’s not too hard to meet people that enjoy such movies, either. Film forums, dating sites, and the theater are all great places to willing moviegoers for dates.

UAMC Fighter Throwdown — Secret Wars Style

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John Acquavita
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In the most ultimate action tournament, who would reign supreme?

From May 1984–April 1985, Marvel Comics published a 12-issue series about an otherworldly being (the Beyonder) who, just for fun, takes Earth’s mightiest heroes and villains (e.g., the Avengers, Spider-Man, Doctor Doom, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Magneto, X-Men, among others), transports them to another planet (Battleworld), and pits them against each other in combat. Essentially, it was a drawn-out “What If” concept stretched out over 12 issues.

But what if the same thing could be applied to action movie heroes and villains? If there was a hypothetical tournament comprised of the genre’s greatest antagonists and protagonists, who would be included?

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To answer such a lofty question, I’ve created a few caveats:

1) Nobody can be on both the “good guy” and “bad guy” lists. In other words, Dolph Lundgren can’t be included as both Gunner Jensen from The Expendables trilogy and Andrew Scott from the Universal Soldier series.

2) Nobody can be included if they portrayed a real-life person. Thus, Jean-Claude Van Damme cannot be drafted as Frank Dux from Bloodsport (regardless of how much of the movie’s content was fictional).

3) Absolutely, under no circumstances, can someone be included from a movie that was originally a comic book, fictional novel, video game, toy or cartoon. This eliminates properties from the Marvel and DC universes, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, etc. ORIGINAL ACTION MOVIES ONLY!

4) This is a hand-to-hand combat tournament only. No weaponry of any kind will be allowed. If God didn’t give you the parts, they can’t be included.

The next step is up to you. You get to pick 10 ultimate “good guys” and 10 ultimate “bad guys” from any action movies to battle each other. Remember: no weapons — just kicks, punches, elbows, knees and head butts.

So, who ya got?

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3 Reasons ‘U.S. Marshals’ is Better Than ‘The Fugitive’

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Jourdan Aldredge
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Wesley Snipes steps in for Harrison Ford, but Tommy Lee Jones gets the spotlight.

Based on the popular 1960s TV series, the 1993 remake of the action thriller The Fugitive was a resounding critical and commercial success netting over $368 million worldwide as the third highest grossing film of the year.

This is in part due to the masterful directing of Andrew Davis and solid action/suspense writing of David Twohy and Jeb Stuart – but honestly mostly on the undeniable screen power of stars Harrison Ford as Dr. Richard Kimble and Tommy Lee Jones and Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard.

However, when it came time for Hollywood to do its thing and try to capitalize again by making the same product twice, it created something almost identical, but also actually pretty ultimate and awesome on its own – U.S. Marshals (1998).

And while The Fugitive will always be the fan favorite for many (as it probably should), here are three tightly constructed counter-arguments as to why U.S. Marshals is the true more ultimate option for any Friday night VHS (or whatever streaming service you choose) selection.

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1) Tommy Lee Jones’ Time to Shine

The great Tommy Lee Jones has had one of the richest action careers in the history of cinema (action or non-action). And while his role was rich and awesome in The Fugitive (and, you know, won him an Oscar for best supporting actor and everything), it’s in U.S. Marshals that the man real gets to shine as Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard.

It’s really more interesting in a way to have Gerard as the main character in the film, with the more familiar “wrongfully accused hero” character as the supporting role (more on Snipes’ performance later).

Jones is 100% the epitome of righteous vengeance in a way more wholesome than Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry and more congeally than Charles Bronson’s Paul Kersey. Even when they try to dirty him up in the early parts of the film, you know Gerard is always in command of any situation and on the side of all that is good and ultimate.

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2) Wesley Snipes Over Harrison Ford

There was a time, before a tarnished reputation and prison sentence for tax evasion, that Wesley Snipes was the fresh face of action movie future. In many ways, casting Snipes as a mystery hero figure in U.S. Marshals was a genius move as really gives audience a real responsibility to figure out whether or not he is a villain or a true hero.

In most movies – especially action ones – your heroes and villains are cut and dry and you know it from the jump. And Snipes has shown he has the chops for both roles as hero (Blade) and villain (Demolition Man).

But unlike Ford’s Dr. Richard Kimble who we know to be off similar ilk to his hunter Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive, we’re left to wonder just who this Mark J. Sheridan guy is and if he’s a real threat to Jones… Or if he isn’t, then who is?

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3) Robert Downey Jr. Gets What He Deserves

Filmed at the height of Robert Downey Jr.’s bottoming-out drug problems, the embattled actor portrays Special Agent John Royce who – SPOILER ALERT, SPOILER ALERT – turns out to be the double agent bad guy at the end. And it’s great and the perfect fit.

Especially in the world of action movies, character’s which Downey Jr. usually portray are not to be idolized or trusted. This is doubly true up against Jones’ Gerard, who further juxtaposes himself in his blue jeans and Budweiser scenes against Downey’s stiff white bureaucratic collar.

It’s phenomenal stuff as both Downey and Snipes serve to make Jones – who in most of his career is indeed a super solid and awesome supporting actor to love interests or bigger stars – to make him the strong arm of the law and a rare, refreshing ride where we know we’re in good, safe hands the whole time.


What are your thoughts on U.S. Marshals and The Fugitive? Let us know in the comments!

The Raid Remake: Director Joe Carnahan Reveals Key Plot Details

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Jack Beresford
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Joe Carnahan has given action movie fans a taste of what to expect from his long-awaited remake of ‘The Raid’.

A Hollywood remake of Gareth Evans’ 2011 Indonesian action thriller has been in development for several years with Frank Grillo attached to star.

Joe Carnahan has now broken his silence on the subject to reveal that The Raid remake is finally happening and may be happening sooner than people think.

Speaking in an interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, the Narc and Smokin’ Aces filmmaker outlined his plans for the film and how it will differ from the original.

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How will The Raid remake differ to the original?

This version of The Raid will start with our central protagonist (Grillo) already in a whole heap of trouble.

Carnahan said:

“You meet Frank’s character having just rotated back from a really, really, brutal special forces operation. He’s got soft tissue damage in his hands, and his rotator cuff is blown out, and they take fluid off his knees, and the doctors basically tell him, ‘Listen you’re at the razor’s edge of PTSD and you need three months of just nothing, some R&R, because you’re jacked up.’

“And in that space he gets the message that his brother, who he thought had been dead for four years, is actually alive and working for a very bad guy in Caracas, and in 18 hours they’re gonna kill his brother. These forces are gonna descend and murder the bad guy and murder the brother, so do you wanna go and get your brother, who you thought is dead? Do you want that opportunity? So that’s where we start.”

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How will The Raid remake improve on the original?

Carnahan knows he can’t improve on the incredible fight choreography of the original, preferring to take a more intense, emotionally-led approach.

Carnahan said:

“I want the entire movie to feel like the knife fight between Adam Goldberg and the German in Saving Private Ryan. Everything. In every great action film there’s always an emotional quotient that you’re dealing with… You have to have a sense of stakes.

“For all of the tremendous excess of those last two Matrix films, which I enjoyed the hell out of, they never really got to the tension of just Keanu Reeves trying to answer a phone at the end of the first movie. There was great pathos, there was a great sense of, ‘Is he gonna make it?’ The spectacle I think outweighs the heart and soul of it, and that’s what you have to remember is you’ve gotta have that attached.”

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When will The Raid remake be released?

There’s no release date set for The Raid remake but Carnahan has started preparation work on the film, which could arrive at some point in 2020.

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Why ‘Sword and Sorcery’ Needs an Ultimate Resurgence

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Ultimate Action Movies
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A dive into the ultimate fantasy action genre of “Sword and Sorcery”

There was something like a dozen sword and sorcery movies made in the 1980s. These films were of varying qualities with the best being Conan the Barbarian and most of the rest being less than great. Those that were great though, were unforgettable. Modern fantasy movies just don’t have as much power. The good news is that sword and sorcery movies are due for a resurgence. Here’s what would make it ultimate.

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Sword Fighting Choreography

If there is one weakness action movies had in the 1980s it’s weapons fighting choreography. One of the worst sword fighting scenes you’ll ever see is in the opening of Highlander. Another bad one is in the opening of Conan the Destroyer. The list goes on. We love sword and sorcery films despite this flaw.

The great news is that this flaw can be easily corrected today. There are plenty of great movies with awesome weapons fighting scenes being made today: The Matrix: Reloaded, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Gladiator, 300, etc.

Even otherwise horrible movies have great weapons fighting scenes. The Wall starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack (why is he in an action movie?) and Matt Damon has an awesome fighting sequence. Hell, a TV show like Game of Thrones has great sword fights. A Sword and Sorcery movie made today could finally get the action choreography it deserves.

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Sword and Sorcery Women

Frank Frazetta

Fire and Ice is an underrated masterpiece. If you’ve never seen a Frank Frazetta painting prepare to have your mind blown. His book covers for the reprints of Conan the Cimmerian stories, coupled with Robert E. Howard’s unrivaled prose, created sword and sorcery as we know it.

One of Frazetta’s most iconic themes was the women of his paintings. They were damsels in distress, scantily clad. Unlike the princesses of common fantasy movies, these women had some muscle on their bodies. What does that have to do with today?

Check out Instagram fitness models (I know most of you guys probably do already). They look exactly like the damsels in distress Frazetta painted. They look just like Teegra from Fire and Ice, and they’re wildly popular. A Sword and Sorcery movie with a damsel that looked like an Instagram fitness model would do very well in the box office (and some gratuitous nudity never hurt).

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The Last Resurgence was Half-Assed

2011 was the closest thing we’ve had to a sword and sorcery resurgence. Sure, there was 1995s Kull, but that didn’t spark a trend. Too bad. Tia Carrera had the exotic, voluptuous look S&S fans love and Kevin Sorbo could handle a sword.

2011 saw another Conan the Barbarian movie, this time starring Jason Mamoa. Robert E. Howard purists like Mamoa’s Conan because he fits Conan’s description as told by Howard better than Arnold. Unfortunately, the film was horrible in most other ways. I remember watching the movie in theaters. A child Conan picks up a sword and kills half a dozen fierce warriors. It lost me right there. Pre-pubescent males (a.k.a. children) don’t beat grown men in combat. Also, the villains were all wrong, Rose McGowen looked hot, but she didn’t have the S&S look. The action scenes were lacking (where was the great choreography when the film needed it?). It just didn’t work.

The other S&S film to come in 2011 was Ronal the Barbarian. That’s the type of resurgence we got in 2011.

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The Market is Ready

A grown man who appreciates action films with a fantasy twist pines for a great S&S movie. The fantasy films that come out today are coming of age stories like Percy Jackson or Harry Potter. I’m tired of seeing teenagers get nervous around girls before they say the magic words and kill the evilest thing in the universe. I’m tired of seeing PG violence and heart-warming reunions.

We want sword fights that result in lost limbs and blood baths. We want to see grown men test their wills against supernatural evils. In other words, we want an ultimate Sword and Sorcery resurgence.

To read more from Jared Trueheart about the art of masculine story-telling check out legendsofmen.com. Let us know your thoughts on this article and the legacy of Sword and Sorcery movies on the UAMC Facebook page!

UAMC Reader Survey: What Articles Are You Interested In?

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John Acquavita
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You tell us what you want to read about on the Ultimate Action Movie Club website!

Generating quality content for the site takes time: brainstorming, writing, editing, proofreading, etc. While we enjoy the open-style format of the site (writers can craft posts on just about anything related to action movies without much pushback from the administrator), we generally don’t want to populate it with posts which nobody will be interested in reading.

On that note, we know that you obviously love action movies, and some of our articles are more wildly popular than others. For instance, we can post a well-written, 900-word synopsis of a lesser-known film from the 1990s and it would hardly draw any interest, but if we post something with Bloodsport in the article title, it’ll immediately draw attention to readers.

What makes the 80s and 90s action movies so ultimate?

For the Ultimate Action Movie Fans!

So, Ultimate Action Movie Club fans, we’d like your input! Based on the following list, which types of UAMC posts are you most interested in reading?

  • Reviews of well-known movies from the 1980s
  • Reviews of lesser-known movies from the 1980s
  • Reviews of well-known movies from the 1990s
  • Reviews of lesser-known movies from the 1990s
  • Reviews of well-known movies from the 21st century (after 2000)
  • Reviews of lesser-known movies from the 21st century (after 2000)
  • Interviews with movie actors, actresses, directors, writers, production crew, etc.
  • General posts related to action movies (top movies of one actor, quotes, trivia, etc.)

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The Documentary Story of How Chuck Norris Defeated Communism

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Iron Fist
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Chuck Norris = 1. Communism = 0.

Chuck Norris has literally altered the course of human history. And he did it without firing a single shot. He didn’t do it single handedly. He had help. Schwarzenegger. Stallone. Jennifer Grey. Swayze.They did it by teaming up to inspire an entire country to stand up and overthrow their oppressors in a bloodless coup in 1989, that started the dominos falling and led to the collapse of Communism. Their very real struggle has finally been brought to the screen with the 2018 docudrama Chuck Norris vs. Communism.

Would any of us risk spending the rest of your lives in jail to watch a Cynthia Rothrock movie? (Editor’s note: heck yes – she’s awesome!) Well, this is what our brothers and sisters in the Eastern Bloc country of Romania risked in the 1980s.

A little history first. Back in the 80s, Communism was the great evil in the world that suppressed the rights and liberties of its citizens to stay in power. Anything considered Western was ruthlessly suppressed. Against impossible odds, a group of action movie aficionados much like you and I defied this evil in order to get their action on. It was this can do attitude displayed by our action heroes on screen and in front of the TV that lit the spark that fueled the revolution that ended Communism. 

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ENTER THE ROMANIAN DRAGON

Irina Nistor worked as the voice and translator of all the propaganda films the state put out and as such, she had access to studios and equipment. When she received a VCR tape smuggled in from the West, she then dubbed in into Romanian. If you think “I’LL BE BACK” dubbed into Romanian by a female voice loses anything in translation, you would be wrong. Dead wrong. But don’t ask me how the secret police couldn’t figure out the same voice dubbing the decadent movies from the West was also the same voice on their state sponsored television. 

From there, our single perfectly dubbed VHS tape would be smuggled out to a black marketeer who had a dacha-house – that had 300 VCRs that we’re running 24/7 making copies of that tape. Do any of us remember how bad a copy of a copy played?

Anyway, these tapes would be sold on the black market. It’s buyers would be those in possession of a VCR smuggled in from the West, which at the time cost as much as the average Romanian made in a year. Secret viewing partied were then organized by word of mouth to trusted individuals right under the noses of the secret police. And the rest is history.

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In this film we get to meet Irina and many of the people who lived this tale. We get reenactments of the viewing parties and how they outsmarted the secret police and informants within their midst. We get heart felt interviews of just what our American action movies meant to the people of Romania struggling under totalitarian rule.

My favorite scene is that after a viewing of Rocky, the next morning found the apartment building’s courtyard filled with people jogging and shadow boxing. For a few hours, they were free and reliving the journey of their favorite  action hero. Such is the power to inspire of action cinema.

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Chuck Norris Saves All

Ultimately, this movie is a meditation on the transformative power of the movies. With action movies as the vehicle and Chuck Norris as the driver, Communism never had a chance. Rambo, Red Dawn, Lone Wolf Mcquade, Rocky, Robocop, Dirty Dancing, Invasion USA, Uncommon Valor, Red Heat and Missing In Action.They are all here as the Romanian people made our beloved action movies their own. 

So the next time your spouse or significant other is nagging you about your choice of movies, remember to tell them the story of Irina and the people of Romania and how they overthrew Communism – (thanks to Chuck Norris).

This author wishes to maintain his secret identity goes by the name of his favorite comic book hero Iron Fist. When he’s not collecting comics from his childhood, watching action movies or raising his three kids, he works a a police officer, trains Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do, Kali and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Needless to say, he takes poor martial arts or sloppy gun handling skills personally. And he lives and trains in Chicago.

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UAMC Scene Breakdown: The Final Showdown from Robocop (1987)

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Emily Stephan
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It’s Robocop vs Clarence Boddicker in one of the most ultimate showdowns in action movie history!

RoboCop Final Showdown
The ultimate showdown ending to Robocop (1987)

The final showdown between Alex Murphy and Clarence Boddicker is my favorite scene in Robocop, bar none, and by proxy, my favorite 80s action sequence ever. While the last scene with Dick Jones is technically the true final battle of the film, I like the showdown with Clarence just a hair more. In some ways, it’s a scene that possesses in miniature all the things that make Robocop such a special action flick.

Anyway, here are three reasons why I love it so much!

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Reason One: It’s Got Visceral, Exciting Action

A car chase. Multiple, impressive explosions. Suspense. Surprises at every turn. This scene is just plain exciting. When the amazing music starts up right after Murphy makes his presence known to the villains, one cannot help but get swept up in the spectacle of the sequence. The pace never lets up for a minute.

As a side note, I also love how much Officer Lewis gets to do. She chases down Clarence in her car and manages to blow Leon up even when suffering multiple bullet wounds. Such a shame she’s never used to as good effect in the sequels! But I digress…

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Reason Two: It’s Hilarious

This scene is the epitome of Verhoeven’s masterful combination of dark humor and ultraviolent action. As the criminals cautiously march into the steel mill with their heavy-duty artillery at the ready, Murphy throws a piece of scrap metal behind them, drawing their panicked fire in the exact opposite direction. This little moment is a great foretaste of the comedy to come in the sequence, where the viewer is alternately awed by the action-packed spectacle and laughing from sheer schadenfreude.

Funniest moment? Emil’s getting mutated then run over by Clarence, which results in a massive explosion of toxic blood and guts. Disgusting, messed up, and horrifying, yes—so much that I almost feel guilty for laughing. But then again, “messed up and horrifying” might describe a lot of Robocop anyway…

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Reason Three: It’s Emotionally Satisfying

Murphy’s “death” at the hands of Clarence and co. is one of the most emotionally harrowing scenes in 1980s action cinema. As much fun as I have every time I watch Robocop, that scene twists my guts no matter how familiar I am with every frame of it. For once, the violence isn’t played for over-the-top laughs. It hurts to watch.

The darkness of that earlier scene makes this final showdown all the more fulfilling for the audience. Murphy returns to the place of his death after being reborn twice: once as Robocop and now as Murphy again, giving the scene an almost biblical edge in its death and resurrection motifs. (Also, there’s that one shot where it looks like Murphy is walking on water. That makes it pretty obvious too.)

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The way Clarence and co. meet their demises are so satisfying, much more satisfying than if they were just killed in a standard gun battle. When Clarence finally gets his with a geyser of the red, red krovvy erupting from his neck, it’s immensely gratifying for the audience, even though his death does not come about in the traditional action movie manner when you think about it.

Murphy and Clarence don’t engage in the gravity-defying spectacle that permeates superhero films of our current age, let alone traditional hand-to-hand combat. As I mentioned in my original Robocop review, their showdown is far more reminiscent of classic westerns like High Noon, where the principled sheriff and amoral villain stare one another down amidst an empty town, settling the score with quick violence.

However, this too is subverted, as Murphy is a lot rougher around the edges than Gary Cooper’s sheriff, who was motivated by his sense of justice. Murphy makes it clear that he isn’t interested in taking Clarence in alive: he’s out for vengeance, making him more human than the machine OCP wanted him to remain. And that’s part of why this sequence is just so rich and visceral, one of the highlights of Robocop and all 1980s action movies.

Share some of your favorite scenes from the original Robocop (1987) in the comments!

Air Force One: When a Fictional American President Became Ultimate

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Ultimate Action Movies
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All hail Harrison Ford’s Ultimate President Marshall!

When I first viewed Air Force One (1997), I really did not like the film. That’s because for one weekend, it monopolized my television and I was forced to watch it because of a sibling’s love of Harrison Ford.

However, that’s not the case as I grew older and watched it independent of that experience. It’s not only one of Ford’s greatest roles of all time but it’s an interesting look at a what-if scenario: whether or not Russians could ever take over Air Force One. For Ford’s President James Marshall, it is a very frightening reality he has to contend with.

Harrison Ford as President Marshall

Following the capture of General Ivan Radek, the Kazakhstan dictator, Marshall praises the capture by US and Russian Special Forces and says at a diplomatic dinner in Moscow that the US will never negotiate with terrorists. However, Radek loyalists are about to put Marshall’s words to the test. Posing as journalists, they take control of Air Force One. Ivan Korshunov, who leads the hijacking, obtain weapons and kill many agents and military personnel onboard. They also take civilians. Marshall races to an escape pod in the cargo, seeking to escape, but he does the exact opposite.

What Korshunov does not know is that Marshall is a Medal of Honor recipient and veteran of the Vietnam War. This man has been through hell and back and he intends to make that well known to them. He is able to closely study them before killing some of Korshunov’s men. He uses a satellite phone quickly to contact Vice President Kathryn Bennett to let her and his staff know that he is indeed alive. Korshunov, meanwhile, contacts Bennett herself and threatens to kill a hostage every half an hour until Radek is released.

A Pre-9/11 Film

This is, perhaps, a situation the USA has never found itself in except something close to 9/11. In some ways, this film was a precursor to a successful attack by terrorists on US soil. Marshall works with his military advisers in the hopes of making Korshunov take Air Force One to a lower altitude. This could allow the hostages to parachute to safety off the plane.

Marshall hopes to escort the passengers himself but Korshunov discovers this and causes fuel to ignite, destroying a tanker, as he moves Air Force One away. The Radek loyalist eventually puts Marshall in a predicament he cannot escape: he captures Marshall, Lloyd Shepherd, the chief of staff, Major Caldwell, and Gibbs, a secret service agent.

Marshall has to contact Russian President Petrov and make sure Radek is released. Marshall is incapable of performing his presidential duties because of changed nuclear launch codes that were compromised. Korshunov and his men celebrate while Marshall kills him and the remaining henchmen. Immediately after, Marshall changes his order to release Radek and the latter is killed as he attempts to get to a helicopter waiting for him. While Miller and Caldwell seek to direct the plane back home, more Radek loyalists start to attack them. Subsequently, while no wake up call alarm clock is going off, the aircraft begins to lose fuel and altitude after a puncture to its wings and its tail damaged.

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An HC-130 sends parajumpers to help rescue the survivors and ultimately, get everyone to safety. Gibbs reveals himself to be the mole and kills Caldwell and a parajumper before he dies in the Caspian Sea, as the plane crashes. Marshall is able to live another day and might buy that wake up call alarm clock he’s been eyeing for a while. What’s interesting about this film is how real a threat such a thing poses to our world. These sorts of events were not commonplace when Air Force One came out in 1997. Four years later, when September 11, 2001, happened, such things would not surprise anyone anymore.

Terrorists are out there and seek to destroy others’ ways of life. It is a scarier world we live in and one that does not seem to be slowing down anytime soon. The USA and the rest of the western world remain on alert always to impending attacks that could happen on our soil. It’s not a bad thing to have a president who still has military training. In fact, it could benefit us greatly once more, should another attack ever happen again.

About the author: Tommy Zimmer is a writer whose work has appeared online and in print. His work covers a variety of topics, including politics, economics, health and wellness, the entertainment industry, and a wake up call alarm clock.

Edgar Wright Declares ‘Mad Max Fury Road’ his Most Ultimate Action Movie of All Time

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Jourdan Aldredge
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Mad Max Fury Road
Mad Max Fury Road

The modern comedy/action director makes a solid pick, but disses Arnold in the process…

Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright on the set of Baby Driver

Just because the ultimate action movie golden era of the ‘80s and ‘90s may be dead and gone doesn’t mean that there are some truly noble attempts to keep the genre alive.

One of those brave directors has been Edgar Wright who has found ways to show his ultimate love for the ultimate classics in his genre-bending comedy/actioners like Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver.

Wright also has a pretty popular account going as part of #FilmTwitter and is often quick to spark some fiery debates. His most recent work falls into our favorite genre – the best action movies of all time.

Mad Max Fury Road is #1


So, Mr. Wright’s pick is in. And while Mad Max Fury Road is definitely one of the greatest action movies of the last few years, you’d be hard pressed to find many ultimate action movie enthusiasts agreeing that it’s truly the greatest of all time. Heck, it might not even be the most ultimate out of the franchise with the original Mel Gibson Mad Max or its sequel Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior each getting plenty of love as well.

However, Edgar didn’t ask us, he just voiced his opinion on his own. So we’ll give him a pass.

His fans and followers though, were just as correct taking him to task though.

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Hard Boiled is #2

Wright would go on to concede that John Woo’s Hong Kong classic Hard Boiled would have to be his number two pick. So much so that Wright has publicly gone to bat for the film intro it at film festivals and citing its influence in many of his works – which we can almost surely trace into some of the shootout scenes from Hot Fuzz and Baby Driver.

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No Love for Arnold and Commando


Probably one of the most commented replies points out the obvious error of omission by not including Commando at least in the conversation for greatest action movie of all time. (There also appears to be quite a good deal of support for Die Hard – which also is warranted and makes sense.) Yet, Wright fires back with probably his biggest bombshell of all by saying that neither Commando nor Predator are even his favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger films! What!

Wright does not go on to elaborate which Arnie movie is indeed his favorite. But if we had to guess we’d have to say Terminator 2 (because that’d really be the only other OBVIOUS option) or Kindergarten Cop because that just seems his brand of humor and action combined. But who knows – we may never get his true feelings.

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Still, we’re happy the man is contributing to action movies at all. He is currently in works on a horror / action / thriller titled Last Night in Soho which should be awesome.

And Mad Max Fury Road is indeed one of greatest modern actioners that harkens some of the best and brightest memories from the ultimate action movie golden days – so we won’t knock him either for tooting its horn just a little more. But comon, man. Watch Commando one more time and don’t tell us it’s damn ultimate!

Let us know your thoughts on Edgar Wright’s action movie debate!

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