Good movies with famous action stars that are overlooked

[Zer]

There was a film we had on DVD when I was a kid called Rough Riders, and I always wondered why it seems to be unknown because it had a killer cast and was a lot of fun, with great action scenes. Tom Berenger played Roosevelt and absolutely kills it, he was so good



Just had a look and the whole movie is on youtube

 

[UberHere]

Last Action Hero was awesome, aside from the kid.

Also one of the GOAT soundtrack albums.

I remember hating that movie when I first saw it as a kid, but on rewatch it’s hilarious. The villain is pretty cool too.

 

[Thrawn33]

I remember hating that movie when I first saw it as a kid, but on rewatch it’s hilarious. The villain is pretty cool too.

Charles Dance is fucking awesome

 

[Halifax]

Timecop - JCVD
Better than all his other movies with exception of Bloodsport, but never see it on tv or even mentioned by fans. I think even JCVD agrees as he makes it a point to give this movie a shoutout in his series Jean Claude VanJohnson

Snatch - Jason Statham
This one gets overlooked by his fans I think because he’s not an invincible tough guy in this movie, but is by far the best movie he has ever starred in.

The Specialist - Sylvester Stallone
Not his best, but solid. James Woods killed it as the main antagonist

Snatch is not overlooked. It dialog masterpiece and made his career. And Bullet tooth Tony's career lol

 

[TheChance]

Executive Decision with Steven Seagal

Supposedly Seagal was marked for death early in the movie when he fell out of an airplane at 30000 feet, but he was hard to kill and landed in Russia half past dead, and became the foreigner and the mercenary for justice: the perfect weapon, above the law and out for justice

And as we know he is far from a Good Man and Born to Raise hell so he went to a whorehouse looking to make an Asian Connection and wound up with Fire down Below.

 

[Bacco]

The Quest is probably my fav Van Damme movie, even just for the athmosphere and variety of fighters... a better Street Fighter movie than Street Fighter movie itself lol

Brotherhood of the Wolf have unique style

The 13th Warrior with Banderas

Solomon Kane with Hugh Jackman gave me lot Berserk vibes

I liked King Arthur with Clive Owen even if was silly

Rob Roy had some great scenes

Alatriste with Viggo Mortensen is strange but offer pretty unique athmosphere

Everybody shits on Momoa's Conan but reality is in lot ways was closer to books than Arnold's

The Rock's Hercules did its job


Have been years i don't seen any of these, so maybe is just nostalgia lol

 

[TheChance]

The Quest is probably my fav Van Damme movie, even just for the athmosphere and variety of fighters... a better Street Fighter movie than Street Fighter movie itself lol

Brotherhood of the Wolf have unique style

The 13th Warrior with Banderas

Solomon Kane with Hugh Jackman gave me lot Berserk vibes

I liked King Arthur with Clive Owen even if was silly

Rob Roy had some great scenes

Alatriste with Viggo Mortensen is strange but offer pretty unique athmosphere

Everybody shits on Momoa's Conan but reality is in lot ways was closer to books than Arnold's

The Rock's Hercules did its job


Have been years i don't seen any of these, so maybe is just nostalgia lol

Soloman Kane was played by James Purefoy not Jackman but it did have the always terrific Max Von Sydow. King Arthur is vastly underrated, it was a bit too self serious but it something I will always watch when it is on.

 

[eddymotto]

Snatch - Jason Statham
This one gets overlooked by his fans I think because he’s not an invincible tough guy in this movie, but is by far the best movie he has ever starred in.

Overlooked is a very subjective term but Snatch is probably remembered more as the breakout film for Guy Ritchie and therefore less of a Jason Statham film. Stattham was one guy in an ensemble cast. Ritchie already had Lock, Stock but Snatch is where he showed that he could do it again with a decent sized budget.

Or, in my subjective mind, I think of Lock, Stock and Snatch as Guy Ritchie movies rather than for any of the actors.

 

[deviake]

Executive Decision with Steven Seagal

Supposedly Seagal was marked for death early in the movie when he fell out of an airplane at 30000 feet, but he was hard to kill and landed in Russia half past dead, and became the foreigner and the mercenary for justice: the perfect weapon, above the law and out for justice

My dad and I used to joke that Executive Decision is Seagull's best movie

Spoiler

We weren't joking

 

[Bacco]

Soloman Kane was played by James Purefoy not Jackman but it did have the always terrific Max Von Sydow. King Arthur is vastly underrated, it was a bit too self serious but it something I will always watch when it is on.

Yeah you're right guess i mixed it up with Jackman playing Van Helsing lol

But yeah i mean Solomon Kane/Purefoy

Val Helsing was still funny af toy, but never could accept what shit casting they did for Dracula nor that he tried to almost pussy out of the final fight lol

 

[Mr. Shickadance]

RONIN.

Late 90s heist movie with, Sean Bean, Jean Reno, Stellan Skarsgard and ofc Robert De Niro in it. One of the best movies in history with lots of epic car chases but no one really talks about it.

I actually saw this for the first time the other day, and it is really good. Definitely overlooked.

As far as the OP I think many people talk about “Snatch” so I don’t know where you’re getting that from.

And as far as timecop I saw that in theaters but don’t remember much about it other than his split in the kitchen and how the time machines looked.

 

[TheSlothMan]

Disagree about Timecop being better than all his other movies except Bloodsport. Kickboxer, Lionheart, Cyborg, Hard Target, Double Impact, and No Retreat No Surrender are all better in my view, JCVD was on fire in the late 80's/early 90's. Not to say Timecop was bad or anything (definitely better than Looper), although it probably was his last really good one that got released in theaters.

Timecop - JCVD
Better than all his other movies with exception of Bloodsport, but never see it on tv or even mentioned by fans. I think even JCVD agrees as he makes it a point to give this movie a shoutout in his series Jean Claude VanJohnson

Everything is amazing about Showdown in Little Tokyo. The movie is hilariously entertaining and has some parts that nearly make me drop dead every time I watch it, like how Brandon can't stop talking about how massive Dolph's schlong is



Of course, I would expect nothing less from the same director that gave us Arnold's magnum opus, Commando.

Showdown In Little Tokyo- Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee
Nothing amazing about this movie but I think it is a fun movie with good chemistry between Lundgren and Lee. Also, it has a great looking Tia Carrere. For those who don't know who that is it is the Hawaiian woman in True Lies and Wayne's World.

 

[GSP_37]

Never watched Timecop because I didn't think it had boobs in it. Will check it out if it's in one of the streaming services I have.

RONIN.

Late 90s heist movie with, Sean Bean, Jean Reno, Stellan Skarsgard and ofc Robert De Niro in it. One of the best movies in history with lots of epic car chases but no one really talks about it.

Ronin was one of my first DVD's. DeNiro was like the ultimate alpha male. Didn't walk like a rooster saying strawberry jam all the time and giggling, but he was the man and didn't have to declare it. The ice skater was naked in Playboy.

 

[Dobymick]

It doesn't have an action star but I'm gonna say it anyway

Judgement Night with Emilio Estevez

Great 90s action movie that is often overlooked due to being from an era that it had so many great movies

 

[Mr. Shickadance]

It doesn't have an action star but I'm gonna say it anyway

Judgement Night with Emilio Estevez

Great 90s action movie that is often overlooked due to being from an era that it had so many great movies

Had an amazing soundtrack too

 

[BEATDOWNS]

The Jackal - Bruce Willis

 

[KaNesDeath]

Last Action Hero was awesome, aside from the kid.

Also one of the GOAT soundtrack albums.

Movie was twenty years to early. General audience wasnt ready for it yet.

 

[Zer]

One of the more slept on Jet Li films is Twin Warriors aka Tai Chi Master. It's a pretty cookie cutter story but the action sequences are brilliant as you'd expect from Li. The full movie is on youtube



I also never see the Sammo Hung film Magnificent Butcher get any love but it's really great, my favourite Hung film for sure

 

[freakroor]

I don't think there an Arnold movie that I don't enjoy, outside of his early crap like Hercules in New York.

But even his lesser films like eraser, last action hero, and last stand I thoroughly enjoyed.

Jingle All The Way is a top-tier xmas film

 

[Bagatur]

it is rarely (if ever) mentioned here and RT has 11% approval rating (fuck them), but Season of the Witch with Cage and Perlman.