What do you consider the greatest action film ever?

"A motion picture whose storyline involves fast-paced activity and conflict, usually including such elements as a heroic protagonist, violent fights, acrobatic stunts, chase scenes, and gunplay."

So, why does no one consider Saving Private Ryan an action movie?
Because it's a Period movie. Period pieces have their own genre.
 
Bloodsport
Rocky III
Rocky V
Scarface
Casino
Rambo
Lethal Weapon 3
American Ninja 2
Die Hard

are the first to come to mind..
 
"A motion picture whose storyline involves fast-paced activity and conflict, usually including such elements as a heroic protagonist, violent fights, acrobatic stunts, chase scenes, and gunplay."

So, why does no one consider Saving Private Ryan an action movie?

I think War films are a sub-genre of action films.

Which means they can probably be called action films.
 
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The correct answer
 
I fucking love Predator 1 but for the most part it feels more like a suspense movie with short burst of amazing action, similar to Alien.

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Above the Law

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I will say, I don't think any scene ever gets my blood pumping like the Last of the Mohicans final fight scene; gotta watch the whole film though, needs proper 3 1/2 hour buildup
 
"A motion picture whose storyline involves fast-paced activity and conflict, usually including such elements as a heroic protagonist, violent fights, acrobatic stunts, chase scenes, and gunplay."

So, why does no one consider Saving Private Ryan an action movie?
Because it's a war movie, and the purpose of the action isn't to excite. It's to show the horrors of war. Aliens, like T2, is a Sci Fi action film. Just like Terminator and Alien are Sci Fi horror. Science fiction isn't one large catch all category.

Sci Fi horror and action are legitimate sub categories
 
if we're talking straight up action, it's likely Rambo IV or Die Hard. If we're talking specifically fighting, it's Raid: Redemption or Undisputed III.

Predator is also up there, although some count it as Sci Fi as well

There's a lot of legit, really over the top Action movies though, just depends on how you deem 'greatest'. Like the Clive Owen movie Shoot Em Up is just awesome, I dgaf

The Rock also deserves some mentioning (a Michael Bay action movie w/ a 7.4 IMDB score, what the f)
i think a lot of people missed Rambo IV

it's easily the most savage and brutally violent action movie like ever. It makes Punisher War Zone look soft as hell by comparison

Rambo IV was a surprisingly great action film, but there is no way it touches the number one action film of all time spot.
 
Rambo IV was a surprisingly great action film, but there is no way it touches the number one action film of all time spot.
Disagree, its subjective anyway

If someone told me Raid: Redemption is their pick, its kinda hard to argue if you like well executed fight choreography. Most of the arguments for why say Die Hard and Predator are so often picked are really just arguing why they are great films, period. Not why they stand out for their Action necessarily.....IMO
 
Aliens theatrical cut. The directors cut is a far more deep and quality film but the initial release was a perfect action movie.

Second to that is Predator. So much testosterone, in a tight fun well laid out package.

Regardless of what you pick it's very likely from the 80s. Action was just done better back then.
 
does anyone have Speed in their top ten?

i think one can make a pretty serious case for it, even if it's a diehard 'on a bus' clone.
 
does anyone have Speed in their top ten?

i think one can make a pretty serious case for it, even if it's a diehard 'on a bus' clone.
My first rated r movie. I went around using "crazy not stupid" every chance I could for a few years.


My pick

The Raid: Redemption. Sorry I thought 2 was good in everything but the fighting. The fighting wasn't as hardcore, just more people. The first one had incredibly cringe inducing fights because it was so visceral. And two just kept adding people like cars in the end of the blues brothers.

Actually... Mad Max: Fury Road is a nonstop pure unadulterated frenzy of everything action.

The Raid: Redemption or Fury Road.

Fuuuuck now I'm thinking of Bad Boys 2. I dont have a favorite...
 
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