THE GREATEST ACTION MOVIES EVER MADE !!!!!! (206 titles)

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Terminator 2 - Judgment Day

Schwarzenegger's greatest performance and movie. Probably one of the best films ever made. James Cameron might have won all the Oscars and art house crowd recognition with Titanic, but T2 is his true Masterpiece.

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• Terminator 2 - Judgment Day on DVD (1991)
  Starring: Linda Hamilton,  Joe Morton,  Jenette Goldstein
  Director: James Cameron
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  A sequel to the low-budget sci-fi action thriller that made him and star Arnold Schwarzenegger A-list Hollywood names, writer/director James Cameron upped the ante with this follow-up by employing a more sweeping storyline and cutting-edge special effects. Linda Hamilton returns as Sarah Connor, ..read more »
  
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The Terminator

An all time classic, car chases, gun shot-outs, bad 80's hair cuts and a killer robot with a german accent from the future what else do you want!

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• The Terminator on DVD (1985)
  Starring: Linda Hamilton,  Paul Winfield,  Arnold Schwarzenegger
  Director: James Cameron
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  Endlessly imitated, The Terminator made the reputation of cowriter/director James Cameron -- who would go on to make 1997's titanic Titanic -- and solidified the stardom of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The movie begins in a post-apocalyptic 2029, when Los Angeles has been largely reduced to rubble and is ..read more »
  
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Die Hard

Willis is one of the few action heros who can actually act. One of the best pure action movies made. Wonderfully directed with Alan Rickman giving the ultimate 'villian' performance. I wish they would hire him to play a Bond villian.

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• Die Hard on DVD (1988)
  Starring: Alan Rickman,  Robert Davi,  Bruce Willis
  Director: John McTiernan
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  On Christmas Eve, New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) in Los Angeles, where she works. They are attending a party at Holly's high-rise office block when terrorists, led by the suave Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) break in, taking everyone ..read more »
  
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Total Recall

The Terminator films are Arnold's best movies. But this is the most definitive Schwarzenegger film made. Amongst the high fueled destruction of action and violence, lays a very intelligent Sc-fi movie. Excellent

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• Total Recall on DVD (1990)
  Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Rachel Ticotin,  Sharon Stone
  Director: Paul Verhoeven
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  Doug Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a happily married construction worker living in the year 2084, is haunted by a recurrent dream in which he is living with a woman on Mars. Rekall Incorporated offer him the chance to live out his dream through a microchip which implants any memories their client ..read more »
  
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True Lies

Great fun and very funny, watch out for Bill Paxton who is hilarious as a fake secret agent. Over the top action, great performances and Schwarzenegger's last (decent) epic action movie. Warning: check out the American DVD, the British has been cut badly by the censors

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• True Lies on DVD (1994)
  Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis,  Tom Arnold,  Bill Paxton
  Director: James Cameron
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  Borrowing liberally from the French film La Totale, this is an action picture, domestic comedy, and political thriller rolled into a crowd-pleasing ball of entertainment. Producer James Cameron wrote and directed the film. Henry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a workaholic computer salesman ..read more »
  
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Predator

Rambo meets the terminator. A real boys film. Big guns, macho men, and violent action. Hollywood dosen't make these films anymore

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• Predator on DVD (1987)
  Starring: Bill Duke,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Elpidia Carrillo
  Director: John McTiernan
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  Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has a code of honor which he will not violate, even when his life depends on it. Paradoxically, his code of honor gives him the backbone to survive as a military special forces operative when he is sent on a covert mission to rescue another group which was sent in to ..read more »
  
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The Rock

Sean Connery is the hardest OAP on the planet. Very funny and a great cast, make this one of the best action films of all time. Micheal Bay's best film so far

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• The Rock on DVD (1996)
  Starring: Bokeem Woodbine,  Claire Forlani,  Sean Connery
  Director: Michael Bay
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  The safety of San Francisco hangs in the balance when General Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris) and his renegade squad of US Marines take over the abandoned Alcatraz prison and threaten to launch a poison gas attack on the city if their demands are not met. The FBI's response is to call in Stanley ..read more »
  
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Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade

The best one in the series. This is a flawless movie. Its great to see Connery play a fun comic role. The plot, action and all the cast are fantastic. so many memorable scenes - we see a teenage indy, the venice boat chase, when Ford and Connery first meet, the blaze in the Nazi Castle, the Hitler signing, the dog fight with planes and seaguls, lots of tanks and the perfect sunset ending. Its a shame I can't recall any memorable scenes from the new film. George Lucas I will hire the evil Dark Forces of the Empire to hunt to down for extreme questioning, where no Jedi mind tricks will be able to help you out.

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• Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade on DVD (1989)
  Starring: Harrison Ford,  Sean Connery,  Alison Doody
  Director: Steven Spielberg
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  Indiana Jones is back in his third adventure, this time on the trail of his missing father, who disappeared while trying to find the Holy Grail. But it is soon apparant that Dr. Henry Jones Sr. isn't the only one after the Grail, as the Nazis are also keen to find it and will stop at nothing to get ..read more »
  
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The Dark Knight

A truly EPIC, MAGNIFICENT movie makes Iron Man look like an ironing board. Chris Nolan is one of the finest filmmakers working today, after the brilliance of the Prestige, Memento, Insomnia and Batman Begins he gives us this wonderful creation. Dark Knight is a superior movie to Batman Begins. We get to see Batman making sacrifices and the start of his unhealthy obsessions in order to become the protector of Gotham. Whereas other comic book/summer blockbuster movies rely on over the top CGI to tell its story, Nolan takes a more grounded approach, focusing on the plot of the film and the characters in the film that tell that story. Its true about Ledger, he is fantastic. He gives us one of the most memorable cinematic performances since Ben Kingsely in Sexy Beast. Rather than being animated and over the top, he gives a more believable psychotic villain. His talent will be sorely missed. But Bale, Arckart and Oldman also give wonderful performances. Younger kids will not like this movie much, because this really is not a comic book film. This is tense crime thriller movie, sharing the same complexities and qualities to that of the French Connection, The Departed, Heat and The Untouchables. Yet this film manages to be fun at the same time too, mainly because of Ledgers wonderful performance and the slick, tense action scenes. There is a lot of talk Ledger receiving an Oscar, which I agree with, but if you ask me Nolan should be commended too. If The Dark Knight fails to get an Oscar nomination either for Ledger, Nolan or the film itself then that would be a crime, a crime that not even Batman could solve.

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• The Dark Knight on DVD (2008)
  Starring: Christian Bale,  Heath Ledger,  Maggie Gyllenhaal
  Director: Christopher Nolan
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  Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly.
  
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Die Hard With A Vengeance

Sam L Jackson steals all the scenes but John McClane still saves the day. The chemistry between these fine actors is why this movie is so good as well as some great tension filled action scenes. Warning: check out the American DVD, the British has been cut badly by the censors

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• Die Hard With A Vengeance on DVD (1995)
  Starring: Sam Philips,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Larry Bryggman
  Director: John McTiernan
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  Bruce Willis returns as misfit cop John McClane in the third film in the Die Hard series. McClane has fallen on hard times; after moving to New York City and breaking up with his wife, he's developed a drinking problem and has been suspended from the NYPD. However, his past comes back to haunt him ..read more »
  
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