My favourite Old-school action movies
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- DirectorStanley TongStarsJackie ChanMichelle YeohMaggie CheungA Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.This one is one of the best action/comedies of my chlidhood'. I grew up watching this :)
- DirectorJohn WooStarsJean-Claude Van DammeLance HenriksenYancy ButlerA woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.One of Van Damme's best by John Woo.
- DirectorJing WongStarsJackie ChanRichard NortonJoey WangA self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.Nonstop laughing and kick-ass action.
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsDolph LundgrenBrandon LeeCary-Hiroyuki TagawaTwo L.A. cops with opposing views on what is the best way to uphold the law have to work together to bring down the Yakuza, while trying to protect a beautiful woman.Man I love this very much. Perfect buddy-action movie.
- DirectorMatt Earl BeesleyStarsMickey RourkeDanny TrejoFrederic ForrestConvicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many more of them) before making their demands. Only Rudy, a former mercenary and brother of one of the fugitives, can take out the criminals before more of the hostages die.I don't think many people know this movie with Mickey Rourke. A little bit silly but it's worth watching.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsWesley SnipesDonald SutherlandMaury ChaykinUN's secretary general uses covert operations to help diplomacy along. Shaw's called back 6 months after one such operation. He witnesses the murder of Chinese UN ambassador at UN, NYC, chases the assassin and ends up a suspect.In my opinion this was the penultimate good movie of Snipes.
- DirectorKevin HooksStarsWesley SnipesBruce PayneTom SizemoreAn airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.A gripping action hit with Wesley Snipes and the diabolic Bruce Payne.
- DirectorPierre MorelStarsCyril RaffaelliDavid BelleTony D'AmarioCaptain Damien must team up with Leito, a local insurgent from District 13, to defuse a neutron bomb that has fallen into the hands of a local drug lord, Taha, and rescue Leito's sister Lola.Very good non-stop action flick a la French style.
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsCarlos GallardoConsuelo GómezJaime de HoyosA traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.Robert Rodriguez's low-budget and very explosive movie with a lot of gunpowder.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsWesley SnipesVing RhamesPeter FalkWhen heavyweight champion George "Iceman" Chambers lands in prison, the resident gangster arranges a boxing match with the reigning prison champ.And this was the last good movie of Wesley Snipes.
- DirectorDeran SarafianStarsJean-Claude Van DammeRobert GuillaumeCynthia GibbIn a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.Hard as steel. Probably one of the best prison movies.
- DirectorChristophe GansStarsJulie CondraKevan OhtsjiMark DacascosA woman sees an assassin outside San Francisco killing yakuza men and later in Vancouver. She's been told that he leaves no witness. Will she be his next victim or...?This little diamond was the surprise action movie of 1995. Very stylish.
- DirectorMichael DavisStarsClive OwenMonica BellucciPaul GiamattiA man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.Bang-bang! KaBoom! Guilty pleasure.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsChristopher LambertLoryn LocklinKurtwood SmithIn a future, private underground prison/Fortress, the inmates are computer controlled with CCTV, dream readers and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife are inside but want to escape before birth.Classic sci-fi with Christopher Lambert. I'm wondering if this film will have a remake or at least a sequel ? I know there's a sequel but it's very bad. With today's technology that would be a hit!
- DirectorWalter HillStarsBruce WillisBruce DernWilliam SandersonA drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.Bruce Willis deals death and justice in the form of little lead bullets.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsJohn TravoltaChristian SlaterSamantha MathisTerrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.Travolta is in his finest in this breathtaking John Woo movie.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerGabriel ByrneRobin TunneyAt the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him.Arnold defeats Satan while everything is in fire. By the way the CGI is good too.
- DirectorJohn GrayStarsSteven SeagalKeenen Ivory WayansBob GuntonTwo cops are forced to work together to solve a chain of mysterious killings by a killer nicknamed "The Family Man".The movie starts very good but the ending...bleh. Anyway, is watchable.
- DirectorBruce MalmuthStarsSteven SeagalKelly LeBrockWilliam SadlerTargeted by the mob and its political supporters, hired assassins leave LAPD Detective Mason Storm for dead. Seven years later, he recovers from a deep coma, demanding justice and the opportunity to get even.I don't know how many times I have rented the VHS of this damn' good Seagal movie.
- DirectorAndrew DavisStarsSteven SeagalGary BuseyTommy Lee JonesAn ex-Navy Seal turned cook is the only person who can stop a group of terrorists when they seize control of a U.S. battleship.The cook terminates the enemy. Classic.
- DirectorPhillip J. RothStarsKen OlandtKristen DaltonAdam BaldwinAn out-of-control robot is inadvertently set loose in a small community, and a crack squad of soldiers are sent to hunt it down. Gradually, the members of the squad begin to suspect that some of them are robots.Although it's not a very good film, but it has a special 90's vibe and some pretty action scenes. Also the photography is cool.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsChow Yun-FatMira SorvinoMichael RookerA troubled hitman seeks aid from a forger to help him get papers to China. However, the drug lord has hired replacements to finish the job, and kill the hitman.John Woo style actions and a sexy Mira Sorvino! ;)
- DirectorAttila ÁrpaStarsLajos KovácsSándor OszterLászló GörögThe crew of Tibi Balogh sets out on a journey across Hungary to get the ancient Gold Owl statue, as well as the Milk Man. The treasure is worth millions, who gets there first?This is a good hungarian action-comedy with some good actors, laughable characters and jokes.
- DirectorCraig R. BaxleyStarsBrian BosworthLance HenriksenWilliam ForsytheA tough Alabama cop is blackmailed by the FBI into going undercover in a violent Mississippi biker gang.This movie should have a place on the "90's best action movies" list. Unarguably Brian Bosworth's best.