Best 80's Action Movie and Why it's probably Die Hard

Suburban Commando was better, although that was '91

Armadon said:

Hopefully you guys remember this masterpiece of action.

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What's that smell!

TBT-TheBigToe said:

All that follows is just my opinion of course.

Predator is the seminal 80's action flick due to the way it flips the script brilliantly on our beloved action heroes. Die Hard is unquestioningly the better movie however I feel as an action movie Predator is just THE eighties action movie. Robocop, Road Warrior, and many others are like a very close 3rd to both Predator and Die Hard and it is a close race between those.

However, all of them suck compared to...

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I found Miami Connection a couple of years ago for a buddy of mine who is a HUGE 80's action guy, literally had every movie of guys like Arnold/Stallone/Seagal/etc. Still haven't watched it myself, but he said it's so epic bad that it's good.

Btw, has anyone brought up Best of the Best? Didn't read every post.

Epic bad deserves its own thread. I could talk about those films for days. The old MST3k crew have covered a lot of them on Amazon Prime.



Gary Graham is the 80s Shatner

Lanx said:

I feel bad you guys grew up w/ such horrible fu-kung action

pre-1997 Jackie Chan is my jam

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My favorite old school Kung Fu movie is:

oh my what fun movies to watch, the last dragon was ...AWESOME...when i first saw it..

i loved jackie chan movies, etc etc etc etc.

soo many movies, sooo little time (and so fucking few are available)

Araysar said:

Ask yourself what would be one movie to watch all over again for the first time and for me it's Predator by a mile. The alien reveal, the final fight, the jungle chase - there are just so many "holy shit!" Moments.

But especially the partial alien reveal in the tree, then the full alien reveal after the waterfall chase and then the mask reveal at the end. I'll never forget that crab face.

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For me it's close but I go Aliens followed by Predator, for a lot of the same reasons you cite. Ripley meeting the Queen, Bishop getting ripped in half, etc. are similarly great "oh shit" moments that completely stand the test of time in my opinion. Movie has a ton of great quotes as well.

I mainly pick Aliens over Predator because I love the Ripley character and think it's the gold standard for how to portray a good female action hero. Predator is the gold standard of telling everyone to go fuck themselves and producing a unapologetically testosterone fueled action movie.

Good thread, Screamfeeder .

Best Schwarzenegger movies are Commando and Raw Deal.

Worthy action adventure standouts yet to be mentioned are Daryl, Superman 2, Cloak and Dagger.

Best 80s movie of all time is Conan the Barbarian.