Movies That Were Probably Made By a Spasm of Six Year-Olds on Acid: The Top 75 Action Films Poll Results Thread

high five @ papillon

my "shortlist" got down to 147 films; I couldn't even fathom how I was going to dump 97 entries off of it

although actually after rewatching "The Saint" this weekend, there's one that would have shot to the bottom of the list with an anvil

and I can't say with certainty that I actually saw "The Crow", but I did listen to the soundtrack about a bazillion times

You may have seen The Crow. I did, but don't remember a thing about it.

my ballot with placement in the final list proceeding:

11 hard boiled - 50 points
## rio bravo - 49 points
67 branded to kill - 48 points
06 children of men - 47 points
05 robocop - 46 points
03 raiders of the lost ark - 45 points
## stagecoach - 44 points
## a better tomorrow 2 - 43 points
## face/off - 42 points
17 north by northwest - 41 points
40 yojimbo - 40 points
41 bullitt - 39 points
34 crank - 38 points
12 escape from new york - 37 points
44 the killer - 36 points
## transporter - 35 points
## the getaway (peckinpah) - 34 points
## die hard 2 - 33 points
## tokyo drifter - 32 points
27 big trouble in little china - 31 points
## night watch (2004) - 30 points
75 apocalypto - 29 points
## red dawn - 28 points
##beverly hills cop - 27 points
74 indiana jones and the temple of doom - 26 points (meant to vote for last crusade lol)
43 the fifth element - 25 points
53 miami vice - 24 points
53 kung fu hustle - 23 points
67 con air - 22 points
07 ronin - 21 points
## drunken master - 20 points
## house of flying daggers - 19 points
64 infernal affairs - 18 points
72 vanishing point - 17 points
50 la femme nikita - 16 points
29 the bourne supremacy - 15 points
## the last boy scout - 14 points
02 aliens - 13 points
## the rock - 12 points
57 collateral - 11 points
## brotherhood of the wolf - 10 points

kinda <3 The Crow, but soooo dated now.

"caw caw! bang! fuck I'm dead"

"Burn" is such a fucking great song, too

yeah, it p much rules

omar is money on the screen grabs. i wish i could have posters of some of those

Cool poll, Omar, thanks for running it and picking great screen grabs as always.

My ballot:

Die Hard - 50
sin city - 49
terminator 2 - 48
aliens - 47
ronin - 46
Escape From New York - 45
blade runner - 44
the dark knight - 43
first blood - 42
Haywire - 41
the good, the bad and the ugly - 40
the bourne ultimatum - 39
battle royale - 38
robocop - 37
kung fu hustle - 36
heat - 35
the fifth element - 34
the warriors - 33
Once Upon A Time In The West - 32
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 31
stagecoach - 30
The Incredibles - 29
Kill Bill Volume 1 (Tarantino, 2003) - 28
children of men - 27
Saving Private Ryan - 26
Men in Black - 25
leon: the professional - 24
Akira - 23
die hard 2 - 22
hard boiled - 21
enter the dragon - 20
INCEPTION - 19
Kill Bill Volume 2 (Tarantino, 2004) - 18
mad max - 17
runaway train - 16
sharky's machine - 15
spider-man 2 - 14
strange days - 13
The Bourne Identity - 12
The Eiger Sanction - 11
The Gauntlet - 10
the great escape - 9
the road warrior - 8
casino royale - 7
War of the Worlds - 6
yojimbo - 5
training day - 4
the mechanic (1972) - 3
the bourne supremacy - 2

Will be interested to see where Haywire wound up.

i'd be shocked if more than 2-3 people voted for it

i guess people don't think of Beverly Hills Cop as an action movie?
fair enough i suppose.

slightly off topic: there an ILX war films thread? I tried searching but I couldn't find one.

work and stuff has prevented my from following this poll closely, but he's my hastily put together ballot:

duel - 50
Die Hard - 49
north by northwest - 48
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 47
the seven samurai - 46
star wars - 45
terminator 2 - 44
Once Upon A Time In The West - 43
aliens - 42
Point Blank - 41
blade runner - 40
dawn of the dead (1978) - 39
first blood
 - 38
get carter - 37
goldfinger - 36
the empire strikes back - 35
robocop - 34
the french connection - 33
the great escape - 32
le samourai - 31
battle royale - 30
Escape From New York - 29
true lies - 28
terminator - 27
yojimbo - 26
the thing - 25
bullitt - 24
star trek ii: the wrath of khan - 23
taking of pelham one two three - 22
the bourne supremacy - 21
the warriors - 20
dirty harry - 19
heat - 18
lethal weapon - 17
the wild bunch - 16
the good, the bad and the ugly - 15
rocky - 14
a fistful of dollars - 13
Jaws - 12
point break - 11
the karate kid - 10
superman - 9
predator - 8
total recall - 7
top gun - 6
the road warrior - 5
GI Joe: The Movie (animated) - 4
enter the dragon - 3
thomas crown affair - 2
red dawn - 1

now i feel bad for duel.

that kinda goes against the motto i live by though: never cry for spielberg

i guess people don't think of Beverly Hills Cop as an action movie?
fair enough i suppose.

― piscesx, Tuesday, February 21, 2012 1:44 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

i just dont think its that good. its not funny, and aside from the killer opening chase the action's nothing spesh

;_; from my list:

first blood - 43 pts
death wish - 41
bad boys 2 - 39
the dirty dozen - 35
death race 2000 - 31
the guns of navarone - 24
rocky - 23
chinese connection - 22
red dawn - 19
papillon - 13

*pours one out*

first blood, dirty dozen, rocky and red dawn would def have been on my ballot.
Red Dawn would have been top 10.

sigh.

xxpost Beverly Hills Cop is so too funny. >:(

My ballot.

The Rock - 50
The Thing - 49
Terminator - 48
Commando - 47
The Warriors - 46
Aliens - 45
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 44
Escape From New York - 43
Kill Bill Volume 1 - 42
North By Northwest - 42
Rio Bravo - 41
Assault on Precinct 13 - 40
Die Hard - 39
Enter The Dragon - 38
Get Carter - 37
Speed - 36
Kung Fu Hustle - 35
Red Dawn - 34
The Bourne Supremacy - 33
The Seven Samurai - 32
Rocky IV - 31
Demolition Man - 30
Predator - 29
Timecop - 28
First Blood - 27
Hannah - 26
Rio Bravo - 25
Taken - 24
Con Air - 23
Face/Off - 22
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 21
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 20
Crank - 19
The Dark Knight - 18
The Bourne Ultimatum - 17
The French Connection - 16
They Live - 15
Under Siege - 14
Hard Boiled - 13
Gladiator - 12
Big Trouble in Little China - 11
Hard Target - 10
Darkman - 9

the guns of navarone

the omission of this is super shocking to me

i was kind of surprised The Harder They Come wasnt even nominated

hey guys, this is 76-100:

For a Few Dollars More
A Chinese Ghost Story
INCEPTION
Ghostbusters
Kill Bill Volume 2
The Dirty Dozen
independence day
first blood

a fistful of dollars
transporter
zombieland
kiss kiss bang bang
tokyo drifter
the last boy scout
lethal weapon
die hard 2
The Rock
mission: impossible
time & tide
the blues brothers
le cercle rouge
rio bravo
hot fuzz
Ghost in the Shell
Ong-Bak

aw man all the good movies were at the bottom!

Great job, Omar. Tons of fun.

So, Bill Paxton gets a couple of movies, Bruce gets a couple, Arnold gets a couple, and so does this guy:

http://goldsea.com/ABH/Al/al1.jpg

^^badass

jesus what was red dawn like 76 on this list? people definitely voted for it. i want a recount!

woah not even x-post

lol @ whoever voted for the Blues Brothers

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSzQ5sa1W4FPsG7d24DZY4G4_fgSuiFf6ko2T2Looo4P282R-h-nw

No bloodsport???

http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/54/6ee415c352c2eba303bbd2b8c3e22eb0/l.jpg

Time flies when you're having fun.

i considered the blues brothers. that car chase is an eyepopper!

zombieland, really?

damn no way is that al leong, what happened to his buff bod

I totally would have voted for Blues Brothers!

i voted blues bros. and bloodsport

Bluesport

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/attachment.php?s=55aa162a8a33aa5137177097564033c1&attachmentid=256375&stc=1&d=1222189945

hee hee hee

That was my favorite scene.

i didnt really spend much time thinking about my votes outside of the top 20, but here's my baLOLot:

50 - Point Blank
49 - Three Days of the Condor
48 - Haywire
47 - Elevator to the gallows
46 - le samourai
45 - the french connection
44 - the thing
43 - the fugitive
42 - bloodsport
41 - battle royale
40 - miami vice
39 - terminator 2
38 - bullitt
37 - ronin
36 - leon: the professional
35 - assault on precinct 13
34 - The Towering Inferno
33 - Jaws
32 - the blues brothers
31 - Die Hard
30 - death wish
29 - mi: 3
28 - drive (2011)
27 - The Spy Who Loved Me
26 - children of men
25 - hurt locker
24 - return of the jedi
23 - valhalla rising
22 - clash of the titans (harryhausen)
21 - mission: impossible
20 - Krull
19 - the great escape
18 - aliens
17 - Akira
16 - blade runner
15 - la femme nikita
14 - north by northwest
13 - Over the Top
12 - terminator
11 - Rumble in the Bronx
10 - robocop
09 - robot jox
08 - rocky
07 - Abyss
06 - Bourne ultimatum
05 - El Mariachi
04 - enter the dragon
03 - thief
02 - shooter
01 - conspiracy theory

robot jox!! that is like the a1 movie that my young self was dying to see that i still never have

its pretty lol

i watched ROAD WARRIOR last nite and it fucking RULES. i love how they went all big-budget but kept the sparse, desert landscape from mad max. i love movies that take place in sparse desert landscapes. we should do a MOVIES THAT HAPPEN IN DESERTS poll.

also re-screened blade runner for the first time in years. so fuckng great.

over the weekend i re-screened ALIENS. not too diff from THE THING imo but i have to admit it has a little more action. lol @ how much stuff cameron recycled from this movie in later films: Jurassic Park, Avatar, Abyss, etc

dog jurassic park is spielberg

james cameron recycled SO much stuff in his movie jurassic park

lol xp