Board 8 > What's the best action movie of all time?

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The Die Hard topic got me thinking.

I'm feeling like it must be either Aliens or Terminator 2.
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Not Mad Max
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Point Break, although Die Hard made a pretty convincing case for itself last night

also shout out to Face/Off
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T2
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It's Die Hard. T2 goes back into the sci fi pile.
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There's been so many movies since all these oldies. Surely something has surpassed these by now.
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Maybe Dredd.
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Die Hard's my fave

Hard not to say die hard. There are some action westerns, action sci-fi that are up there too
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That I remember watching when I was growing up?

Outbreak (1995)

That I remember watching in adulthood?

Mad Max: Fury Road

Those two definitely stood out to me during their respective eras. I haven't rewatched Outbreak in 22 years, though, so I don't know if it still holds up to its god-tier status that I felt it had at the time.
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John Wick series
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Con Air
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kind of depends what you're looking for.
if you want action, one of The Raids may be for you.

Die Hard just does a lot of good things at once.
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oh wai guys I just remembered the answer is actually XXX: The Return of Xander Cage
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Road House.
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DOA: Dead or Alive
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scarletspeed7 posted...

It's Die Hard. T2 goes back into the sci fi pile.

Why should sci fi be its own genre? There can be sci fi action movies (Terminator), sci fi thrillers (Alien*), sci fi survival movies (the Martian), sci fi noir (Blade Runner), etc. In movies it seems to be more of a setting than a genre, while in literature, while it can be differentiated as such, science fiction and fantasy will more often adhere to a similar adventure style. Some, like 2001 or Interstellar*, follows this too, discarding Terminator as being sci fi rather than action seems silly.

*I haven't seen these movies so I could be off whatever
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Predator

I'd say that no movie bleeds more adrenaline, but it ain't got time to bleed.
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First thing that came to mind was die hard
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Fury road is high up there too. Like I think as a cinematic spectacle thats hard to beat but die hard seems more like a complete package imo
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Fury Road easily
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The Matrix
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Oh yeah, the matrix is definitely a good one!
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Matrix doesn't count because it's sci-fi...!

or something
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Raiders of the Lost Ark I think but Aliens is pretty close

Also have a soft spot for True Lies

For modern stuff, both Raids are excellent
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T2

The Raid, Dredd, District 13 and John Wick would probably round off my top 5

While there are some semi-action movies I'd rank higher then it, if I was looking only for a straight-action film I'd go with Dredd.
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