EW's Action 25: Best Action Movies of Past 25 Years

[BluLobsta]

Entertainment Weekly has compiled a list of the top 25 action movies of the past 25 years. I'm not quite sure I agree with this list at all, but here it is:

1. DIE HARD
2. ALIENS
3. THE MATRIX
4. GLADIATOR
5. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
6. HARD-BOILED
7. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
8. SPEED
9. ROBOCOP
10. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
11. THE BOURNE SUPREMACY
12. KILL BILL — VOL. 1
13. SPIDER-MAN 2
14. PREDATOR
15. CASINO ROYALE
16. LETHAL WEAPON
17. THE INCREDIBLES
18. THE PROFESSIONAL
19. KUNG FU HUSTLE
20. THE TERMINATOR
21. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III
22. THE FUGITIVE
23. RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II
24. DESPERADO
25. APOCALYPTO

[Navster]

#1 Says it all!!!... Die Hard Babyyyy!!!...

Yippe Kay Yay Mutha ******

[bruce_pullen]

No Commando (1986)?? No Red Heat (1988)?? No Running Man (1987)?? No True Lies (1994)? No Bad Boys (1995)? No The Rock (1996)?

[scweb13]

Waiting for all the TDK people to chime in.

[bruce_pullen]

Originally Posted by scweb13

Waiting for all the TDK people to chime in.

That was part-drama, it doesn't qualify.

[dvd_mazter]

Originally Posted by scweb13

Waiting for all the TDK people to chime in.

Where is The Dark Knight! jks

Anyways, I liked Die Hard but I wouldn't put it at one, I think either Spider-man 2 or Terminator 2 belong at the top (for me at least) Other than that minor gripe plus M.I III should never be on a best action movie list, it is a good list

[scweb13]

Originally Posted by bruce_pullen

That was part-drama, it doesn't qualify.

And Casino Royale, Crouching Tiger or The Fugitive isn't?

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by bruce_pullen

That was part-drama, it doesn't qualify.

Well if Saving Private Ryan is on the list....that's pretty much drama right there.

[Jeremy1983]

Originally Posted by bruce_pullen

That was part-drama, it doesn't qualify.

And Saving Private Ryan wasn't also part drama

[Sussudio]

the bourne supremacy? seriously? 1st and 3rd were so much better than 2nd, imo.

[dvd_mazter]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Well if Saving Private Ryan is on the list....that's pretty much drama right there.

I was wondering that myself, S.P.R is much of a drama then action. Now, I kinda mad that TDK never made it on the list

Whatever, it still is a good list with some excellent films on it.

[ajgoodfella7]

It's kind of weird that First Blood Part II makes the list but First Blood didn't.

Also for me I would say:
1. Predator
2. Terminator 2
3. Die Hard

...I don't consider Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator, or The Fugitive action movies.

[Blu Man]

Where's The Dark Knight? It's better then a lot of those movies.

[bruce_pullen]

Originally Posted by scweb13

And Casino Royale, Crouching Tiger or The Fugitive isn't?

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Well if Saving Private Ryan is on the list....that's pretty much drama right there.

The Dark Knight (2008)

The problem is: it's part drama, part action, part thriller, part tragedy, part film-noir, part police procedural. The film is a masterpiece. But it's so varied. It can't... just be an action film. It's an insult to the rest of it: to say that.

With Casino Royale (2006), the action is more prominent and dominant than in TDK. Bond is defined by his action. He is after all... a man of action. Is he not?

(Well, what about Batman. Some might say. Batman is a detective, a scientist, and an inventor as well. Like the film.)

Saving Private Ryan (1998)??? Again the action is the most distinctive thing about it: not a performance. Like Ledger or Eckhart.

Yes... Hanks is great, but what we remember (the most) is how Spielberg changed combat, not the drama. The action made the film known (as a classic). ...Thus, it is it's action, that it's defined. So, it can be on the list. Again I'm not E.W., but in this case. They didn't error by including it.

Ryan is a War film. The war made it successful, not the talk.

[ajgoodfella7]

Originally Posted by bruce_pullen

The Dark Knight (2008)

The problem is: it's part drama, part action, part thriller, part tragedy, part film-noir, part police procedural. The film is a masterpiece. But it's so varied. It can't... just be an action film. It's an insult to the rest of it: to say that.

With Casino Royale (2006), the action is more prominent and dominant than in TDK.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)??? Again the action is the most distinctive thing about it: not a performance. Like Heath Ledger or Aaron Eckhart.

I have to disagree with you on this one. To me an action film is when people are going to the theater with the intent to see great action sequences. SPR was all about the story and the characters within the story, and the action was a by-product of moving the story forward. Just my opinion, of course.

[DAROCKNESSMONSTER]

Agree with number one, other than that, the list could use some work.

[Blu Man]

Originally Posted by DAROCKNESSMONSTER

Agree with number one, other than that, the list could use some work.

I think Die Hard is over rated.

[anomynous]

Die hard had to be #1, only fits

[DAROCKNESSMONSTER]

Originally Posted by Blu Man

I think Die Hard is over rated.