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

Anyone ever see the other two Infernal Affairs? I have the three-movie boxed set, but I've never felt the need to see the sequels.

i have it too and have not seen the sequels, ha

one is a prequel right?

yeah, the second one

infernal affairs is dope and more set-piece-y than the departed but it never occurred to me to even consider it for this poll

^^^

its more of a thriller tho isnt it

haha that Sin City thread is great

im trying to remember if i voted for it? did i? it would be kinda silyl, cuz i dont remember any of the 'action' in it at all

infernal affairs 2 is arguably better than the first.

haven't seen IA3

it had some shooting, maybe an occasional running

Ô_o

we should do a thrillers poll, thrillers is the best genre

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#63

DEMOLITION MAN

Marco Brambilla
1993
United States
(184 points, 6 votes)

I saw this in the theater and thought it was probably the worst movie I had ever seen at that point in my life. It probably is not that bad but I really don't think it had a lot of wiggle room for improvement.

― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta)

totally a classic - has aged really well too - anyone who doesnt love it has no soul

― My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Princess TamTam)

I love this movie! I was reading online somewhere where it was being called an awesomely bad movie, but I would argue that this movie is just straight-up fun.

― Peyton Flanders (Nicole)

C/D: "Demolition Man" (1993)

okaaaaaay.

sorry those should say #62 (TIE)

i had demo man on my initial ballot but took it off after some soul searching, because the action in it is pretty perfunctory. it's a sick movie though, love it

i couldn't bring myself to see spirit. despite my long boyhood love for eisner. just couldn't do it. sin city LOOKED cool. and that was about what it had going for it. and that's it.

lmao i forgot all about this movie, sorta wish id put it on my ballot.

John Spartan: Hey Luke Skywalker, use the force.

hahahaha this poll is turning awesome

i like the premise of Demolition Man but i don't think it fully delivers

What is wrong with you people.

infernal affairs is a slow burn, it seems kind of low key and procedural but by the end I was all invested and amped up

don't know how much that experience gets soured by knowing all the twists in a post-departed world

Kind of surprised Demolition Man's not higher - I think of it as the kind of movie that ILX helped me feel good about loving. Also, it's great.

Demolition Man is the unfrozen caveman cop movie, right? I more or less conflate this and Judge Dredd.

i haven't seen demolition man since 1993! well, maybe once or twice on t.v. since then. will watch any sly at any time day or night for the most part. would watch this right now if it were on.

i literally have not seen it since VHS

haha xp

Does this mean Tango & Cash is going to make the cut? And about 10 other Sly movies?

Infernal Affairs I&II are both straight excellent. IA III got bad reviews iirc, but I thought it was just as good, taking insane paranoia to a level where it becomes hallucinatory.

ah, xposts.

Also, didn't know we were voting for camp value itt.

i watched DM recently on tv, its p rad imho

I'm a little surprised only 7 of us voted Dirty Harry.

its a good movie, but i would say the action isnt just perfunctory, its kinda lame. its a tricky choice because its not a movie i appreciate for its asskicking elements (and really, snipes vs sly shouldve been such a no-brainer - they dropped the ball)

it was weird but also apt finding out that the director only did one feature and mostly just does video installations. i think the same guy did that crazy kanye Power video!

WAIT FUCK UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DEMOLITION MAN

the spirit seemed confused about whether it was a note-perfect spoof of sin city or not, but i kinda loved it anyway.

i feel like camp, whilst not essential, is a key element of a lot of great action flicks

everything about that movie was pure shit

tied w/Demolition Man:

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#62 (TIE)

TAKEN

Pierre Morel
2008
United States/France
(184 points, 6 votes)

taken was pretty rad for a movie about how if you go to france u will be kidnapped by muslims and the french police wont help u

― max

yah idg why ppl like taken is it entirely for lols like i have said before the premise of this movie is that there are teenage girls who like u2

― plax (ico)

i loved taken's monstrous xenophobia so much

he just left that blonde chick from gossip girl chained to a bed in brothel needle in her arm dead

also he shoots the french cop's wife

so great

― WINNING. (Lamp)

i feel like 'taken' is a movie that might contain the most pimp of all his performances

― the gush of yesterday (omar little)

LIAM NEESON

still have to see this

im astonished that you havent!

now that's how you do a racist-action movie

me too :(

i have a v particular set of skills

taken is one of the greatest examples of the power of a badass speech. that speech sold the movie all by itself. the hand to hand action in it is pretty cool, but the car chase was draggy for me. i dig that its only like 90 minutes

they shouldve just called it neo-con bourne

I don't even know what Taken is.

yeah this movie is SWEET and SO RACIST/conservative/fucked up