OZARK'S NOT QUITE TOP 250 MOVIES: Part Deux
HOLLYWOOD ACTION MOVIES:
The action genre often tries hard to be something more than what it really is. Face it movies like Con Air and Die Hard 2 aren't going to win oscars but they can try to get some recognition by changing up the usual cliches that go along with the genre. Get in some great writers to work on the dialogue, make the one-liners more snappy, great chemistry between the leads and so on. You can often find a very low budget action movie that works alot better than a movie with a budget ten times as much. So of those DTV movies often star the likes of Jean Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal who even at their own peaks actually turned out very watchable movies I like to to tale time to mention a couple:
Jean Claude Van Damme:
Hard Target (1993) - The first US movie from Hong Kong autuer John Woo included all his trademarks and wasn't a complete disappointment.
Steven Seagal:
Under Siege (1992) - Before Seagal went all eco-warrior on us, he was Casey Ryback a chef who used to be a SEAL. Supported by a excellent bad guy cast of Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones this is movie that works. And the sequel wasn't half bad either.
I even live in hope that one day these two could turn in movies of the same quality. Right now Van Damme is the only one who seems to be moving in the right direction.
Anyway... here are some other movies that didn't quite make the top 250:
Bad Boys (1995) - Courtesey of Michael Bay comes his big screen debut included all the little nuances we have now come to expect of him. This is a movie that is just down right fun, turn the sound system, sit back and whacha gonna do?
Last Boy Scout (1991) - From the master producer Joel Silver, the man behind the Matrix and Lethal Weapon series comes this Bruce Willis flick.
Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995) - Bruce is back again. This time the series goes back to the original director and switches it up so it isn't set at Christmas. Adding Samuel L Jackson as the sidekick adds even more pep back into the trilogy.
Speed (1994) - Making an action star out of Keanu is a tough thing, and this blockbuster action film almost slipped under the radar in '94 and was the suprise hit of the summer.
True Lies (1994) - Arnie once again proved he is the goto guy for big time action in this spy movie spin with a little bit of comedy.
Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) - Renny Harlin cemented himself on the action director map with this fun and violent film. Geena Davis is great in the action heroine role.*
I'm sure there are more I have missed... but oh well... I'm going to go watch the opening sequence of Face/Off for the hundredth time.
*Just an added note, a year after this film everyone was going nuts over Demi Moore turn herself into the action hero and saying the line "Suck my dick!!". I just don't think Geena got enough recognition for what she did to herself and also the fact that she says the same line in LKG.
The action genre often tries hard to be something more than what it really is. Face it movies like Con Air and Die Hard 2 aren't going to win oscars but they can try to get some recognition by changing up the usual cliches that go along with the genre. Get in some great writers to work on the dialogue, make the one-liners more snappy, great chemistry between the leads and so on. You can often find a very low budget action movie that works alot better than a movie with a budget ten times as much. So of those DTV movies often star the likes of Jean Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal who even at their own peaks actually turned out very watchable movies I like to to tale time to mention a couple:
Jean Claude Van Damme:
Hard Target (1993) - The first US movie from Hong Kong autuer John Woo included all his trademarks and wasn't a complete disappointment.
Steven Seagal:
Under Siege (1992) - Before Seagal went all eco-warrior on us, he was Casey Ryback a chef who used to be a SEAL. Supported by a excellent bad guy cast of Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones this is movie that works. And the sequel wasn't half bad either.
I even live in hope that one day these two could turn in movies of the same quality. Right now Van Damme is the only one who seems to be moving in the right direction.
Anyway... here are some other movies that didn't quite make the top 250:
Bad Boys (1995) - Courtesey of Michael Bay comes his big screen debut included all the little nuances we have now come to expect of him. This is a movie that is just down right fun, turn the sound system, sit back and whacha gonna do?
Last Boy Scout (1991) - From the master producer Joel Silver, the man behind the Matrix and Lethal Weapon series comes this Bruce Willis flick.
Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995) - Bruce is back again. This time the series goes back to the original director and switches it up so it isn't set at Christmas. Adding Samuel L Jackson as the sidekick adds even more pep back into the trilogy.
Speed (1994) - Making an action star out of Keanu is a tough thing, and this blockbuster action film almost slipped under the radar in '94 and was the suprise hit of the summer.
True Lies (1994) - Arnie once again proved he is the goto guy for big time action in this spy movie spin with a little bit of comedy.
Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) - Renny Harlin cemented himself on the action director map with this fun and violent film. Geena Davis is great in the action heroine role.*
I'm sure there are more I have missed... but oh well... I'm going to go watch the opening sequence of Face/Off for the hundredth time.
*Just an added note, a year after this film everyone was going nuts over Demi Moore turn herself into the action hero and saying the line "Suck my dick!!". I just don't think Geena got enough recognition for what she did to herself and also the fact that she says the same line in LKG.
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