Category: 80s Action
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Eight Wince-Inducing Moments in Movies*
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Read more: Eight Wince-Inducing Moments in Movies*I was about fourteen when I first caught First Blood on home video, the perfect age to vicariously revel in such macho histrionics. Immediately afterwards, I ran outside, knocked the first motorcyclist I saw to the ground, and headed off for the woods
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The Definitive Ranking of Rocky Fighters
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Read more: The Definitive Ranking of Rocky FightersWe finally have definitive rankings determined by a prestigious panel of former champs, top writers and the sharpest handicappers from the world of boxing.
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The Lost Boys
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Read more: The Lost BoysThe Lost Boys is probably my favorite vampire movie of all time, if I’m being honest with myself. It’s certainly the one I’ve seen the most over the years, ever since that wonderful first late-night TV viewing as a child still young enough to be a bit disturbed by the over-the-top bloodletting in its third…
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80’s Action Hall of Fame: Michael Jennings, On Deadly Ground
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Read more: 80’s Action Hall of Fame: Michael Jennings, On Deadly GroundMichael Caine has won two Academy Awards. From Alfie to Hannah and Her Sisters, he has brought unparalleled charm, grace, and wit to innumerable roles, and hell, the man has even been knighted. But he’s also done Jaws: The Revenge.
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Cobra
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Read more: CobraFirst of all, Sly Stallone spends the entire movie wearing the sort of sunglasses worn by Rob Halford in at least a half dozen Judas Priest videos. Add to that a group of terrorists who gather in a swimming pool…
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80’s Action Hall of Fame: The Pizza Scissors, Cobra
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Read more: 80’s Action Hall of Fame: The Pizza Scissors, CobraPainful as it is to admit, these old, tired eyes have watched Cobra at least two dozen times.
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80’s Action Hall of Fame: Bennett, Commando
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Read more: 80’s Action Hall of Fame: Bennett, CommandoBennett is more than iconic; he’s the most representative sample of the entire 80’s Action ethos in the history of the screen
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Savage Streets (1984)
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Read more: Savage Streets (1984)After starring in The Exorcist at the tender age of fourteen, the world was Linda Blair’s pea green vomit-covered oyster
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80’s Action Hall of Fame: Stomper, Death Wish II
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Read more: 80’s Action Hall of Fame: Stomper, Death Wish II“You believe in Jesus?” By god he does. And how. A cross to tell the world that while he’s raping, robbing, and selling smack to the neighborhood
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The Top 10 Most Awesome 80s Action Deaths
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Read more: The Top 10 Most Awesome 80s Action DeathsImpaled, eviscerated, immolated, defenestrated, dismembered, decapitated, fustigated, detonated … injected with sperm. We’re like Gilbert and Sullivan over here.