Category: 80s Action
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Cream Turning Sour: Episode One-Schwarzenegger
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Read more: Cream Turning Sour: Episode One-SchwarzeneggerSchwarzenegger peaked in the 1980s, his legacy built on iconic performances in The Terminator, Commando and Predator. These were lean, mean flicks.
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Raiders Of the Lost Ark
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Read more: Raiders Of the Lost ArkIndiana Jones hates snakes, and Nazis. In that order.
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Road House
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Read more: Road HouseEditor’s Note: The re-make of Road House is now streaming on Amazon Prime. It stars the great Jake Gyllenhaal and is supposedly fantastic. It’s not. Tagline: “Dalton’s the best bouncer in the business. His nights are filled with fast action, hot music and beautiful women. It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it.”…
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Blade Runner: Director’s Cut (1982)
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Read more: Blade Runner: Director’s Cut (1982)Blade Runner is simply a masterpiece. There is no other way to put it. Minus the story, which is a good Philip K. Dick one, the production design alone could hold my attention for two hours. The visuals are absolutely foreign without being beyond the realm of belief.
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A Few More Ruthless Villains: 80’s Action Edition
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Read more: A Few More Ruthless Villains: 80’s Action EditionA Few Ruthless Movie Villains is a popular article that I wrote a few years ago. Time flies, and it is now past time to honor some more unsavory bad guys, this time, 80’s Action style. I will concentrate on the attributes or tags of villain, bully, and sheer nastiness. Most of the movies are…
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Starring Debuts # 22: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian (1982)
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Read more: Starring Debuts # 22: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian (1982)Arnie actually made his starring debut in 1970’s Hercules in New York (in which he must have been about sixteen) but I’m going to ignore it because it’s a cheapie load of embarrassing rubbish.
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Wake of Death: 90’s Inaction
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Read more: Wake of Death: 90’s InactionIs there another kind of wake?
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Against The Dark: 90’s Inaction
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Read more: Against The Dark: 90’s Inaction28 months too late.
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Every Predator Movie: Is too much of a good thing a bad thing?
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Read more: Every Predator Movie: Is too much of a good thing a bad thing?I love Predator. But do I love him after watching all 5 movies in a row?
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Full Metal Jacket
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Read more: Full Metal JacketWar, from the loss of self to ultimately the loss of life, has never been as thoroughly examined as in Kubrick’s much misunderstood Full Metal Jacket.