Category: 80s Action
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The Expendables
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Read more: The ExpendablesChose Your Weapon.
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Striking Distance
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Read more: Striking DistanceTagline: They shouldn’t have put him in the water, if they didn’t want him to make waves. Entire Story in Fewer Words Than Are in This Sentence: All Cops Are Bastards, Except Willis. Homoeroticism: Much like “Dirty” Harry Callahan before him, and unlike the homoerotic heroes we know and love from classics like Commando or…
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Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
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Read more: Universal Soldier: Day of ReckoningVan Damme looks suitably tormented and wearied by age, but, really, can a serious science fiction plot coexist in a movie promising bone crunchings galore and Lundgrenades of ridiculousness?
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Urban Justice: 90’s Inaction
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Read more: Urban Justice: 90’s Inaction“Fuck Santa Claus. He never got me shit. That’s why I sell dope”
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80’s Action Is No Laughing Matter: Part 2
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Read more: 80’s Action Is No Laughing Matter: Part 2Chuck Norris in Firewalker Loathed by the critics, Chuck’s first shot at comedy in 1986 was a box-office dud that helped finish off his benefactor Cannon Films. Good work, son. Plusses: I couldn’t really follow the premise, but we end up with two adventurers and a pretty bird trying to find buried treasure in Central…
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80’s Action Is No Laughing Matter: Part One
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Read more: 80’s Action Is No Laughing Matter: Part OneYou’ve heard the sayings. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Variety is the spice of life. A change is as good as a rest. And so on. Well, for most actors it’s straightforward to enjoy a wide range of roles, but action stars do have a tendency to plough the same bullet-ridden furrow.…
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Raw Deal
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Read more: Raw DealForget for a minute that Arnold actually goes into a gay bar and throws makeup on a guy’s face
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A Decade Of Chucking Up
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Read more: A Decade Of Chucking UpDuring the groovy, Colosseum-set climax of 1972’s phenomenally successful Way of the Dragon, Chuck Norris took on the legendary Bruce Lee. Next to the lithe Asian superstar, he looked fat, slow, very hairy and curiously graceless. No matter, for he played his part in a terrific dust-up that fight fans still salivate over. He followed…
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The Beastmaster
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Read more: The BeastmasterMan in leather underwear controls the animals.
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Escape From New York (1981)
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Read more: Escape From New York (1981)You really don’t want to fuck with Snake Plissken.