Category: 80s Action
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Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
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Read more: Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)Hobo with a Shotgun was hardly an 80’s Action Movie since it was produced in 2011, but there was no reason that the 80’s format could not be used on this totally over the top bloodbath. If you don’t approve, take it up with Rutger Hauer. Yeah, that’s what I thought. Hobo with a Shotgun…
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Death Wish 3
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Read more: Death Wish 3Only when blood flows in the streets will the violence stop.
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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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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
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Read more: Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomBack in the 1980’s, Google didn’t exist; therefore, nobody knew the truth about anything.
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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