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Who is the GREATEST ACTION HERO of All Time?

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2024/05/09
13:34 UTC

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Here's my action movie idea! Totally original

After being a super secret, ex special forces, ninja, hacker assassin Jack Krane is trying to live a quiet life at a local jizz bank. Now Krane must cum back to a life he thought he left behind to avenge some old guy who was the kindest person ever.....also they killed his pet umm turtle ?

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2024/05/09
01:34 UTC

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Locked in a room. Pure hand to hand. Who’s coming out on top.

Saw Boy Kills World last night. (Amazing film IMO) Wondered who’d win in an all out fight.

1.)BOY From BKW 2.) Bobby from Monkey Man 3.) Rama the Raid films 4.) John Wick

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2024/05/06
23:47 UTC

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Movies like Hard Ticket to Hawaii

Been really getting into 80s and 90s action movies recently and just finished this masterpiece and am looking for similar titles

I know Andy Sidaris has more from the era but Hard Ticket has the highest IMDB rating of all them so i'm looking to branch out a bit

Some things i loved about Hard Ticket was how bright it was. It felt more fun than super serious

I also loved the ridiculousness of some of the dialogue and characters. The scene with the skateboarder and the bazooka had me dying laughing

Finally, and yes I'm a scumbag, i loved the cleavage. So much cleavage and boobs. I'm not a fan of skinny chicks so the tight body perky tits don't do much for me but the main character's outfits were amazing

What other action movies from this era deliver on the fun and large cleavage front?

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2024/05/05
15:01 UTC

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EQUILIBRIUM - Modern Trailer (Fan Trailer)

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2024/05/04
02:18 UTC

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So in Speed (1994) did anyone else feel bad for the security guard checking out the elevator shaft?? A little back story for a fallen hero…

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2024/04/29
03:20 UTC

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What is this Obscure Action/Martial Arts Film between 1970s to 1990s where a guy has a blade hidden in his hair (like a long braid) PLEASE READ FULL DESCRIPTION FOR DETAILS!

Hey Guys!

So long story short. Myself and friends around the world remember this film and have been looking for this movie for many years. Some of us have been in the hunt for over 20 years! Including myself. We have done podcasts explaining it and multiple posts about it. It most likely was made and set in anywhere between the 1970s to 1990s. Not exactly 100% sure of the time frame though. Judging from my memory, I would say more 1970s to late 1980s maybe. Before I start describing the film. I want to make a point that this film is 100% not American Samurai, The Best Of The Best 2, Shoot Fighter 1 & 2, The Quest, Bloodsport, Kickboxer or Gladiator Cop. (More on what films we have confirmed it is not later) But we want everyone to know before proceeding reading the description of the film that we have confirmed all the details below to be mostly accurate and true. The movie I am searching for with all of the others in the hunt to is 100% a different story to the films listed above and I have actually gained new and confirmed details by others along the way over the months and years.

Now to the movie: The story we all seem to remember was about a white protagonist we believe, that is portrayed as a hero. He is potentially special forces or some really good fighter. He is in search of something or after something. Others in the search have confirmed he is in search of his missing brother. (No its not American Samurai as the brother is a villain in that film). The hero/main protagonist I think is captured by this crime syndicate or bad people while looking for the brother. I will now explain what we truly remember about the film. There is some sort of illegal barefist fight to the death tournament that starts in the film. There are no weapons involved apart from one fighter which I will get to shortly. This tournament occurs at some point through the movie. The main thing here is that all the fights are to the death or there is a 50/50 chance of survival. You are at the mercy of your opponent. There are no KOs or submissions from memory. Most fights are to the death with no rules. The fights take place in some sort of old abondoned building or like a huge secluded indoor area. It feels like it's set in some Oriental area and the fighters are there with no escape from the area. The actual fights themselves take place in a big sandpit (actual sand like beach sand) in a torch lit or low light environment in a building of some sort. From memory, there may have been a big black cage surrounding the pit. There was a small audience from memory that was watching (mostly all the fighters). Before a fight, I think from memory a gong is sounded, (almost like Shootfighter, American Samurai or The Quest). When fighters are defeated, there was a scene or two of bodies being taken to this chute or hole like drain near the sandpit and they are then dumped down there and disposed of. It's almost like a modern day martial arts gladiator tournament. We feel the fighters there are all there against their will. Like they must fight to win their escape. There are scenes to that we remember in which fighters are being held behind these cell doors or steel bars watching over the sandpit or ring. It feels almost like the fights are taking place in an old abandoned prison cell block with a mortar.

There are a few fighters in the film with different styles. The main character we all remember is the fighter with the blades or blade attached at the end of his hair in his very long braid or long hair. When I say long I mean it was very long and thick! From memory he is not white. Definitely that of potentially Asian, Dark Asian or maybe Brazilian race. He has a very long braid for hair and at the end there are steel tips or a big blade that he uses to kill or slice other fighters up during the fight sequences. We think he might have worn either long red pants with black shoes, or long black pants with black shoes and is very well built. This fighter is also the only fighter we think that cheats by using the weapon in his hair. He fights shirtless and gets the momentum for the blades in his hair by using a capoeira or wushu type of fighting style so he can swing the hair around and stab his opponents with his hair. A few fighting scenes with this fighter I remember are:

One fight he was just dancing around and just toying with his opponent. Eventually he beat his opponent to death.

Another fight was when he started slicing a guy with his hair and then either strangled the guy or caught him in the throat with the hair blades which killed him.

Then the final fight with this guy I remember was when he was against the hero (main protagonist). The hero faces him and the blade fighter's ponytail gets caught and he is then stabbed to death with his own hair blades im pretty sure by the main protagonist and hero.

There's another fighter I remember to. He was a very well built, big and muscular Asian man. He had a shaved head with a moustache or a fu man chu/goatee style of facial hair. Pretty sure he had a shaved head but also he had a chonmage style haircut with a long ponytail on the back of his head. (No it's not Tong Po from kickboxer lol) He would wear long black pants and a sleeveless black top or gi from memory with black wrist gaunlets almost leather like. He looked Chinese or Japanese. When he would fight I think the top was removed. This guy was like one of the main villains the main character was after. He is the final fighter of the tournament and the last fighter the hero faces from memory. The scene I distinctly remember from him was a scene where he enters the building or fighting area through a cell door of some sort. Very menacing and intimidating. He closes the door behind him and he then walks along I believe maybe a walkway, balcony or upper floor and proceeds to go and sit down and watch a death match between fighters. It's either this man or the fighter with the blade in his hair that the hero/main protagonist is after. Now we are not too sure if possibly this fighter here is the one who has the blade in his hair. However there is definitely a fighter in long red pants and black shoes that is shirtless or this Big Asian man that is described here that are both villains and bad guys in the film and fighting tournament.

I think from memory, the main reason the hero is there, is to find his brother and take down this crime syndicate or stop this from happening to someone else. Others have also said the movie had a 80s bombshell or good looking love interest female during that time that is involved with the main character and there was a training montage. (This last detail could be wrong) but a couple of people have mentioned this).

The fights in the film are extremely brutal, confronting and violent. Quite realistic and particularly when I saw this 15 to 20 years ago now it's always stayed in my mind with just how riveting it was. The whole movie was very dark (as in, it had a very eerie and gritty tone to it). Even the music was very eerie and had a dark tone to it to.

More backstory on the film as well as confirmed films it's not in the comments. I saw this film on late night Australian TV in the early 2000s. I have confirmed that a lot of other people have also seen this film to at some point years ago. But they cannot place the name themselves. Some have also claimed to have owned the film on VHS and some have also rented it from a video store in the 90s. However no one knows the name lol!

Thank you in advance guys.

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2024/04/27
12:25 UTC

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Best movies from each country?

I'm thinking about make a list with one action movie from each country, the best one or the most iconic Like Banlieue 13 from French, Hardcore Henry from Russia or The Villainess from South Corea What suggestions do you have from other countries?

6 Comments
2024/04/21
04:28 UTC

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Blu-ray Recs for Newly Region-Free Fella

Region-free player is arriving soon, and I’m seeking recs for editions worth purchasing.

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2024/04/20
15:22 UTC

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My review for The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

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2024/04/20
04:50 UTC

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Transformers One - Official Trailer | 2024 | Hasbro Pulse

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2024/04/18
15:29 UTC

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Gogo yubari by @jps_artist

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2024/04/16
19:49 UTC

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THE BEEKEEPER - What's That Guy Doing?

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2024/04/16
18:31 UTC

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I have officially watched far too many action/thriller movies/tv shows (and relate a little too well) since I find myself yelling at the characters as they screw up.

Here are the typical mistakes. . .

Killing someone with a weapon, and not taking it—especially if you, or others with you, are not armed.

THIS ONE HAS ME HEATED—WHY does it seem like EVERY GETAWAY DRIVER, even SKILLED ones, ALWAYS HIT SOMETHING ON THE WAY OUT?!?!??

Not having a lookout-an armed one-when there’s enough people for it.

Committing an overt act and following it with the chase-especially on foot-when all that does is draw attention and look exactly like it is….

….. hence this catch all that covers most mistakes…..BEING PREDICTABLE…and overlooking the value of hiding in plain sight, overthinking the art of stealth. So yeah sometimes the bold “stupid criminal” thing is the move nobody sees coming and therefore is actually the “smart move”.

Obviously if everything went as planned, nobody made mistakes, everyone knew what they were doing, it wouldn’t be very entertaining….but there is a point where it’s just exhausting because it is so predictable.

Especially when it’s so incredibly unrealistic and far fetched.

Like Baby Driver, there was a lot of genius in that and it was entertaining but come on……

Everyone in that movie should have been dead or in jail within the first 10-20 minutes of that movie. 😂

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2024/04/13
12:05 UTC

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Big Trouble in Little China - 1986 cult classic. Every idea inside the writers room was used for this one. Zero editing involved. Review

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2024/04/11
07:55 UTC

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Need help finding title of movie

I watched it years ago and remember it had something to do with PMCs and had seals and delta figures throughout the movie. I remember a scene where guys are in a shootout and a guy charges at the other guy while shooting and moving towards him keeping him suppressed. He then runs out of bullets in his mag and the guy comes out and kicks him for not counting his bullets. Unfortunately that’s all the info I can remember.

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2024/04/10
19:10 UTC

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Mario Van Peebles' Latest Western

Here's some thoughts I had about "Outlaw Posse," the brand-new western from actor / filmmaker Mario Van Peebles...

https://mattrlohr.substack.com/p/tales-of-lohr-outlaw-posse

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2024/04/08
14:17 UTC

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How old is dennis greene who played reggie in bad boys 2

How old is reggie now??

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2024/04/08
09:16 UTC

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Top 10:- Time Travel Movies

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2024/04/07
15:36 UTC

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What are some realistic gunfight/tacticool movies with hot female characters?

There are a lot of action movies with lots of hot female characters engaging in gunfights, but they're usually... unrealistic,very 80s style, and nothing tacticool.

the most common one is that these hot female gunfighters often never reloading————Yes, I’m talking about those ridiculous Resident Evil movies.

Here I want to see some more realistic gunfight movies, or in other words, a female version of John Wick (well, we all know John Wick series is unrealistic, but at least he knows he has to reload constantly).

gor example, Special.Ops.Lioness is a good TV series about female tacticool gunfights, but it is not a movie, and it also contains too few gunfight plots.

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2024/04/07
10:13 UTC

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Mark Mancina Film Composer - [ BAD BOYS ] Hollywood Challenges, and Working with Michael Bay

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2024/04/05
11:17 UTC

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MONKEY MAN

I found this film to be quite amazing! The action is stellar and it does several things I haven't seen before in an action movie. Really stellar, it does drag a little bit but overall I immensely enjoyed it.

2 Comments
2024/04/05
02:12 UTC

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What Is The Best Heist Movie Of All Time???

What Is The Best Heist Movie Of All Time???

So im looking to watch a heist(banks, jewerly stores, thieves) movie that goes straight into action and no love bs, what is the best one in your opinion?

25 Comments
2024/04/04
06:24 UTC

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Recent purchase

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2024/04/03
20:06 UTC

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