10 Enter the Dragon
Before the gravity-defying stunts of Tony Jaa, the crane-supported acrobatics of Jet Li and the bone-breaking feats of the impossible by Jackie Chan, there was Bruce Lee. The last movie Lee completed before his death, Enter the Dragon marked the martial arts master's entrance into big-budget Hollywood films. Directed by Robert Clouse with the fighting choreographed by Lee himself, Enter the Dragon features a much cooler plot and better production values than Lee's Hong Kong-produced flicks (the movie feels a lot like Dr. No). With some of the best action sequences in any martial arts movie, including a free-for-all fight and a memorable battle between Lee and the claw-fisted Han (Shih Kien) in a hall of mirrors, Enter the Dragon shows a great martial artist at his peak and makes fans wonder what would have come next.
9. The Bourne Ultimatum
Jason Bourne indeed comes home in The Bourne Ultimatum and, boy, what a homecoming. The Paul Greengrass-directed sequel is a slam-bang conclusion to one of the most unique and adult action franchises ever produced by a major studio. Ultimatum is the most relentlessly-paced entry in the frenetic trilogy; the action scenes are breathtaking and they include some of the best foot and car chases ever filmed. Bourne's prolonged bout with CIA asset Desh in Tangiers is arguably the most brutal hand-to-hand fight in the series, while the car chase between Bourne and another asset is like The French Connection on steroids.
8. RoboCop
"I'd buy that for a dollar!" Easily Paul Verhoeven's best work, this gritty, hard-edged tale of police corruption and criminal brutality stands as one of the most violent mainstream films ever released. The story follows a fallen cop who is converted into a cyborg enforcer known as "Robocop." Brilliantly and coldly portrayed by the underrated Peter Weller, Robocop is an automated killing force in the mold of The Terminator, stumbling onto stoic but funny one-liners. Despite being violent, the film's tone is sardonic and humorous, and paints a vision of a bleak future overrun by the dark forces of the criminal underworld. No wonder it's set in Detroit.
7. Lethal Weapon
Directed by Richard Donner and written by Shane Black, 1987's Lethal Weapon pretty much defines the "buddy cop" genre. More violent and edgy than any of its sequels, Lethal Weapon stars Mel Gibson as suicidal, crazy cop Martin Riggs, who gets paired up with veteran detective and family man Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover). With some awesome action sequences (including a desert hostage standoff, a foot chase down the freeway, and a climactic hand-to-hand brawl) great performances (including Gary Busey as the evil Mr. Joshua), the original Lethal Weapon remains an action classic.
6. The Matrix
What's he doing?" "He's beginning to believe!" Neo decides to square up to humanity's oppressors, opting to duel the dastardly Agent Smith rather than run. The two mega-powered avatars locking horns in 'bullet time' created an instant pop culture touching point, as kung fu fetishists the Wachowskis introduced a whole new generation to the old school with the help of legendary wire-work choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping and a revolutionary camera system. The Matrix is brimming with all sorts of philosophical questions. What is reality? Is the world around us real or an illusion? Whose kung fu is strongest? The film strove to be more intelligent and thoughtful than the average action movie, yet it was never afraid to put aside the musing for some well-choreographed butt-kicking. The Matrix's slow-motion combat ballet inspired legions of imitators. None have lived up to the original, not even the two Matrix sequels.
5.Terminator 2
James Cameron's 1991 sequel to the 1984 movie that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a worldwide star, Terminator 2: Judgment Day packs in non-stop action, state-of-the-art special effects (that still manage to look impressive today), and a great villain (the seemingly unstoppable T-1000, played by Robert Patrick). From Arnold's entrance to the breakout of Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) from the hospital to the shoot-out at the lab and the Terminators' battle at the steel foundry, the action doesn't let up and Schwarzenegger never looked cooler. T2 is host to some truly epic action and chase sequences. Even after two decades, the film puts most action movies to shame. But where T2 truly earns its enduring status is in its heart and thoughtful message. T2 was all about the notion that the future is not set in stone, and that people can rewrite their destinies if they so choose. Even a cold machine can learn what it means to love and feel emotion.
4. World War Z
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World War Z is a 2013 American apocalyptic action film directed by Marc Forster. The screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan,Drew Goddard, and Damon Lindelof is from a screen story by Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks. The film stars Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator who must travel the world to find a way to stop a zombie pandemic.
Pitt's Plan B Entertainment secured the film rights in 2007, and Forster was approached to direct. In 2009, Carnahan was hired to rewrite the script. Filming began in July 2011 in Malta, on an estimated $125 million budget, before moving to Glasgow in August 2011 and Budapest in October 2011. Originally set for a December 2012 release, the production suffered some setbacks. In June 2012, the film's release date was pushed back, and the crew returned to Budapest for seven weeks of additional shooting. Damon Lindelof was hired to rewrite the third act, but did not have time to finish the script, and Drew Goddard was hired to rewrite it. The reshoots took place between September and October 2012.
World War Z premiered in London on June 2, 2013 and was chosen to open the 35th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was released on June 21, 2013, in the United States, in 2D and RealD 3D. The film received positive reviews as a realistic revival of the zombie genre, although it was seen by some as anti-climactic[citation needed]; but still was a commercial success, grossing over $540 million against a production budget of $190 million, becoming the highest-grossing zombie movie of all time. A sequel was announced shortly after the film's release.
3. The Road Warrior
Mel Gibson reprises his role as Mad Max, essentially Shane with a V8 Interceptor and a sawed-off shotgun. The film is a non-stop action-fest from beginning to end, and the climactic chase features some of the most amazing driving and stunt work ever captured on film. But the creme de la creme of the entire series' highway spectacles comes during the final 15 minutes of this film, when a beaten and badly injured Max – with nothing left to lose (they even killed his dog!) – takes the wheel of an oil rig… a fat tank of juice, as they say! His goal is simple: Drive the Mack truck and its rig out of the post-apocalyptic Wasteland. But it's easier said than done, as an entire armada of hateful "biker-berserkers" is in hot pursuit, hungry to claim the gas as their own. Director George Miller has the innate ability to shoot and cut the scene in such a way that the viewer really feels like they're a part of the wonderfully bone-crushing action, and it all builds to a crescendo where Max and his chief opponents – the Mohawked villain Wez and the muscle-bound Lord Humungus – meet head-to-head, quite literally.
2. Aliens
Stepping into a film series that didn't yet know it was a franchise, James Cameron revived the terror of Ridley Scott's 1979 classic Alien seven years later and transformed a contained thriller into an expansive, take-no-prisoners pulse-pounder. Sigourney Weaver netted an Oscar nom reprising her role of Ellen Ripley, the first of many action heroines, and holds together the film's ensemble cast, which includes Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Paul Reiser and Lance Henriksen. Cameron ratchets up both the suspense and the action elevating a scuffle between humans and their seemingly indestructible adversaries into an all-out war and climaxes the film with a battle so epic that no sequel could satisfy its ambitious promise. As Paxton says in the film, "Game over, man!" There won't be an Alien movie as scary – or exciting – as this one made ever again.
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
Steven Spielberg partnered with George Lucas to create what would eventually become one of his most enduring films and career franchises: the Indiana Jones trilogy, launched in 1981 with this unforgettable action classic. Inspired by '30s movie serials and James Bond flicks, this adventure opens with one of cinema's most unforgettable sequences – Indy's nimble victory over a booby-trapped temple – and never stops until the bad guys have (literally) melted away and the hero gets the girl. Some fans may prefer the spooky ritual human sacrifice of Temple of Doom or the rollicking father-and-son japes of The Last Crusade but, for ours, the original gets the nod here. A triumph of writing, directing, and acting, Raiders remains the cinematic thrill ride by which all others are judged, and confirms Spielberg's status as the greatest of all living mainstream directors.
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