NotTheGuyYouKill
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I'm hyped for John Wick, and it's got me thinking about what some of the best action movies are that have been released since 2000. There's The Raid and it's sequel, Edge of Tomorrow, and the Bond flicks. What else we got?
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The best action movies of the 2000s to date?
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Dredd and The Raid Redemption
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Battle Royale
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the bournes, hot fuzz, minority report, fast and furious franchise
does stuff like lotr and gladiator count?
does stuff like lotr and gladiator count?
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
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Definitely the Bourne Trilogy.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I think they're more heavily fantasy and dramatic than pure action movies, but maybe if they are part of your definition of an action movie.
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aiight. lets please discount fantasy and comic book movies then. it gets boring since that's all ppl are gonna talk about in this thread.
because it's pretty hard to think of some damn good non-fantasy/comic book action films lately. only the raid 1/2 and fast franchise come to mind. edge of tomorrow was cool too
Net_Wrecker
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The Good, The Bad, The Weird.
It's like The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly with the spirit of classic pulp adventure movies and incredible camerawork. And a bit of John Woo.
It's like The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly with the spirit of classic pulp adventure movies and incredible camerawork. And a bit of John Woo.
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
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I hate to be that person, but... Dredd was good, I wasn't crazy about it though. Now The Raid, that was amazing. I need to see Berandal already.
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i found many of the hyped korean movies to be kinda boring but this was..whew. good the bad and the ugly mixed with some modern action setpieces and slapstick.
also throw in lone ranger and pirates of carribbean in this thread.
SunhiLegend
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Discounting sci-fi or fantasy.
Bourne
Taken
Raid 1,2
Fast Furious 5,6
Casino Royale
Hot Fuzz
A-Team
Sherlock Holmes 1,2
Transporter, Crank, Death Race
Bad Boys I,II
The Rundown
Bourne
Taken
Raid 1,2
Fast Furious 5,6
Casino Royale
Hot Fuzz
A-Team
Sherlock Holmes 1,2
Transporter, Crank, Death Race
Bad Boys I,II
The Rundown
Frankenstrat
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Cap 2, The Raids, Dredd, The Rundown, and if anime counts Redline.
MrCunningham
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The first Raid movie and Dredd are almost like the exact same film when you think about it.
But there are some pretty slim pickings for straight action movies over the last ten years, if you exclude all of the super hero comic book films.
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Bourne Trilogy
Bourne Trilogy
FunkyMunkey
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Along with what other people have mentioned:
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FreshCakes
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Bad Boys II
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2
TheKaeptain
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Drug War by Johnnie To is really good Chinese film. I need to think about this a little bit more.
A Bittersweet Life is the best Korean action flick. Watch that movie.
A Bittersweet Life is the best Korean action flick. Watch that movie.
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can't believe i forgot hanna and bad boys 2.
Net_Wrecker
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Oh man, I forgot about Johnnie To. Dude has some gems.
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Man on Fire, forgot about that.
TheKaeptain
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The crazy thing is he can also do romantic comedies. I'm so jealous of his talent.
Net_Wrecker
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Also Sleepless Night which is underrated. Pretty much a French Die Hard in tone.
And Jason Statham's Safe that most people dismissed as just another Statham vehicle. Really intense, cleverly shot, on location action scenes.
And Jason Statham's Safe that most people dismissed as just another Statham vehicle. Really intense, cleverly shot, on location action scenes.
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No. One is a movie and the other is a fight comp.
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ReturnOfTheRAT
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The Raid 2.
My life was affirmed.
My life was affirmed.
Hello mysterious person with uncommonly good taste. Thumbs up.
Giant Robot
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Yea that movie was fucking awesome. As was The Good, The Bad, and The Weird.
The Good, The Bad, The Weird.
It's like The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly with the spirit of classic pulp adventure movies and incredible camerawork. And a bit of John Woo.
naaa. the movie was cool but went on waaaay too long.
ElectricKaibutsu
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I agree with those that say the first Bourne movie (but not the sequels) and Taken.
Hot Fuzz is my favorite movie mentioned so far but I'm not sure if that counts exactly... I love it though.
Hot Fuzz is my favorite movie mentioned so far but I'm not sure if that counts exactly... I love it though.
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The Man From Nowhere
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Dante Lam's output since 2000.
13 Assassins
Sleepless Night was the shit.
The Man From Nowhere
Flashpoint
Dante Lam's output since 2000.
13 Assassins
Sleepless Night was the shit.
MrCunningham
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Well true.
But you got to admit that the premises for both movies are almost incidental to each other. There were scenes in the Raid Redemption that gave me feelings of deja vu. I enjoyed both though.
Yeah it's a comedy, but they did take the action sequences seriously in Hot Fuzz.
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HyperZone<3
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that's gotta be the best pick out of Japan for the time period, unless...
so many strong choices out of Korea. I can't really argue with this as the best though. That finale is an all time classic.
rather unheralded for how dang good it is. Good pick, might count for best underrated action film of the period.
I'd throw some points towards Universal Soldier: Regeneration, which I think is only marginally more successful then its much more ambitious sequel, Day of Reckoning. Both are 'Holy-Amazing-Shit' levels of achievement in the action genre though.
Net_Wrecker
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Thanks. You the real MVP though
I'll excuse some pacing issues while watching one of the most insane practical stunt chase scenes in recent memory.
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Since everyone's mentioning Hot Fuzz, I'd like to add The World's End which was even better shot with choreography from Brad Allen (from the Jackie Chan Stunt Team)
Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within. Very gritty action crime-thrillers focusing on the BOPE police unit in Rio de Janeiro. Anyone who liked the vibe of Max Payne 3's Sao Paulo sections should get on these ASAP.
And if we're throwing out anime, Sword of The Stranger has perhaps the best sword fight I've ever seen. Not as relentless as some of these other picks, but it ends with a bang.
MrCunningham
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I've been meaning to put these two on my watch list for some time now. I always hear good things about them.
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