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I've watched this movie like 4 times in the last month. The movie isn't over written like many action films and it has aged very well. Any other action movies going on 20 that are still great?

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Predator still holds up well.

 

[The Lamonster]

Close. It's actually Aliens.

 

[SephCast]

I say yes.

 

[Kjellson]

The first one is better.

 

[(._.)]

The first on is better.

I disagree here. Something about T2 is just much more interesting.

 

[edornob]

WOULD

 

[patrickthehedgehog]

I like the first one better...

 

[Zombie James]

Yes, it is.

 

[Arment]

Most likely.

I can hear the chase music in my head right now.

 

[strafer]

Hey fuck you kid!

 

[lazybones18]

Yes

 

[wormstrangler]

It holds a special place.

Tremors is pretty amazing if you ask me too.

 

[Glass Rebel]

 

[WanderingWind]

So soon we forget Die Hard. Doth the sins of Die Hard 4 erase the greatness that was Hans Gruber? I say to thee; nay.

 

[VeryGooster]

Close. It's actually Aliens.

.

 

[McNei1y]

The nuke scene is dynamite.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Yes

Spoiler

yes

 

[TheYanger]

The way I've always remained fair and not had to force myself to choose:
T2 is the best action movie of the 90s
Die Hard is the best action movie of the 80s

Which of the two is the best? who cares we get both.

So soon we forget Die Hard. Doth the sins of Die Hard 4 erase the greatness that was Hans Gruber? I say to thee; nay.

This man knows what's up.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Yup.

 

[Carbonox]

Terminator 2, Predator and Aliens are in the God tier of action flicks. I can watch these films over and over and over and never get tired.

 

[Jake Tower]

The greatest action film of all time is Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

[vicissitudes]

No it's the Avengers lol.

Yeah probably.

The greatest action adventure film of all time is Raiders of the Lost Ark.

There you go.

 

[Fry]

It's one of the BEST movies ever, but not the best action movie, no.

 

[The Lamonster]

So soon we forget Die Hard. Doth the sins of Die Hard 4 erase the greatness that was Hans Gruber? I say to thee; nay.

But Timothy Olyphant is a badass.

 

[Tookay]

/thread

Great fucking movie, action, characters, music, pacing. Everything comes together.

 

[shintoki]

Not even in the top 3. Die Hard holds the top spot, then, now, and forever! Predator and Robocop follow it.

 

[WJD]

Yup. Just about edges out Aliens.

Though if we were to class The Matrix as an action film my opinion would change...

 

[BertramCooper]

The Terminator > Terminator 2

I'd put Aliens above both of them, though. And of course, Alien is roughly a billion times better than all of them, but it's not an action film.

 

[Zoramon089]

/thread

Great fucking movie, action, characters, music, pacing. Everything comes together.

John Conner is REALLY annoying in the beginning though

 

[TheYanger]

Yup. Just about edges out Aliens.

Though if we were to class The Matrix as an action film my opinion would change...

Wait. what other class of film is The Matrix? Faux-Intellectualism?

 

[BertramCooper]

John Conner is REALLY annoying in the beginning though

He's annoying in the whole film.

Ed Furlong is the worst part of T2. He was godawful.

 

[Kwhit10]

While T2 is up there, it's a close call between Die Hard and Die Hard 3 for me.

 

[Draft]

Die Hard, T2 and Aliens all have strong claims to the crown.

 

[vicissitudes]

Wait. what other class of film is The Matrix? Faux-Intellectualism?

Sci-fi.

 

[TheYanger]

Sci-fi.

Ooookay, but it's still an action movie. It's no more sci-fi than T2 was.

 

[WJD]

Wait. what other class of film is The Matrix? Faux-Intellectualism?

Sci-fi. I'd happily class it as action but GAF is picky about these things.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Face/Off and Terminator 2 are action faves of mine.

 

[Instigator]

Am I the only one who thinks the movie has a strange lull in the middle? Yeah, they go to Mexico, then go to Dyson's house and it's only when they're knee deep at Cyberdine that the movie picks up again.

 

[massoluk]

You spelled Tom Yum Goong wrong.

 

[WanderingWind]

Die Hard, T2 and Aliens all have strong claims to the crown.

Pretty much the Pantheon of Action Movies, right here.

 

[badcrumble]

Yeah, T2 is good, but I'm gonna have to say that Raiders of the Lost Ark, Aliens, and The Matrix are better.

 

[crazy monkey]

Most of the action movie of Arnold and Rambo were awesome.

 

[Weenerz]

T2 is a great action movie, I would Bad Boys 2, Transformers 1 and probably The Avengers up there as well.

 

[Smellycat]

Close. It's actually Aliens.

yep

 

[Junie12]

I like it, don't know if it's the greatest of all time though, I really like Aliens..

 

[iamvin22]

top 3 easily.

edit: Bad boys 2 is probably number 2 on that list.

 

[CFMOORE!]

amazing movie but definitely not the best action movie of all time. my vote is Die Hard followed closely by The Rock. Say what you want about Nic Cage and Michael Bay, but the movie is balls to the wall action and done REALLY well.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Nope.

 

[geeko]

IMO yes, or at least damn near the top. I also feel that people should stop comparing Terminator 1 and 2. The first one is one of the best suspenseful thrillers ever, where as 2 is the best action movie ever. They just don't feel all that similar to me.