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[robot]

I decided to order some dvds from deepdiscountdvd.com and wanted to get some good action films.

I'm looking for mostly kung-fu style movies (or whatever you call it), and shoot-em up movies like Hard Boiled. I remember reading a thread in the old board recommending Legend of the Drunken Master and Iron Monkey, but I wasn't 100% sure. I know theres probably a ton that deepdiscountdvd.com doesnt carry, but it's worth a shot.

Any recommendations are appreciated, including anime and U.S films.

 

[Doth Togo]

Heat
The Guns of Navarone
Equilibrium
Platoon
Hamburger Hill
Full Metal Jacket

 

[Prospero]

City of God.

 

[FnordChan]

Any recommendations are appreciated, including anime and U.S films.

Let's see:

Completely incoherant HK insanity courtesy of Tsui Hark, who directed this film while completely jacked up on pop culture. A dizzying variety of film reference blast past you, leaving the plot careening drunkenly behind it. I caught this in theatres with a friend; halfway through we had the following exchange:

Me: "Do you have any idea what this film is about?

Her: "No. Do you?"

Me: "No."

(pause)

Both of us simultaneously, with huge, shit-eating grins: "THIS FILM IS GREAT!"

So, yeah - it doesn't make a lick of sense, but it's still terrific. On the off-chance you aren't completely caught up on your John Woo:

Two classics for the price of one! Or something!

Finally, here's an oddball anime flick that, while not exactly balls-to-the-wall non-stop action, does have some great scenes of all hell breaking lose:

It's about an old guy trapped in an ultra-high-tech cybernetic bed. Then the guy decides he wants to go to the beach and things escalate into the realm of epic weirdness from there. Social commentary and complete insanity, courtesy of Katsuhiro "My other films are more coherant than Akira, I swear" Otomo.

FnordChan

 

[bionic77]

Legend of Drunken Master
Commando
Predator
Rundown
Rambo 1 and 2
Rocky 1 and 4

 

[calder]

my fav Asian action flick (excluding Kurosawa/Mifune movies) by far:

Edit: because I was late, how about...

Overheated, goofy, french period drama/martial arts/adventure/horror flick. Oodles of style and fights nifty enough you'll stop wondering why French barmaids in the 18th century know Kung-Fu. Bit of T&A too, which I always approve of in my action flicks.

 

[robot]

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm gonna pick up most of them now, and write down the others for later.