BEST WAR OR ACTION MOVIES

[✿Ice Rain✿ 0]

45 years of James Bond movies?

Hehe, i have collection of James Bond from his Dr. No up to Die Another Day. And yes, i'm a Bond viewer.

[Marilyn. 340]

I have watched bits and pieces of the older ones and then I tried to watch the ones with Pirece Brosnan but I fell asleep... yawn so boring...

[✿Ice Rain✿ 0]

Hi Primie,

It's the "training day" i have not seen in these. hehe. The Hotel Rwanda i am not sure is this asian film?[/color]

hi shape... yah it's a great movie..

Hotel Rwanda is very touching, it's base on real story of the war in Africa... i think u will like this too

Thanks Primie, i have added it Hotel Rwanda.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

YES! AZUMI IS AWESOME! I watched it on CTN in Cambodia. Very nice action.

As far is action in terms of martial arts film, you'll many of them from Asia. Most do not make it here to the states which I'm disappointed in.

Yes that is really in my top lists. Wow! and the "Zatouchi", oh i watched already 3 times "So Close" , really really nice action.

Yojimbo and Seven Samurai are great samurai movies

Kurosawa's Samurai films are great - it doesn't really get any better than Seven Samurai, but Kurosawa moved away from the conventional form (after Yojimbo and Sanjuro) when he did Throne of Blood, Ran and Kagemusha - those movies are very good - but can be heavy going and are very different in tone from Seven Samurai.

If you like Samurai movies - you might want to check out some non-Kurosawa stuff from the same period.

I particularly recommend checking out - Samurai Rebellion, Hara Kiri and Sword of the Beast. Hara-Kiri in particular is at least on a level with any of Kurosawa's movies.

The original Zatoichi films were great - I liked the remake but thought that the story was a bit uneven.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I have watched bits and pieces of the older ones and then I tried to watch the ones with Pirece Brosnan but I fell asleep... yawn so boring...

Apart from Goldeneye the Pierce Brosnan movies were pretty awful. It wasn't Brosnan's fault as much as the terrible scriptwriters that Eon Productions employs.

Casino Royale had the same screenwriters BTW - but they also hired Paul Haggis (who did Crash and Due South) to tart it up. I suspect that's why it ended up being a cut above the last 4 movies.

[✿Ice Rain✿ 0]

Some of the jame's bond's i like,

die another day

the world is not enough

tomorrow never dies

golden eye

license to kill

the living daylights

a view to a kill

you only live twice

live and let die

the spy who loves me

for your eyes only

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I like the Bond movies - but Die Another Day... There's no saving that...

[Nagishkaw 510]

I like the Bond movies - but Die Another Day... There's no saving that...

I like how you worded that, Sixy.

[alienlovechild 75]

Check out the link. The website lists movies by type and number of positive reviews. Here are the good action movies:

1. 100% The Third Man 50

2. 100% Seven Samurai 45

3. 100% North by Northwest 40

4. 100% The Maltese Falcon 38

5. 100% The Adventures of Robin Hood 36

6. 100% The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 33

7. 100% The African Queen 26

8. 100% The Thin Man 25

9. 100% The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 24

10. 100% Wings 24

11. 98% Lawrence of Arabia 54

12. 97% The Incredibles 218

13. 97% The French Connection 39

14. 97% Enter the Dragon 35

15. 97% In the Line of Fire 34

16. 97% Bullitt 33

17. 97% Dirty Harry 33

18. 97% Dr. No 32

19. 97% From Russia with Love 32

20. 97% 48 Hrs. 31

21. 97% All Quiet on the Western Front 30

22. 97% The Last of the Mohicans 29

23. 96% Die Hard 48

24. 96% Goldfinger 46

25. 96% Triad Election 45

26. 96% Mutiny on the Bounty 26

27. 96% Foreign Correspondent 25

28. 96% WarGames 24

29. 96% The Year of Living Dangerously 24

30. 95% Hero 183

31. 95% Infernal Affairs 59

32. 95% Raiders of the Lost Ark 43

33. 95% Apollo 13 41

34. 95% The Hunt for Red October 39

35. 95% Spartacus 37

36. 95% Dead Calm 21

37. 95% The Guns of Navarone 21

38. 95% Lifeboat 20

39. 94% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 229

40. 94% Casino Royale 206

41. 94% Alien: The Director's Cut 49

42. 94% Deliverance 48

43. 94% Supercop 34

44. 94% Manhunter 32

45. 93% Spider-Man 2 228

46. 93% The Bourne Ultimatum 211

47. 93% Iron Man 190

48. 93% Face/Off 54

49. 93% The Fugitive 41

50. 93% Speed 29

51. 93% The Warriors 28

52. 92% Spy Kids 114

53. 92% Out of Sight 59

54. 91% Metropolis 53

55. 91% The Big Red One 43

56. 91% The Great Escape 35

57. 91% Gunga Din 23

58. 90% Spider-Man 206

59. 90% Hot Fuzz 180

60. 90% Rescue Dawn 142

61. 90% Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 48

62. 90% Shaft 31

63. 90% Glory 29

64. 90% Thunderball 29

65. 90% The Day of the Jackal 21

66. 90% The Man Who Knew Too Much 21

67. 90% Superfly 21

68. 90% White Hunter, Black Heart 21

69. 90% Master of the Flying Guillotine 20

70. 89% Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 224

71. 89% Lethal Weapon 37

72. 89% True Romance 36

73. 88% Crimson Tide 41

74. 88% Easy Rider 34

75. 88% The Karate Kid 34

76. 88% The Italian Job 24

77. 87% X2: X-Men United 214

78. 87% The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi/Sonatine 106

79. 87% Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 53

80. 87% Hidden Blade 30

81. 86% The Matrix 120

82. 86% La Femme Nikita 36

83. 86% On Her Majesty's Secret Service 28

84. 86% To Live and Die in L.A. 22

85. 86% The Black Stallion 21

86. 86% F/X 21

87. 86% Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 21

88. 85% Kill Bill Vol. 2 220

89. 85% Kill Bill Vol. 1 212

90. 85% The Mask of Zorro 46

91. 85% Romancing the Stone 39

92. 85% Casualties of War 27

93. 84% Batman Begins 246

94. 84% King Kong 236

95. 84% Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 196

96. 84% The Descent 153

97. 84% First Blood 32

98. 84% Fly Away Home 31

99. 83% The Bourne Identity 178

100. 83% Beverly Hills Cop 35

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt...category=200001

[Niels Bohr 72]

RottenTomatoes is all US (Hollywood stuff). Nothing from foreign films.

Foreign Films are almost 10^99 times more scarier, actioned, dramatic than the US counterparts. In Japan, they don't have tough regulations on movies. China, well, you can ask the store "Where are the ratings?". They'll respond, "Never heard of it."

You won't be disappointed.

Edited May 15, 2008 by consolemaster

[✿Ice Rain✿ 0]

RottenTomatoes is all US (Hollywood stuff). Nothing from foreign films.

Foreign Films are almost 10^99 times more scarier, actioned, dramatic than the US counterparts. In Japan, they don't have tough regulations on movies. China, well, you can ask the store "Where are the ratings?". They'll respond, "Never heard of it."

You won't be disappointed.

Ratings sometimes are not true or let's just say doctored. LOL! Peace. just kidding.

[Jenn! 918]

I just saw the remake of King Kong recently, and I think it was excellent as far as action films go.

[william_wallace 8]

Best Action films- Die Hard films,

Best War films- The Dam Busters and The Longest Day.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I just saw the remake of King Kong recently, and I think it was excellent as far as action films go.

I still prefer the original - for lack of a better word I found the new version a bit pretentious with the Josef Conrad references they threw into the script.

[peejay 327]

I saw "The Deer Hunter" again recently and it was a good as it was the first time I saw it. It's a great "Nam flick with a decent plot. It's also a favorite of mine because of the Slavic scenes in the movie. I'm Slavic and so is my wife.