I love cheesy 80's action movies

[Dis]

my guilty pleasure. The higher the body count, the better. The important question I ask you all is this: Which movie had the highest body count?

It's a tough call. I'd have to say Commando. But don't disregard the overkill action of movies such as Invasion USA and Predator. And don't forget Raw Deal. This is one of Arnold's lesser known movies, but definately worth watching.

Not all of them have to be modern day action. They could be fantasy action such as Conan the Barbarian. These are all classic.

And then futuristic action with the Mad Max movies.

You just can't make quality films like this now days. CGI just doesn't look very good. I was watching the Day After Tomorrow the other day. And the CGI looked horrible. I don't know why everyone says the special effects look good. The scenes of the humans running on the streets of New York looked fake, not to mention the birds flying.

I'd rather see scale model special effects, and lots of extras. And I like to see real cars banged up. Where stunt men were real stunt men.

Feel free to recommend other movies.

edit: I forgot to mention the most ultimate of them all. Rambo movies. The first one was the best and most realistic. 2 and 3 were in lala land. But good in their cheesiness.

[Sikander]

I liked Conan, Raw Deal and Commando. Swarzennegar movies tend to be more palatable to me than most of this genre because of the humor. The same cannot be said for most Stallone movies, as any humor there is unintentional. I saw the second Rambo movies (not my idea btw) at the post movie theatre when I was in the Army. The almost immediate groans, unintentional laughter and boos would not have warmed the hearts of the moviemakers.

[Urban Ranger]

Cheesy Hong Kong Kung Fu films, esp those involving the supernatural

[Whoha]

Re: I love cheesy 80's action movies

Where Eagles Dare had Clint Eastwood's second highest bodycount.

[chequita guevara]

Last Action Hero!

[Tuberski]

Escape from New York!

ACK!

[Ecthy]

Predator certainly doesn't have a particularly high body count.

[Verto]

I watched Die Hard the other day. Good show, body count wasn't all that high though.

[Bkeela]

CGI and shakey cam scenes seem to be the order of the day now.

On the news the other night, there was a story about how going to the cinema was on the decline. Theatres were having to reduce their ticket prices in order to attract customers. The real reason for this decline is that Hollywood is producing nothing but mass market sludge. Sequels and remakes, and other cost cutting measures, have robbed mainstream films of their soul.

Now, back to the topic: Terminator certainly had a high body count.

First Blood is my favourite action film from that era.

[pchang]

If you get a chance, you should try and see the John Woo movies he made in Hong Kong with Chow Yun Fat.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by pchang
If you get a chance, you should try and see the John Woo movies he made in Hong Kong with Chow Yun Fat.

The one with Leslie Cheung?

[Master Zen]

I like cheesy 80's horror movies.

Return of the Living Dead

Re-Animator

House

Hellraiser

Evil Dead

Day of the Dead.


Horror is so much restrained nowadays. I miss the all out gore-fest horror comedies of the 80s. Sure, the new (and excellent) japanese stuff might scare the crap out of me 10 times than all 80s horror movies combined, but they are just not so fun to watch repeatedly.

[pchang]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


The one with Leslie Cheung?

There were a bunch of them.

A Better Life
A Better Life 2
Hard Boiled
etc.

I don't know their Chinese names, but with the translation, they got multiple English Titles.

[Ted Striker]

I gotta go with the Delta Force starring Chuck Norris

[Dis]

Originally posted by Ecthy
Predator certainly doesn't have a particularly high body count.

You forget about the beginning when they destroy an entire guerrilla camp/village.

And the famous line "Stick Around" as Arnold throws a knife into the guys throat and goes through into the wall behind him pinning him (at least I think it was the throat- or some other body part)