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Wheat Loaf posted:Remember that bit at the start of Welcome to the Jungle where the Rock goes into a club and briefly meets Arnold coming out, who I think wishes him luck? It's a very strange, "You're the world's number-one action star now, Dwayne," moment. Wasn't that in The Rundown?
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thrawn527 posted:Wasn't that in The Rundown? Somehow The Rock has starred in two movies that were called Welcome to the Jungle. The Rundown was marketed under that title internationally. The man has had a very odd career. Honest Thief posted:Can't that be attributed to the industry in the 80's and 90's in a whole? Outside of lesser stars like Seagal, it feels like the bigger starts got the offbeat projects because for some reason that was more bankable back then, or easier to garner investment. A lot of them didn't care to try though. Stallone was that way for like a whole decade, after First Blood it seems like it was all pretty standard expected stuff from him until the early 90s. Arnold was just a totally different beast, there wasn't really anybody like him in terms of the clout he had to command a big budget for whatever project he decided he wanted to be involved with. And from everything I've seen on Arnold and heard him say over the years, he appears to have had waaaaay more confidence in himself and his career choices than a lot of other movie stars. Basebf555 fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Dec 28, 2018 |
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Wandle Cax posted:Scott Adkins posted: This dude has a few good 2018 recs that I missed. Operation Red Sea, Jailbreak, Night Comes for Us, and Apostle are on Netflix. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMwY8wTBXSk
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Apostle has one slightly Raid-ish scene but is otherwise straight horror, it’s weird to include it on a year-end action list.
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fenix down posted:YESSSSS about time. Might be a letdown but I still wanna see it! Watch The Night Comes For Us right the gently caress now
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I heard very mixed things about Manhunt but the short clips that are shown of it in that video make me think I should've given it a chance.
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Basebf555 posted:I heard very mixed things about Manhunt but the short clips that are shown of it in that video make me think I should've given it a chance. It's pretty good and worth a watch. The plotting is kind of messy and it unfortunately at times looks pretty bad in the way a lot of low budget action looks bad these days but Woo still delivers some really good poo poo in there. Don't go in expecting The Killer or anything, but it's good fun.
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Jailbreak looks neat, I'll have to give that a go.
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My brother and I were talking about memorable explosions where it's just a single person blowing up, with deacon frost taking the top spot more than likely because of the quip following it. Smith imploding at the end of the Matrix was also mentioned. True Lies was decent, but it didn't really mesh with the "singular person exploding" we were going for, because the villain was fired into a group of people before exploding. There are probably countless examples of grenade pins being pulled as two people separate, with one person left realizing at the last moment what's up. But they don't really leave a lasting impression. Does anyone have any good examples?
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Quentin tarantino in Django Unchained Leon: The Professional Pirates of the Caribbean Holmes and Watson
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Penpal posted:My brother and I were talking about memorable explosions where it's just a single person blowing up, with deacon frost taking the top spot more than likely because of the quip following it. Smith imploding at the end of the Matrix was also mentioned. True Lies was decent, but it didn't really mesh with the "singular person exploding" we were going for, because the villain was fired into a group of people before exploding. There are probably countless examples of grenade pins being pulled as two people separate, with one person left realizing at the last moment what's up. But they don't really leave a lasting impression. Does anyone have any good examples? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myc6HpJzgaU Of course there's also this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMizrio7mfM I think it counts because Leon is more or less dead by the time the grenades go off.
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Man, I know James Bond movies are known for being pretty ridiculous, but I maintain this is the silliest thing any of the movies has ever done. And I'm counting the invisible car, death by being covered in gold paint, and anything that happens in Moonraker.
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thrawn527 posted:Man, I know James Bond movies are known for being pretty ridiculous, but I maintain this is the silliest thing any of the movies has ever done. And I'm counting the invisible car, death by being covered in gold paint, and anything that happens in Moonraker. It’s the only thing I remember from the Roger Moore Bonds, but for some reason I thought it was in Octopussy, not Live and Let Die.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:It’s the only thing I remember from the Roger Moore Bonds, but for some reason I thought it was in Octopussy, not Live and Let Die. Octopussy is the one that ends with him storming the villain's complex in a hot air balloon with the Union Jack on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBeW_hheeGo Subtle. I'm surprised that's the only thing you remember from the Moore Bonds. Say what you want about their quality, but they were certainly memorable. James Bond in space with laser guns. Two movies with Jaws. Christopher Walken. They were going for it, man.
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To be fair, it’s probably been close to 15 years since I watched any Bond film, but now that you mention Jaws and the laser fights in space, I do remember those. And a movie ending with a villain clinging to the front of a train as his face turns into a skull and credits roll. I don’t remember any plot details, though.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:To be fair, it’s probably been close to 15 years since I watched any Bond film, but now that you mention Jaws and the laser fights in space, I do remember those. And a movie ending with a villain clinging to the front of a train as his face turns into a skull and credits roll. I don’t remember any plot details, though. I did a watch thread for all the old Bond movies I hadn't seen (I stopped when I got to Brosnan, because I had seen all of those a bunch, so it was less exciting for me) a couple of years ago, so they're all really fresh in my mind.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:And a movie ending with a villain clinging to the front of a train as his face turns into a skull and credits roll. I don’t remember any plot details, though. That's Live and Let Die, the same movie with the Yaphet Kotto balloon death linked earlier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cW8kE6XcxE
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Timby posted:That's Live and Let Die, the same movie with the Yaphet Kotto balloon death linked earlier. Yea Baron Samedi is one of the goons in that movie. I'm really not a fan of the Moore era but when you have the itch for pure ridiculousness no other Bond really compares.
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Dec 28, 2018 19:39
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The slide whistle car flip in The Man with the Golden Gun is extremely my poo poo.
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Penpal posted:My brother and I were talking about memorable explosions where it's just a single person blowing up, with deacon frost taking the top spot more than likely because of the quip following it. Smith imploding at the end of the Matrix was also mentioned. True Lies was decent, but it didn't really mesh with the "singular person exploding" we were going for, because the villain was fired into a group of people before exploding. There are probably countless examples of grenade pins being pulled as two people separate, with one person left realizing at the last moment what's up. But they don't really leave a lasting impression. Does anyone have any good examples? There's a couple of scenes in The Legend of Zorro (the much inferior and belated sequel to The Mask of Zorro) where people get blown up with nitroglycerine.
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One of the plot points in Iron Man 3 is people spontaneously blowing up.
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thrawn527 posted:Man, I know James Bond movies are known for being pretty ridiculous, but I maintain this is the silliest thing any of the movies has ever done. And I'm counting the invisible car, death by being covered in gold paint, and anything that happens in Moonraker. That video leaves off the best part, the best post death line in cinema history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBncb56Z_xI
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The airport chase in Casino Royale is capped off with the bad guy blowing up but the actual explosion is off-screen while we watch Bond smirk knowingly at having tricked him.
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Penpal posted:My brother and I were talking about memorable explosions where it's just a single person blowing up, with deacon frost taking the top spot more than likely because of the quip following it. Smith imploding at the end of the Matrix was also mentioned. True Lies was decent, but it didn't really mesh with the "singular person exploding" we were going for, because the villain was fired into a group of people before exploding. There are probably countless examples of grenade pins being pulled as two people separate, with one person left realizing at the last moment what's up. But they don't really leave a lasting impression. Does anyone have any good examples? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn_FMsoTkGY It's the grin that really sells it.
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Bad Boys 2 had that ending where the drug lord gets shot and steps on a landmine.
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The Night Comes For Us has a guy exploding after a grenade on his vest is armed. Btw The Night Comes For Us rules.
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I just watched Skyscraper and it ends with the bad guy getting blown up. I guess I missed something in the movie, did they explain why there is zero evidence of any fire or emergency services outside of the building's automated systems? You don't see a single fireman in the whole show.
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brocked posted:I just watched Skyscraper and it ends with the bad guy getting blown up. It's definitely one of those movies where you just have to accept the premise and not think too hard about it, none of it makes all that much sense.
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Penpal posted:My brother and I were talking about memorable explosions where it's just a single person blowing up, with deacon frost taking the top spot more than likely because of the quip following it. Smith imploding at the end of the Matrix was also mentioned. True Lies was decent, but it didn't really mesh with the "singular person exploding" we were going for, because the villain was fired into a group of people before exploding. There are probably countless examples of grenade pins being pulled as two people separate, with one person left realizing at the last moment what's up. But they don't really leave a lasting impression. Does anyone have any good examples? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voeID5w8hxw Some other bazooka-related ones would be Punisher War Zone, Kick-rear end, and Hard Ticket to Hawaii.
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The Punisher one is particularly fun because the director did it because she was sick of seeing parkour gimmicks in action movies.
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Penpal posted:My brother and I were talking about memorable explosions where it's just a single person blowing up, with deacon frost taking the top spot more than likely because of the quip following it. Smith imploding at the end of the Matrix was also mentioned. True Lies was decent, but it didn't really mesh with the "singular person exploding" we were going for, because the villain was fired into a group of people before exploding. There are probably countless examples of grenade pins being pulled as two people separate, with one person left realizing at the last moment what's up. But they don't really leave a lasting impression. Does anyone have any good examples? Lance Henrisken, Hard Target. It's the "whoops" that sells it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu2ArBfwZcA
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fenix down posted:My favorite Death Wish 3
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Not from an action movie, but first thing that came to my mind https://youtu.be/35kWxQCTuWA
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Not a single person (due to the size of the explosion), but a friend and I nearly got kicked out of the Untouchables because we got the giggles from this scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skxqbkpLE90&t=105s
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Tokelau All Star posted:Not from an action movie, but first thing that came to my mind This character was great because his entire two/three episode arc was spent complaining about how none of the background characters get any attention and the main characters seem to get all the best stuff on the island.
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Halloween Jack posted:Bad Boys 2 had that ending where the drug lord gets shot and steps on a landmine. Also the Tropic Thunder landmine scene.
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Halloween Jack posted:The Punisher one is particularly fun because the director did it because she was sick of seeing parkour gimmicks in action movies. I did like the 'ram the grenade launcher through a hole in the door and blow up the 10 guys waiting in ambush behind it' moment, though.
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