Best Ever NON-Genre Action Film

[PKTrekGirl]

It is. Well, *I* like it very much and McQueen is one of my all time favorite actors!

Hard to go wrong with Steve McQueen films, if action is your goal. The guy was awesome!

 

[Mysterion]

Blackhawk Down. No question.

 

[captcalhoun]

that's a war movie.

S.W.A.T. is indeed a great flick, but not as great as Hot Fuzz, the Bournes, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon or Air Force One...

i'm going to vote for...

Face/Off

anyone else mentioned it? no? damn, it's cool.

 

[FordSVT]

You know, action IS a genre.

That's getting it's own thread.

 

[Daedalus12]

that's a war movie.

Face/Off

anyone else mentioned it? no? damn, it's cool.

Aragorn mentioned it but it has scifi/fantasy elements.

 

[Mr Light]

Ah! I thought of another of my favorites!!! RONIN with DeNiro. It has THE best car chases ever filmed, great dialogue, tons of twists and turns. And what a cast. DeNiro, Jean Reno, Sean Bean, Stellan Skaarsgard (is that his name?). A great story about the Post-Cold War world of intelligence.

 

[Roshi]

Daedalus12, is your avatar Clara Morgane?

 

[Barbados Slim]

The Professional
The Hunt for Red October
The Italian Job
Heat
Set It Off
The Long Kiss Goodnight

 

[Paxil]

Action IS a genre.

 

[Daedalus12]

Daedalus12, is your avatar Clara Morgane?

Yep that is Clara Morgane.

 

[Roshi]

^Mmmmmmmh! Toasty!

 

[M'Sharak]

The Bourne trilogy, hands down.

Word. No one has a better foot chase or car chase than the Bourne movies.

Do you really think Bourne has car chases which are clearly better than those in Bullitt, The French Connection and The Seven-Ups?

 

[CaptJimboJones]

The French Connection. Maybe not the No. 1 action movie, but it has the greatest car chase in the history of cinema. And the fact that the chase was filmed for real (no CGI crap) and in the middle of actual city traffic in Brooklyn (with no prior permission having been received from the city) is utterly astounding. That kind of thing will never, every happen again.

 

[DigificWriter]

Here's some:
The Count of Monte Cristo (the 2002 version starring James Caviezel and Guy Pearce in particular)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The Mask of Zorro
The Legend of Zorro
Walt Disney's Treasure Island
Shanghai Noon (somebody mentioned Knights, but Noon's just as good, if not better)

 

[BrotherBenny]

Blind Fury - with Rutger Hauer, nuff said

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

Here's some:
Shanghai Noon (somebody mentioned Knights, but Noon's just as good, if not better)

Shanghai Noon is OK but I think that the plot for Shanghai Knights is a lot stronger.

 

[JacksonArcher]

The Bourne trilogy, hands down.

Word. No one has a better foot chase or car chase than the Bourne movies.

Do you really think Bourne has car chases which are clearly better than those in Bullitt, The French Connection and The Seven-Ups?

...yes.

 

[Tom Servo]

Ah! I thought of another of my favorites!!! RONIN with DeNiro. It has THE best car chases ever filmed, great dialogue, tons of twists and turns. And what a cast. DeNiro, Jean Reno, Sean Bean, Stellan Skaarsgard (is that his name?). A great story about the Post-Cold War world of intelligence.

You sir, are correct.

RONIN, GREAT freaking movie. And agreed about the car chases, they are second to none.

 

[BigFoot]

The Rock