Premiere Magazine's 100 Best Action Movies on DVD

[ColinM]

The latest issue movie magazine I prescribe to called Premiere features an article about the 100 Best Action Movies on DVD. What do you think of their (alphabetical) list?

1) Aliens
2) Assault on Precinct 13
3) Battleship Potemkin
4) Ben-Hur
5) Black Hawk Down
6) Blade Runner
7) Bonnie and Clyde
8) Das Boot
9) The Bourne Identity
10) Braveheart
11) Breakdown
12) The Bridge on the River Kwai
13) Brother
14) Bullitt
15) Clear and Present Danger
16) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
17) Desperado
18) Die Hard
19) Die Hard 2
20) The Dirty Dozen
21) Dirty Harry
22) Diva
23) Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers
24) Enter the Dragon
25) Escape from New York
26) Excalibur
27) La Femme Nikita
28) A Fistful of Dollars
29) The French Connection
30) From Russia With Love
31) The Fugitive
32) The Getaway
33) Gladiator
34) Goldfinger
35) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
36) The Great Escape
37) The Guns of Navarone
38) Hard-Boiled
39) Heat
40) The Hidden Fortress
41) The Hunt for Red October
42) Independence Day
43) Jason and the Argonauts
44) The Killer
45) L.A. Confidential
46) The Last of the Mohicans
47) Lawrence of Arabia
48) Lethal Weapon
49) Lethal Weapon 2
50) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
51) Mad Max
52) The Magnificent Seven
53) The Matrix
54) Minority Report
55) Nighthawks
56) North By Northwest
57) Once Upon a Time in China
58) The Outlaw Josey Wales
59) Patriot Games
60) Patton
61) Platoon
62) Predator
63) Rambo: First Blood Part II
64) Reservoir Dogs
65) Rio Bravo
66) The Road Warrior
67) Robocop
68) Ronin
69) Run Lola Run
70) Runaway Train
71) Saboteur
72) Saving Private Ryan
73) Set it Off
74) The Seven Samauri
75) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
76) Spartacus
77) Shaft
78) Speed
79) Spider-Man
80) Stagecoach
81) Starship Troopers
82) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
83) The Terminator
84) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
85) Thelma & Louise
86) Three Kings
87) T-Men
88) Total Recall
89) The Train
90) Training Day
91) True Romance
92) Twelve O'Clock High
93) Unforgiven
94) The Untouchables
95) The Wages of Fear
96) The Warriors
97) The Wild Bunch
98) Yojimbo
99) You Only Live Twice
100) Zulu

What do you guys think? I think it's a pretty damn thorough list. The only one on there that absolutely shouldn't be is the terrible The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1/10).

And I know most Schmoes won't agree with me, but thank God that Blade (2/10) isn't on here! :)

[A.J. Hakari]

The only one that puzzles me is the rather boring sci-fi flick EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS. Some nice saucer footage, but hardly anything that would put it in the same vicinity of TERMINATOR 2.

In any case, now I have more of a reason to finally move DIVA and PELHAM up my Netflix waiting list...and to at last get around to watching THE KILLER.

[Jasonite]

Pretty thorough, but is it anywhere near correct in terms of rank? I hope they were just listing them, and not attempting to say "#1 is a better action film than #4", for example.



J

[sleekproductions]

Here Are The Ones From There List That I Agree With...



4) Ben-Hur
5) Black Hawk Down
6) Blade Runner
10) Braveheart
15) Clear and Present Danger
16) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
17) Desperado
18) Die Hard
19) Die Hard 2
29) The French Connection
30) From Russia With Love
31) The Fugitive
33) Gladiator
34) Goldfinger
38) Hard-Boiled
39) Heat
41) The Hunt for Red October
42) Independence Day
44) The Killer
45) L.A. Confidential
47) Lawrence of Arabia
48) Lethal Weapon
49) Lethal Weapon 2
50) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
51) Mad Max
52) The Magnificent Seven
53) The Matrix
54) Minority Report
59) Patriot Games
61) Platoon
64) Reservoir Dogs
68) Ronin
72) Saving Private Ryan
76) Spartacus
77) Shaft
78) Speed
79) Spider-Man
83) The Terminator
84) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
86) Three Kings
90) Training Day
91) True Romance
93) Unforgiven
94) The Untouchables
99) You Only Live Twice

[ColinM]

Originally posted by Jasonite
Pretty thorough, but is it anywhere near correct in terms of rank? I hope they were just listing them, and not attempting to say "#1 is a better action film than #4", for example.



J

No rank, it's in alphabetical order. I probably should have dropped the numbers because at first I thought they were in ranking order too (and if that's the case, why the hell is Starship Trooper above T2?), but that's the way they were in the magazine so that's the way I posted them.

[The Delfonics]

Heres the ones i agree with though the list seems lacking aloti mean where is Cyborg?:

1) Aliens
4) Ben-Hur
17) Desperado
18) Die Hard
19) Die Hard 2
35) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
38) Hard-Boiled
39) Heat
42) Independence Day
44) The Killer
53) The Matrix
61) Platoon
62) Predator
63) Rambo: First Blood Part II
64) Reservoir Dogs
67) Robocop
72) Saving Private Ryan
78) Speed
79) Spider-Man
81) Starship Troopers
83) The Terminator
84) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
88) Total Recall
91) True Romance
93) Unforgiven

[syxxpac]

I agree with most of them, although they're missing a few very good ones in my opinion, including True Lies and Goldeneye.

And what is Unforgiven doing on there? That's not even close to being an action movie. A great movie? Definitely. A great action movie? Hardly.

[dh1989]

Good list. Although, I cannot believe they snubbed Eraser! At least Gladiator and T2 got on. Bit suprised about Unforgiven and LOTR......