Do you miss the violence of 80's action movies?

[xwolverine2]

what about Land of the dead?

 

[Road Warrior]

Or do you miss the no holds barred movies of twenty years ago?

If the `70s was the best decade for films then the `80s was the best decade for popcorn entertainment and guilty pleasures.

 

[SoulManX]

 

[SoulManX]

 

[ShaneHelms]

Bad. But so good.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Most of the 80's movies were 'one-man-army' type bulletfests. Take one absolutely huge European bodybuilder, arm him with enough firepower to take out the population of a small country, and let him loose on terrorists/drug dealers/Russians.

I think the best example of this is either Commando, or Rambo III, which has absolutely no plot beyond 'Rambo fights the Russians' and contains surely more action (and definetly more explosions) than any film ever made.

 

[Dr. Fate]

I do miss the style of 80s action movies - especially since back in the 80s I could see who was hitting/shooting who and where and at what time, not like today with all the herky-jerky camera moves.

 

[SoulManX]

Most of the 80's movies were 'one-man-army' type bulletfests. Take one absolutely huge European bodybuilder, arm him with enough firepower to take out the population of a small country, and let him loose on terrorists/drug dealers/Russians.

I think the best example of this is either Commando, or Rambo III, which has absolutely no plot beyond 'Rambo fights the Russians' and contains surely more action (and definetly more explosions) than any film ever made.

And James Bond

 

[Sam Fisher]

I don't think violence makes a movie any better. Die Hard had a LOT of f bombs but the movie wouldn't have been any worse without them.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

I've noticed upon rewatching many 80's action films that they seem a lot more violent and gorey than movies of today. Most of them have a higher body count than today's horror movies.
Do you think that movies have gone in the right direction by toning it down?
Or do you miss the no holds barred movies of twenty years ago?

The 80's action star is alive in Jason Statham!!

No, seriously though, his movies in terms of style are made much in the way Rambo's, Die Hards, and Commando's where made in the 80's

 

[Majik1387]

what about Land of the dead?

What about it?
I liked it.

 

[ultimatefan]

It´s not the violence that I miss, but the fact you could have a well-done action movie with a hero that wasn´t afraid to get his hands dirty, the way actual cops, soldiers, special agents, etc., do. Die Hard, Robocop, the first Rambo, Lethal Weapon they´re all classics of the genre now and examples of highly successful movies that probably wouldn´t be made by today´s PG-13-obsessed studios.

 

[ShaneHelms]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2FtXyvfwPY


The quality old school action films is what i miss the most.

 

[black_dust]

80`s action was the best, no dam cgi getting in the way of pure action!!!

 

[Fanticon]

I just think that there were alot of those kinds of movies flooding the market back then...and now...you'll still get that kind of violence in a big budget action movie these days (Man on Fire, Bad Boys II)...but, direct-to-dvd is where those cheap shootem ups went. Ever walk into a video store and see like 50 titles you've never even heard of...its all that 80's action movie re-hash.

 

[ShaneHelms]

Yeah you have a point there. But to me it was the big star's that really sold the films. I like to see Arnold or Stallone do all those ridiculous over the top action things. To take out 160 guys and never take a bullet. So thats one of the major factors that makes the cheap shootem ups so enjoyable for me.