The Best In 80's Action Movies

Everyone loves a good 80’s action movie. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone were the big stars of the day. These movies are the ones you can watch time and time again, no matter what mood you are in, the ultimate way to relax the movies required very little to think about and were there purely for your entertainment. I decided to come up with a list of my favourite 80’s action movies (in no particular order) and here they are for you below. Enjoy!

Probably the first Arnie movie I saw was Commando and I still watch it to this day if it’s on TV. Released in 1985 the movie starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as retired elite special forces commando John Matrix, his daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless dictator and Martix is given order to complete a job in order to get her back, of course as with any Arnie action movie he does not play by the rules, kills everyone who crossed him and get his daughter back the only way he knows how. There were a couple of mistakes in the editing, the scene where he drops Sullie off the cliff and drives his totalled Porsche away for one. The car is on its side and damaged beyond repair when Matrix tips it over,  then he gets in to drive it away and what do you know it’s a brand new Porsche. Also when Matrix storms the dictators Villa he shoots one of the guards on the roof, if your eyes are quick enough you will see the blue crash matt he lands on.

I love all of the Die Hard movies and the latest one was released a few years back now. For me though as with most movies the original is the best. For Die Hard that is when Bruce Willis goes up against Alan Rickman. Willis plays John Mclane a cop Mclane’s wife attends a work party and Hans Gruber shows up to hold everyone hostage. Not to long after Willis stages a one man fight back against 20 to 30 other guys all with high powered guns, as usual not one bullet hits him and he wreaks havoc through the office block killing everyone in his path to save his wife and everyone else. Willis now owns one of the best catchphrases in movie history because of Die Hard “Yippee Kaye Mutha F@*&”&!”.

Being the man of the moment back then Arnie gets the nod once again here for his role as Terminator. Arnie plays a cyborg sent back through time to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) as her future son is to be the leader of the Human resistance against the machines. This movie was a classic but for me Terminator 2 Judgment Day was better, well maybe not better but I enjoyed it more. A third addition was added to the franchise with Arnie once again plated the good guy and the latest addition Terminator Salvation starring Christian Bale. Another great tagline for Arnie this time “I’ll be back”.

Everyone’s favourite cops starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover this movie was great. The pair play cops Murtaugh and Riggs an unlikely pair of a cop who sticks by the rules and another who totally disobeys them. They uncover a big drug smuggling operation and learn fast that they operate much better as a team than they do alone, a great action movie which will give you a bit of a laugh too. Apparently Lethal Weapon 5 is due out next year with both Glover and Willis signed up.

Written and starred in by Sylvester Stallone he plays a Vietnam war veteran John Rambo, left troubled by the things he has seen in his life, he returns to his home town where the local Police chief takes a instant dislike to him, Rambo goes on the run in the local forest with every cop in town looking for him, he single handily takes down the entire force writing a few wrongs along the way. The whole series of these movies were great but Fist Blood is the best for me, the latest one Rambo is a bit of a blood fest.

Well there you have my five movies, I hope you enjoyed the read and thanks for dropping by.