Naturally, this can create a bias towards recent action movies, or at least those from recent decades.
However, it wouldn’t be right to for action movie fans to ignore the older ones altogether.
Of the classicGodzillamovies,Destroy All Monstersmight well be the most action-packed.
Regardless of how you feel about silent movies,The Generalis well worth checking out.
Part of the reason it is such an essential silent film is because of how simple it is.
Both are stolen/kidnapped early on by the film’s antagonists.
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‘The Dirty Dozen’ (1967)
The premise forThe Dirty Dozenis simple and wonderfully satisfying.
There’s a dangerous mission during WW2 that involves assassinating various Nazi officers.
It’s a similar premise seen in the recentSuicide Squadmovies, but it’s done even better here.
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It’s tough, gritty, and fantastically entertaining throughout.
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