NEW AND IMPROVED Best Action Movie of the 80s Poll!!! - Round Two

[fluxrad]

Um...at least 10 of these movies aren't even "Action" movies.

The Empire Strikes Back (Sci-Fi)
Tron (Sci-Fi)
Full Metal Jacket (Drama)
The Return of the Jedi (Sci-Fi)
Aliens (Horror)
Platoon (Drama)
Top Gun (Drama)
Bladerunner (Sci-Fi)
Glory (Drama)
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (Sci-Fi)

I'll give you a pass on the Eddie Murphy movies and the Indiana jones flicks, but none of the above movies could be stocked in the "Action" category.

I should also point out that First Blood wasn't really an action movie either. They just turned the series in that direction with later films (ala Rocky).

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OK. I'll give you a pass on Top Gun.

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Round One held few surprises with only three lower seeds winning. Most dominating was Die Hard over Next of Kin, taking home a whopping 100% of the votes. Let's see what happens in Round Two. Here are your matchups...

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Just to make it clear: "...The Last Crusade" was the piece of crap Indiana Jones with Sean Connery acting like an idiot. The first two were good, but that third one was STUPID.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark is pretty much my favorite movie of all time, so it's difficult for me to convey in words how disappointed I was with The Temple of Doom.

Granted, The Last Crusade doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as the original, but Temple of Doom licked some serious beanbag; comparatively speaking, The Last Crusade was Gone With the Wind.

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Round One held few surprises with only three lower seeds winning. Most dominating was Die Hard over Next of Kin, taking home a whopping 100% of the votes. Let's see what happens in Round Two. Here are your matchups...

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Just to make it clear: "...The Last Crusade" was the piece of crap Indiana Jones with Sean Connery acting like an idiot. The first two were good, but that third one was STUPID.

-ptmusic

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Raiders of the Lost Ark is pretty much my favorite movie of all time, so it's difficult for me to convey in words how disappointed I was with The Temple of Doom.

Granted, The Last Crusade doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as the original, but Temple of Doom licked some serious beanbag; comparatively speaking, The Last Crusade was Gone With the Wind.

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Alright, you got me. Mrs. Spielberg and the little Asian kid were pretty pathetic. But The Last Crusade was "God awful."

Please vote against it; also Snake Bliskin gets a funny name award of some sort.

-ptmusic

[oreogod]

unfair matchups on a few of those. Predator vs Highlander? Terminator vs. First Blood.

IMO Aliens has it way easy...obviously its one of the greatest action movies ever...but it easily surpasses Running Man.

[Wired Jokers]

How the Road Warrior is losing to Beverly Hills Cop is beyond me.

The last 30 minutes of TRW is probably one of the greatest exibitions of action and fury ever produced.

[Jeff W]

I cannot believe Road Warrior is losing to Beverly Hills Cop.

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How the Road Warrior is losing to Beverly Hills Cop is beyond me.

The last 30 minutes of TRW is probably one of the greatest exibitions of action and fury ever produced.

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Someone actually died in the making of those last 30 minutes, I heard.

Anyway, yeah, this must be that people didn't see The Road Warrior?

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[Jeff W]

I think The Road Warrior is the best film in the poll.

[swede123]

Roadwarrior is certainly one of my favorite action movies, but is it better than Die Hard or Aliens? I'm not so sure.

Swede

[redrooski24]

How the hell is Top Gun ahead of Platoon? It's by far the best war movie of the 80s. While Top Gun was entertaining, it was pretty much a flashy show with some dogfighting.