and by that i mean, movies that were not a big main stream success, or just unknown, but are nonetheless incredibly badass...

The Last Boyscout- great badass action, great comedy- some of the best oneliners ever, it was somewhat mainstream, but i feel like incredibly underapreciated/unknown

Drive- Mark Dacascos (brotherhood of the wolf, the crow tv series) has some unbelievably awesome action sequences, and this is prematrix CG type stuff, very very fun film http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116147/

Savage- Olivier Gruner is a B-movie action superstar, and he unleashes a unique flying through the air caveman fighting style in this flick, if you can appreciate a good B-Action moive, this is a great find http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114339/

The Punisher- 1989 with Dolph Lundgren, its no bullshit, just kill the fuck out of everyone fun. I was fortunate enough to see the directors cut (which can be found on foreign dvds) at a film fest in Durham, its even more violent, and just a ton of fun.


What else have you got? I'd be very surprised, yet very happy if T-dub suggested something to me that i had never seen/heard of before

[Edited on March 12, 2009 at 2:26 AM. Reason : $$$]

3/12/2009 2:22:12 AM

i co-sign drive awesome movie

3/12/2009 2:40:55 AM

^makes me very happy to hear that someone outside of my circle of friends has actually seen and appreciates that movie

3/12/2009 2:42:38 AM

Falling Down.

It wasn't action packed, but the action in it was, as the OP says, "incredibly badass"

3/12/2009 2:58:27 AM

I'm having a very, very bad day.

3/12/2009 1:38:55 PM

XXX

I don't watch a ton of action movies, but I will agree with Falling Down. I own it, and am surprised by the number of people who browse my dvd's and ask what it is.

3/12/2009 1:50:10 PM

RED DAWN




WOLVERINES

3/12/2009 2:57:13 PM

I second Falling Down and add Equilibrium

3/12/2009 4:13:53 PM

i love the last boy scout, but unfortunately whenever it comes on its usually tnt or tbs, so the willis/wayans potty mouths are toned down. its actually kinda funny when tbs inserts its own words, like "rascal" for "asshole." i mean really?

3/12/2009 4:31:33 PM

^its what inspired this thread, it was on TNT or TBS last night

3/12/2009 4:43:33 PM

The Big Hit

3/12/2009 6:04:16 PM

I saw The Punisher in a hotel room when i was 10.

that chick with the knives coming out of her shoes blew my mind

3/12/2009 9:32:18 PM

the correct answer is

Léon

3/12/2009 9:39:43 PM

For reals, I <3 The Professional.

3/12/2009 9:47:48 PM

i'd say the professional gets it's fair share of being talked about
The Big Hit another fantastic movie ... i own it on blu-ray

3/12/2009 10:45:03 PM

300

3/13/2009 2:43:11 AM

3/13/2009 3:12:01 AM

Quote :

"300"

are you retarded?? I don't see how 300 is either underappreciated or unkown

3/13/2009 2:17:21 PM

I don't know if you can put in "The Professional" because it's one of those "cult classics"....so it is very appreciated, just not by a huge audience. Kinda like Boondock Saints (is there enough action in that??).

And I don't know if this will fit, but I like "The 13th Warrior."

3/13/2009 2:20:25 PM

13th warrior is definitely a guilty pleasure. "can you speak with picture. yes"

besides subtitles, Hard Boiled was alright. another good one would have to be black mask.

love intense kung fu shit

3/13/2009 2:45:19 PM

Stander

3/13/2009 4:18:40 PM

I heard Chopper with Eric Bana is pretty bad ass. Haven't seen it.

3/13/2009 4:42:42 PM

Shoot 'Em Up

Its popularity was very short lived, but its nothing but a 2 hour long gun fight, with a break for a sex scene in the middle. But then another gun fight starts up before they finish, so you have sex AND guns at the same time. Badass for sure.

3/13/2009 4:43:47 PM

'The Signal' count? not enough action?

3/13/2009 8:26:05 PM

I know i'm reiterating a lot of this asian shit but Ong Bak needs a recommendation. Haven't seen the second one but I hear its the heat too.

3/13/2009 8:30:14 PM

Second "13th Warrior"

Add "Man on Fire"

3/13/2009 8:32:17 PM

King Arthur (2004)
It is refreshing to find that someone else has read history and sees the likelihood that King Arthur was actually Roman. Guinevere and Merlin as druids? Yes please!

3/13/2009 8:41:23 PM

Red Scorpion (Dolph Lundgren)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098180/

Red Sonja (Arnold)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/


Masters of the Universe (Dolph Lundgren as He-man)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093507/


Had all three of these on VHS from TNT when i was a little kid

3/13/2009 9:30:38 PM

i like king arthur as well

3/13/2009 9:30:39 PM

Navy SEALS

3/13/2009 9:57:36 PM

Quote :

"'The Signal' count? not enough action?"

the signal is awesome, badass, underappreciated, and unknown, it counts.

Quote :

"I know i'm reiterating a lot of this asian shit but Ong Bak needs a recommendation"

if you like the tony jaa shit, check out Born to Fight http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428725/, its directed by the stunt coordinator for all tony jaa's shit

3/13/2009 10:10:30 PM

Killing Zoe

True Romance

Payback

Lucky # Slevin (I'm assuming here, because I never hear anyone talking about this movie)

3/14/2009 12:57:08 AM

Man Bites Dog



[Edited on March 14, 2009 at 1:27 AM. Reason : on second thought maybe it's not exactly an action movie]

3/14/2009 1:26:38 AM

Quote :

"King Arthur (2004) It is refreshing to find that someone else has read history and sees the likelihood that King Arthur was actually Roman. Guinevere and Merlin as druids? Yes please!"

Whoever wrote the script for the movie obviously never read Mort d'Artur, or chose to ignore the most widely accepted version of Arthur's story. And it pisses me off when a movie has a narrator speak in past tense and then fucking dies at the end. How can Lancelot be narrating a story that already happened if he's dead?

Excalibur, however, is one of my favorite movies of all time.

3/14/2009 1:33:08 AM

Planet Terror

3/14/2009 1:49:45 AM

3/14/2009 1:59:33 AM

No joke. This actually delivers.

3/14/2009 2:56:50 AM

^true that

Quote :

"Killing Zoe"

thats another awesome one that i think is probably very unknown.

Showdown in Little Tokyo- another Dolph classic,

Nemesis- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107668/

3/14/2009 3:09:16 AM

Army of Darkness

3/14/2009 9:01:33 AM

^

i realize i'm in the minority by hating that movie.

[Edited on March 14, 2009 at 10:08 AM. Reason : asdf]

3/14/2009 10:08:39 AM

Rush hour

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

3/14/2009 10:41:08 AM

Running scared with Paul walker. Great Movie

3/14/2009 2:43:12 PM

CLASSIC

3/14/2009 2:54:01 PM

running scared was fuckin phenomenal can't wait for the us release of it on bluray


ricki-oh is another classic. a lot of people don't know that the smashing head clip from the daily show is from this movie. loads of fun if u're drunk and/or high.

3/15/2009 1:01:45 AM

Quote :

"Rush hour"

somehow a movie that grossed $240 million seems neither underappreciated or unknown to me.

3/15/2009 2:47:50 AM

Quote :

"King Arthur (2004)"

are you english or retarded? That movie was just bad

Quote :

"and add Equilibrium "

Fucking awsome movie... and very few people know about it!

3/15/2009 5:35:05 AM

just saw Hitman on TV. good action. it had fairly short-lived fame mainly just merchandising.

3/16/2009 5:51:12 PM

No Escape (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110678/)
Saints and Soliders (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373283/)

3/16/2009 6:02:17 PM

Quote :

"Falling Down."

badass movie


oh, and RED DAWN is the mother fucking shit. I did geologic field work in one of the main areas they filmed the action scenes. (specifically the helicopter scene near the end.)

3/16/2009 6:04:37 PM

Any person who likes Equilibrium is not only devoid of taste, they are devoid of value as a human being. Seriously.

3/16/2009 6:17:37 PM