10 Guilty Pleasures
After a full day's work, focusing your energy on watching a deep and thoughtful movie can be pretty hard. Therefore, as an ode to mindless escapism, I give you this list.
In no specific order. I'm focusing on action here. Comedy and horror could very well be a focus of similar list as well.
PS. I'm not saying you should feel ashamed of watching action movies, just that they are not as well regarded as drama.
In no specific order. I'm focusing on action here. Comedy and horror could very well be a focus of similar list as well.
PS. I'm not saying you should feel ashamed of watching action movies, just that they are not as well regarded as drama.
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- DirectorMark NeveldineBrian TaylorStarsJason StathamAmy SmartCarlos SanzProfessional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.A nice concept for a movie. Irreverently violent. Our protagonists only heroic feature is that he is slightly less of a a-hole than everyone around him.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsBruce WillisDamon WayansChelsea FieldA private detective's protected female witness is murdered, prompting him and the victim's boyfriend to investigate the crime that leads to a corrupt politician and a crooked football team owner.Sometimes you're not sure if this is supposed to be a parody of earlier Bruce Willis action movies. In any case, he seems to play this very tongue in cheek. And why not... it's supposed to be fun.
- DirectorMichael DavisStarsClive OwenMonica BellucciPaul GiamattiA man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.Pretty much the dictionary definition of "action porn". Our hero kills way more than a hundred people during this film and each action sequence still manages to be different.
- DirectorJoe CarnahanStarsLiam NeesonBradley CooperSharlto CopleyA group of Iraq War veterans look to clear their name with the U.S. Military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.Sharlto Copley's Murdock steals the show whenever they give him screen time. One painfully stupid sideplot aside, this is pure unadulterated fun. The schemes are well planned and the way they are presented is very good.
- DirectorSylvester StalloneStarsSylvester StalloneJason StathamJet LiA CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent.At times you can see Sly is getting old, but gladly Statham and Li are still (despite their fairly advanced age) still going strong.
This is mostly just a nostalgia thing, but who cares? It's a good nostalgia things. - DirectorTroy DuffyStarsWillem DafoeSean Patrick FlaneryNorman ReedusTwo Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes and wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God.The sequel sort of killed this one for me, but this original still works for me.
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.Yep. Forget the stupid pseudo-intellectual garbage. This is a good action movie. The music brings this to a whole new level.
- DirectorSimon WestStarsNicolas CageJohn CusackJohn MalkovichNewly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control.Its the over the top criminals...
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsBilly CampbellJennifer ConnellyAlan ArkinA young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero.Normally I find the love interests in these movies tedious, but I had a huge crush on Jennifer Connelly as a teenager. Otherwise, pretty basic, but still works.
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsAntonio BanderasSalma HayekJohnny DeppHitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.Too many plotlines and main characters make this feel like a poorly executed movie, but the action still works. Also, you have to love the Johnny Depp character, who, in a world of badasses, doesn't mind seeming a bit foolish.