Time Out ’s critics have weighed in, too.

And so, to help put together this definitive list of the greatest action movies ever made, we reached out to some of the people who understand the glory of action better than anyone, from Die Hard director John McTiernan to the actual folks in the line of fire, such as Machete himself, Danny Trejo. Shoot, some even have character development. Others might dropkick you right in the heart. Action flicks needn’t be dumb or epic or even particularly loud to succeed. The truth is, action is a deeply misunderstood genre.

And the only thing that will scratch the itch is watching something get blowed up real goodnb v. No matter how cultured you are, there’s a part of your lizard brain that loves explosions and shootouts and badass one-liners – and it needs to be satisfied. Sure, film school snobs may turn up their noses, but even hardcore cineastes cannot live on indie dramas and experimental art flicks alone. This is an hour and a half of pure agony.Everyone loves a good action movie. I recommend 'Hercules in New York' to anyone who likes to go to the dentist or enjoys a hard punch in the nose.

Most porn movies are produced with more consideration for plot. The premise is painfully stupid, and the execution of it is as heavy-handed and amateurish as anything you're likely to see. The fact that anybody invested as much as a nickel in a script that one monkey working for one hour could easily have done better is what really blows my mind. Forget that it was made on a shoe-string budget, and that at one point Arnold fights the worst bear costume in movie history forget that he takes his shirt off in every other scene, often with zero motivation forget that the Mount Olympus scenes are obviously shot in New York forget even that the acting is of such monumental ineptitude that James Karen (one of the worst actors in 'Return of the Living Dead') is far and away the finest thespian in sight. The four-hundred-and-something witless souls who awarded this a 10 should be permanently banned from voting. This is one of the worst movies of all time.

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