Category: 80s Action
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Near Dark (1987)
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Read more: Near Dark (1987)This movie rolled onto my screen after Dark Angel. A vampire movie that I decided to give a watch, and boy am I glad…
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If Classic Action Movie Stars Were Card Games, What Would They Be?
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Read more: If Classic Action Movie Stars Were Card Games, What Would They Be?Oiled muscle-men firing off one-liners while mowing armies of bad guys with a machine gun in one hand. There is something deeply reassuring in the action movies of old. They played by the rules that everybody understood. The hero stands alone. The odds are absurd. The outcome is never in doubt. In some respects, classic…
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The Park Is Mine (1985)
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Read more: The Park Is Mine (1985)Budget Rambo digs a hole. Cops fall in.
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Eight Wince-Inducing Moments in Movies*
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Read more: Eight Wince-Inducing Moments in Movies*I was about fourteen when I first caught First Blood on home video, the perfect age to vicariously revel in such macho histrionics. Immediately afterwards, I ran outside, knocked the first motorcyclist I saw to the ground, and headed off for the woods
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A Decade Of Chucking Up
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Read more: A Decade Of Chucking UpChuck’s methodical conquest of Hollywood began in earnest with 1977’s oddity, Breaker! Breaker!, a knockabout flick designed to cash in on the CB radio craze.
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Code of Silence (1985)
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Read more: Code of Silence (1985)In honor of the passing of His Hairiest of Chestinesses, I was asked to review this long-forgotten masterpiece, and this, of course, can only be done in the classic 80s Action format.
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Invasion U.S.A (1985)
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Read more: Invasion U.S.A (1985)Matt Hunter is tired. Once a proud Company Man, and one of the few on the payroll with full beard and bare chest,
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RIP Chuck Norris: 1940-2026
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Read more: RIP Chuck Norris: 1940-2026Norris began his career sans the beard that later made him a legend, though it’s fair to say that by middle school, he was already well on his way to completing the densest chest of hair in the history of the medium.
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Dark Angel, a.k.a. I Come in Peace (1989)
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Read more: Dark Angel, a.k.a. I Come in Peace (1989)A renegade cop and an F.B.I. agent battle a drug dealer from outer space
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Point Break (1991): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Point Break (1991): From the Ruthless ArchivesYou’re cold because all of the blood is running out of your body, Roach. You’re gonna be dead soon. I hope it was worth it.