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Any other action films like this?

posted 15 years ago by capt_rhodes
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Are there any other big action films like this with the dual pistols, high body count, and hong-kong style to them, excluding other John Woo movies?

If your enemy refuses to be humbled....DESTROY HIM!

[–] monkey_smuggla 15 years ago

Desperado
Once upon a time in Mexico
Shoot em up
The Replacement Killers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECQV2DrEKU

[–] capt_rhodes 15 years ago

Wow, I actually own those. Know of any others?

If your enemy refuses to be humbled....DESTROY HIM!

[–] DingusStudley 15 years ago

Don't know how similar you'd find it, but Ronin is one of the greatest action movies ever made(and one that, although you'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't care for it, remains very underrated and under appreciated). It has a good deal of great gunplay.

[–] capt_rhodes 15 years ago

hell, Ronin is one of my favorite movies ever! Great action flick!

If your enemy refuses to be humbled....DESTROY HIM!

[–] bulustra 15 years ago

RONIN!! Another one of my all time favorite action movie...

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[–] thousand_yard_stare 15 years ago

Full Contact is not quite as spectacular and has a nastier edge to it, but it fits the bill (including Chow in the lead).

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[–] capt_rhodes 15 years ago

Best American action movie ever. Period.

If your enemy refuses to be humbled....DESTROY HIM!

[–] Daverat 15 years ago

COMMANDO IS AWESOME!

Try:

THE WILD BUNCH

GHOST DOG

LEON aka THE PROFESSIONAL

2009: LOST MEMORIES

[–] emilkshake 15 years ago

I was going to say The Professional. Man alive that guy is a machine. And the villain, Stansfield, is one of the best cop movie bad mofos EVER.

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[–] gangstahippie 15 years ago

Not a movie, but the gunfights in the Max Payne video games are a lot like John Woo movies.I think of the game as Sin City meets Hard Boiled.

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[–] CinnaMonkey 15 years ago

The Killer, Bullet In The Head, A Better Tomorrow, Full Contact, Once A Thief.

[–] davebenson27 15 years ago

Try some of Luc Besson's films

Leon, Nikita, Taken, Danny the Dog, District 13

[–] Looshous 15 years ago

'Exiled,' is very Woo inspired. And do yourself a favor and atleast watch the trailer for 'Deadly Outlaw: Rekka.' Also the japanese anime 'Kite' has some really excellant gun battles. And make sure to try 'Time and Tide.'

[–] Dwarinpt 15 years ago

Actually, to find something on this level you have to go to the source: HK movies. No way American movies have this particular style of action. I love American action movies such as Die Hard or Terminator and Terminator 2, but they are quite different in style. Here are some you can get your hands on:

City on Fire (1987) by Ringo Lam
The Big Heat (1988) not to be confused with the film of the same name from 1953.
A Hero Never Dies (1998) by Johnny To

These are just three examples. Go to wikipedia and type Heroic Bloodshed which is the genre this type of movies belong to and you'll see loads of films.

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[–] stephen_chow79 15 years ago

Well.. some that haven't been named - Aliens, The Cynic the Rat and the Fist, Rome Armed to the Teeth, Violent Naples

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[–] DingusStudley 15 years ago

^^^
Don't hold a candle to Hard Boiled, not by a longshot.

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[–] DingusStudley 14 years ago

The 4th Die Hard is nightmarishly shatty.

And while an awesome action movie, Die Hard 3 isn't the best shootemup action flick. It's greatness lies in the plot/humor/and action scenes not so focused on gunplay.

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