Cheesy 80's and 90's action movies!

[dre1919]

I was watchin' "Bloodsport" for the umpteenth time last night. I used to watch these 80's and 90's action movies all the time when I was a teenager and haven't for awhile. This films were so high on the unintentional comedy scale, they should have there own genre. I can't believe some of these movies had that bad of coreography! What was crackin' me up was this "Bloodsport" tournament was supposed to be all these hardcore brothers, but apparently in all their training they never learned to block.

;)

Here's some other choice ones for comedy:

"Cobra"
"American Ninja"...all of them.
"Kickboxer"
Anything with Chuck Norris.

You know you all watched these...what were your favs?

[IcePirates_Cowboy]

Nothing beats Double Impact..VanDam Playing twins? It was great..

[Jack_Dubious]

Originally posted by IcePirates_Cowboy
Nothing beats Double Impact..VanDam Playing twins? It was great..

Ha! What about Time Cop...Van Damme goes back into time and meets himself....once again there is twice the vandamme action! That guy is so in love withhimself he has to have 2 of him in a movie.
My idea for a new VanDamme movie would be about 2 twins who become Time Cops and travel back into time to meet themselves. That would be 4 times the Van Dam Action!!!!!!


JDub

[spazzed]

ROTFLMAO!!!

This is a bit different, but Bruce Lee... they're not cheesy in the same sense, but they're still funny to watch ;)


Originally posted by Jack_Dubious


Ha! What about Time Cop...Van Damme goes back into time and meets himself....once again there is twice the vandamme action! That guy is so in love withhimself he has to have 2 of him in a movie.
My idea for a new VanDamme movie would be about 2 twins who become Time Cops and travel back into time to meet themselves. That would be 4 times the Van Dam Action!!!!!!


JDub

[TransMan]

there was also the van dame movie where they clone him and his clone has to stop the real(bad) him
but my fav would have to be lion hart ahhh i love that movie hmm wonder where it is excuse me i have to go find that now

[dre1919]

What was REALLY funny was they had "Kickboxer" on that night right after "Bloodsport". The opening sequence when Van Damme and his brother are heading through Thailand is truly odd. They have his half brother sporting the seventies porn star mustache, and a flowery shirt opened up. Then you got Van Damme sittin' next to him in jeans, a jean jacket vest with no shirt, and cowboy boots! They stop and buy flowers from a lady and Van Damme holds them with his arm around his bro. How did the director not look at this and go "Umm..guys...this looks a little funny." :D

"American Ninja" was great...hell, it spawned a term my friends and I still use now: The suck ninja. It's like, this guy had this whole ninja training camp and a private army of ninjas. Yet, when he has them attack Micheal Dudikoff they die or get knocked out in one shot! I don't know about you, but if I trained an army of ninjas I'd want more mileage outta them than that.

[1stdeadeye]

There was a really cheesy one that I loved. I can't remember the name. It starred Christopher Lambert (Highlander guy) as an American businessman in Japan. He witnesses an assassination by a ninja cult and then is drug into the fight by a modern day samurai who slices up a trainful of ninjas. The samurai guy is then cut down by the head ninja who in turn is slain by Lambert.

What was the name of this cheesy action/martial arts film?:confused:

[beam]

Tango and Cash
Blade Runner
Cory Haim, Cory Feldman movies
Gleaming the Cube

I can't think right now, but I know there are millions. :D

[shartley]

Steven Segal movies…… don’t forget those! Not only do you get a guy that tries to be totally cool throughout the entire move, but all his characters are the same, and have to link some “spiritual” element into them.

I do like how he dresses in many of them though… the Dark Western look is cool…. Hey! That is how I dress a lot! :D

[Jack_Dubious]

Originally posted by beam
Tango and Cash
Blade Runner
Cory Haim, Cory Feldman movies
Gleaming the Cube

I can't think right now, but I know there are millions. :D

Blade Runner is *not* a cheesy action movie!!!!
:mad: :mad: :mad:


JDub

[digitard]

GLEAMING THE CUBE was hilarious!

You forgot 2 major cheesy movies ...

1) ACTION JACKSON
2) Pump up the Volume (which I actually like, and yes I consider it action cause the context)
3) Escape from New York & Escape from L.A

Sincerely,
Dave K

[dre1919]

How's this for obscure..."Avenging Force".

It had Micheal Dudikoff and Steve James, the two that teamed up for the "American Ninja" films and they were in Louisianna. Steve James is like a black politician and gets all jacked up, so Dudikoff faces off against this militant racist group in the swamp where they hunt guys for sport. Each one of the guys has a different weapon and costume. It was completely ate up...they later made a rip off of it's idea starring Ice Cube called "Surviving the Game."

That Christopher Lambert movie you were mentioning 1stdeadeye...I don't know, I can picture the video box for it I just can't remember the name of it.

[Zenwood]

Originally posted by 1stdeadeye
There was a really cheesy one that I loved. I can't remember the name. It starred Christopher Lambert (Highlander guy) as an American businessman in Japan. He witnesses an assassination by a ninja cult and then is drug into the fight by a modern day samurai who slices up a trainful of ninjas. The samurai guy is then cut down by the head ninja who in turn is slain by Lambert.

What was the name of this cheesy action/martial arts film?:confused:


I think you're talking about "The Hunted". John Lone played the ninja leader that chops off Joan Chen's head. I like the fight scene in the train when the woman ninja slices off her own face. :cool:

[digitard]

Ooooh, I forgot one ..

FORTRESS: Starring Christopher Lambert, where its the future and having kids can be illegal and he and his wife get sent to this "unescapeable" prison where they regulate you by these implants they put in your stomach and he ends up whoopin' *** and escaping :)

Sincerely,
Dave K

[shartley]

Escape from NY and LA! DUDE! Those are great, but cheesy as all get out.

[beam]

Originally posted by Jack_Dubious


Blade Runner is *not* a cheesy action movie!!!!
:mad: :mad: :mad:


JDub

You know what...I think you're right. The movie I was thinking of in my head has Arnold Schwarzenegger in it.

Running Man? Is that better? :p

[digitard]

Running Man was not cheesy either, that movie rocked! Thats like late 80's classic

Sincerely,
Dave K

[covadsucks]

Don't forget the Delta Force Series with Lee Marvin and Chuck Norris.

Fred Ward as Remo Williams

Red Scorpion starring Dolph Lundgren

The Punisher starring Dolph Lundgren

Quiet Cool with James Remar -Ajax from "The Warriors"

Raw Deal with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

White Lightning and Sharky's Machine with Burt Reynolds.

There are too many to name...but hope you enjoy some of these.

Digitard,
Read the book the Running Man by Richard Bachman aka Stephen King. It's so much better than that horrible schlock film Arnold S made.

[1stdeadeye]

Originally posted by Zenwood



I think you're talking about "The Hunted". John Lone played the ninja leader that chops off Joan Chen's head. I like the fight scene in the train when the woman ninja slices off her own face. :cool:

That is it! Thank you so much. It was driving me nuts!!!!

[Potatoboy]

Over. The. Top.

Worst. Movie. Ever.

[ZSigErik]

You guys totally forgot Commando with Arnold in it, oh man, if you want a PRIME example of cheesy, hit that movie!

"You're gonna die John..."

"Bull****!"

Comedy, Pure UNintentional Comedy!

[Sparq]

Nothing beats Starship Troopers...of course the cheesyness of that was kind of intentional. Also, the mix of bad acting and a high budget is great :D

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[RetroEclipseMan]

Originally posted by beam


You know what...I think you're right. The movie I was thinking of in my head has Arnold Schwarzenegger in it.

Running Man? Is that better? :p

I think you're thinking of Total Recal. Now that movie was real cheesey.

[joeyjoe367]

hey, you can't forget the Import influence for CAM's (cheesy action movies).

"Hard-Boiled" and "The Killer" for example :)

I love watching chow-yun-fat walk into a room with 1 pistol, and take out 30 guys without reloading :D :D or the hoards of nameless-henchmen who can't seem to hit ANYTHING except innocent bystanders with their sub-machine guns :D :D

[covadsucks]

Here's another Cheeseball 80's movie.
Band of the Hand...nuff said.

oh wait, here's some more.

Universal Soldier
Red Dawn
Steel Dawn
Invasion USA
Cyborg with Van Damme
Air America
Bird on a Wire
Anything Marc Singer ever made...Beastmaster, Watchers Beastmaster II...etc.

[FutureMagOwner]

Originally posted by joeyjoe367
hey, you can't forget the Import influence for CAM's (cheesy action movies).

"Hard-Boiled" and "The Killer" for example :)

I love watching chow-yun-fat walk into a room with 1 pistol, and take out 30 guys without reloading :D :D or the hoards of nameless-henchmen who can't seem to hit ANYTHING except innocent bystanders with their sub-machine guns :D :D

lol kinda like die hard and lethal weapon

also jackie chan movies are like that but they are just plain hilarious(specially the old ones before they could afford a cast that could speak english)

[beam]

Originally posted by covadsucks
Here's another Cheeseball 80's movie.
Band of the Hand...nuff said.

oh wait, here's some more.

Universal Soldier
Red Dawn
Steel Dawn
Invasion USA
Cyborg with Van Damme
Air America
Bird on a Wire
Anything Marc Singer ever made...Beastmaster, Watchers Beastmaster II...etc.

Covad...you are now on my list. Better watch your back. :D

RED DAWN is the movie I spent my whole young life obsessed with. WOLVERINES!!!!!!!! Me and my friends used to go around town and find tactical vantage points, hiding places, etc. in case the Russians ever invaded and there was conventional warfare. In the 80's we would lay down on skateboards with our cammies on and back packs and roll deep into the sewer systems under my town. It ruled. hahahahaha Yes I was a freak. :D

[logamus]

red dawn was great!!!! when it came out my mom wouldnt let me go see it so i had to arrange other means. dont forget another fine patrick swayze(sp) movie, road house. also, the running man movie pissed me off so much because aside from the name it has nothing in common with the book. i hate to be one of those "the book is so much better" freaks but in this case the book is SO much better. the book storyline would have made a much better film imho.

[shartley]

Red Dawn was GREAT! But what was even better, and really got to me was The Day After. Now THAT was a movie. And only after seeing it did they tell folks that in real life it would have been 10 times worse. Nope, not a cheesy action film, but Red Dawn reminded me of it. :)

[covadsucks]

Don't get me wrong, I liked it because of the sheer entertainment value of it, but let's be honest...it's Cheesewhiz cheesy.

[logamus]

i saw the day after about a week ago. its weird looking back on that and thinking there was a real possibility that could have happened. cheesy in that it was a tv movie, but not cheesy in message.

[dre1919]

I almost forgot one of my favorite parts of these movies...the part where something has gone horribly wrong and the hero has to drive/walk/ride around town thinking about it. While this is happening, they cue up the nameless 80's band power ballad with some generic lyrics and the hero looks all serious like "What am I going to do now?" Well, it's obvious...he's going to refocus and kick everyone's butt.

:D

[Jack_Dubious]

I gotta agree Red Dawn was great! I remember I wanted to kill me some Commies after I saw that movie. :D

*sigh* I miss the Soviets ;)


JDub