Marshall Julius's Action! The Action Movie A-Z

Marshall Julius's Action! The Action Movie A-Z's icon

An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from Timec).

Favorited 94 times, disliked 10 times, added to 162 watchlists.

The "250 key movies" rated and reviewed in the book Action! The Action Movie A-Z (1997) by Marshall Julius.

Author's ratings:
1-14 *****, 15-22 ****½, 23-51 ****, 52-92: ***½, 93-140: ***, 141-182: **½, 183-211 **, 212-226 *½, 227-244 *, 245-250 ½

"Vengeful cops and car chases, lunatic villains and martial arts masters, male-bonding, gun fights and super secret agents, swords and sorcerers, wartime Nazi-bashing, boys' own adventures, casual destruction and general death-defiance... this is what we want to see, and if you feel the same way, "Action!" is for you, a fan's guide to the wackiest genre of 'em all, with 250 key movies rated and reviewed" -Introduction

Source

Remove ads
  1. 2 +44

    Commando

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 26 -18

    American Ninja

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  3. 40 +122

    Ging chaat goo si

    1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 66 +43

    Invasion U.S.A.

    1985 — a.k.a. Invasion USA, in 1 top list Check
  5. 79 +102

    Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

    1985 — a.k.a. Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 116 +57

    Rambo: First Blood Part II

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 121 +74

    Runaway Train

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 132 +36

    The Protector

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  9. 149 -105

    Code of Silence

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  10. 155 -67

    Flesh+Blood

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 174 -62

    The Jewel of the Nile

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 193 -134

    Death Wish 3

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 213 +27

    A View to a Kill

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  14. 217 -85

    Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  15. 220 -80

    Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  16. 238 -58

    Red Sonja

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 249 -131

    King Solomon's Mines

    1985, in 1 top list Check
Remove ads
Show all 250 movies

Last updated on Oct 14, 2015 by PeacefulAnarchy; source