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

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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

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  1. 25 -19

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 36 +69

    Highlander

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 54 -34

    Ying hung boon sik

    1986 — a.k.a. A Better Tomorrow, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 96 -73

    Big Trouble in Little China

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 129 -119

    Lung hing foo dai

    1986 — a.k.a. Armour of God, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 166 +10

    Raw Deal

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  7. 188 -145

    Cobra

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  8. 197 -87

    Iron Eagle

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  9. 202 -53

    No Retreat No Surrender

    1985 — a.k.a. No Retreat, No Surrender, in 1 top list Check
  10. 207 -147

    The Delta Force

    1986, in 1 top list Check
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