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. 10 +177

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  2. 13 +210

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  3. 14 +208

    The Terminator

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  4. 25 -19

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 29 +26

    Death Race 2000

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 30 +32

    Demolition Man

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  7. 33 +47

    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 34 +53

    Flash Gordon

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 41 +125

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 47 +149

    The Running Man

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  11. 48 +183

    Timecop

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  12. 49 +183

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 51 +188

    Universal Soldier

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  14. 68 +46

    Judge Dredd

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  15. 75 +92

    Predator 2

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  16. 89 +145

    Trancers

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 120 +74

    Runaway

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  18. 139 +104

    Waterworld

    1995, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 147 -112

    1990: I guerrieri del Bronx

    1982 — a.k.a. 1990: The Bronx Warriors, in 1 top list Check
  20. 156 -64

    Fortress

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  21. 163 -15

    No Escape

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  22. 179 +51

    Timebomb

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  23. 180 +61

    Warlords of Atlantis

    1978 — a.k.a. Warlords of the Deep, in 1 top list Check
  24. 190 -138

    Cyborg

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  25. 205 +5

    Street Fighter

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  26. 224 -36

    RoboCop 2

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  27. 227 -220

    American Cyborg: Steel Warrior

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  28. 233 -139

    Freejack

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  29. 241 -23

    Tank Girl

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
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