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Boom. Complex just release their top 50 greatest action movies of all time. I think I’ll play the role of critic of this list considering that I was an 80’s baby which is, as you know, the era of the action film. They’ve got a couple films in there that I’ve never even heard of (The Road Warrior, The Wild Bunch, The Killer) and a couple ones that I’d need to watch again to see if they were correct in their assessment. But for the most part the list is a pretty good representation of the best action films…

Cobra (#50)

Battle Royal (#49) – Never heard of

The Incredibles (#48) – It takes balls to put an animation along side real men

Independence Day (#47) – Being so low on the chart is very, very disappointing

Minority Report (#46)

Clear and Present Danger (#45) – Never heard of

Akira (#44)

Hard To Kill (#43)

Enter The Dragon ($42)

True Lies (#41)

Con Air (#40)

Desperado (#39)

Sukiyaki Western Django (#38)

The Delta Force (#37)

La Femme Nikita (#36) – Need to watch

Ong Bak (#35)

Death Wish (#34)

The Rock (#33)

The Dirty Dozen (#32)

Long Kiss Goodnight (#31)

Taken (#30)

Old Boy (#29)

Blade (#28)

The Road Warrior (#27)

Wild Bunch (#26)

Gladiator (#25)

Crank (#24) – This shouldn’t even be on the list

Escape From NY (#23)

Total Recall (#22)

Bad Boys (#21)

Face/Off (#20)

Casino Royal (#19)

Robo Cop (#18)
Robocop

Lethal Weapon (#17)

Aliens (#16)

Speed (#15)

Iron Man (#14)

Kill Bill (#13)
Kill Bill Volume 1 – Awesome Sword Fight Scene

First Blood (#12)

Braveheart (#11)

Dark Knight (#10)

Bloodsport (#9)

The Killer (#8)

Predator (#7)

300 (#6)
300 best fight scene

The Bourne Ultimatum (#5)

Raiders of The Lost Ark (#4)

The Matrix (#3)

Terminator 2 (#2)

For the #1 Action Movie of all time, head over to Complex now.

I’d like to applaud the people behind this list as I’m sure it took a lot of time and effort to filter out all the bullshit action flicks that came out of the 80’s and 90’s. Kudos to you.

But gentlemen. I have to be quite frank. What the FUCK is Crank doing even on the list. And I definitely don’t agree with what you slotted in as the #1 action click of all time. It’s good, but you named a couple ones that were better.

Via [Complex]

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