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Well i'm gonna kick of my shoes and watch a brilliant film called The grey with liam neeson.

What are your favourite action films that i could add to my collection??

Road  narrated by Liam Neeson documentary massive

Best - Any of the Bourne films
Close behind - The Next Three Days

Jack reacher

quite dated now but still one of my favourites is the mark whalberg film SNIPER

I enjoyed Ghost Protocol and I loved World War Z, Independence day, Armageddon, Saving private Ryan, Hunt for red October, Thin Red line.

Would love to see them make Red Storm rising.

I have many favourites here's afew... apocalypse now, platoon, hamburger hill, rambo first blood, the business, the transporter,  mechanic, crank, ronin.

I'm  not much into 'Action' films but a really good compromise is a film called  'RED' (Retired, Extremely Dangerous)  it's an action comedy which I really enjoyed. Great cast as well...Bruce Willis, John Malkocich, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byun Hun Lee, Anthony Hopkins & Helen Mirren.  Reccomended.
Another one is  'The Long Kiss Goodnight'  Can't remember who was in it but it was another one I enjoyed.

Val

Last week, the wife and I watched the movie "All is lost" staring Robert Redford. I wouldn't say that it was the best movie we have ever seen but I found it to be very thought provoking and left me wondering how it "really" ended.

A bit like the movie "Gravity"! Did she survive; or was she passing over into a new dimension?  ;)

Shawshank Redemption,The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.The Godfathers,Enter the Dragon,Platoon,Forrest Gump,Star Wars,Bourne 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 :) Gladiator,Saving Private Ryan,Any indiana jones,Braveheart,Pulp Fiction, and many many more but cant be bothered putting them on iam tired  :)

Hmmm; did Liam kill the alpha wolf, or no!!!!?????

Don't know lol, couldn't believe he ended up in the middle of the wolfs den, poor bugger  :-\ live and die this day.

Some good suggestions there  :), oh and val red 2 has been a while now, well worth a watch  :)

And no one suggested The Expendables, cracking films. ;)

Yes I got that as well but didn't think it was quite as good as RED 1.  Spent half an hour looking for Jack Reacher only to be reminded one of our Sons 'borrowed' it in March  ::)
Would you believe he borrowed a dozen or more films and gave John a handful back last time he visited.  I thought Great Star Trek into Darkness is back I'll watch that.  Guess what,    he'd only sent an empty sleeve. He's still got the disk. >:(

Val

Kids aye lol. :D

hey you guys go watch monsters 2 the dark continent when it comes out on november 28th

Val, Long Kiss Goodnight is a good film. It featured Geena Davis and Samuel L Jackson.

Who the hell mentioned that movie in the first place? I decided to put in a couple of hours on Talacre beach yesterday, following the storm of the day before.
Just thinking of packing in, when I looked up and saw and idividual comming down the beach with a pack of some fourteen dogs! I could only count fourteen because they all kept running about like them there wolves.

As they were withing fifty yards, they started to show an interest in the strange guy digging in the sand. Ears pricked and noses high; they started to look as though they were going to head my way at a fast lick! And there was me with not a broken bottle or a role of insulation tape to be seen anywhere on the beach!!!!

Just as I was about to break into a swaet, the lady tunrned on her heels and all the hounds followed her back down the beach. Was I glad???  :o

That's right Mike, I'd completely forgotten, good film.

I'd have loved to have seen that Chris. There's one dog has that effect on us every time we pass their gate. She's already been reported to the Police a couple of times.  Her owner says she's just 'grumpy'  I'd hate to see her when she's angry. She really means business.

Val

             Bloomin dogs just love us, don't they? I've had em help me dig for the target, just give a doggy greeting, and one big dog ( who wouldn't bite ) peed in me bag.  :o

             

I agree with Val and recommend Red for an all action fun film. Packed with stars, shoot-outs and explosions. Great escapism.

I also like films based on true stories and two I really enjoyed are:

To Catch a Killer starring Brian Dennehy.  It's about John Wayne Gacy, the notorious serial killer, whose public face as a pillar of the civic community--he even used to dress up as a clown for local children' parties--disguised, at least temporarily, his sadistic homicidal tendencies. A really superbly acted film which is hard to find now on DVD.

Also, Catch Me If You Can starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. Inspired by the extraordinary true story of a brilliant young master of deception, Frank Abagnale and the FBI agent hot on his trail. Much easier to find this film too  ;)

Both are really excellent films.

Amazing how these posts can change, from blood and guts to dogs. Not a bad difference. ::)

Did anyone catch the new series last night on ITV2 called SCORPION.  A bit way out but loads of action (no blood and guts in part 1)  different and shows promise.

Val

                 Hey up Val; had that lady not walked the other way and taken that pack with her, there may have been blood n guts all over Talacre beach. "Mine!"  ;)

                As for "Catch Me If You Can", I believe that guy finished up working for the FBI.  :o

                 

Chris, if you think that's scary, try 40 horses coming at you full gallop.  Or 30+ newly weaned heifers.  Been there, done that, didn't think much of it. 

Either of those would have made a good action shot and a lesson for any budding actor on how to look s$$t scared. :o

Val

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