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Action films tend to feature a resourceful character struggling against incredible odds, which include life-threatening situations, a villain, or a pursuit which generally concludes in victory for the hero. [1] [2] [3]
This is chronological list of action films released in the 1980s. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between action and other genres (including horror , comedy and science fiction films ); the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to action, even if they blend genres.
(1988). Popular comedy stars in the '80s included Leslie Nielsen, John Candy, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Rick Moranis, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. Many had come to prominence on the NBC TV series Saturday Night Live, including Bill Murray, Steve Martin and Chevy Chase. Eddie Murphy made a success of comedy-action films including ...
Athlean-X founder and trainer Jeff Cavaliere ranks the physiques of '80s action stars including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren.
Looking back on the summer of 1993 three decades later, Jurassic Park's resounding box-office victory over Last Action Hero heralded the looming shift from the '80s action cycle of cops vs ...
The “Rocky” icon was referring to the fact that he’s one of the few ’80s action stars left continuing to headline movies, which is the case with the …
Commando is a 1985 American action film directed by Mark L. Lester and produced by Joel Silver. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role, alongside Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Vernon Wells, Bill Duke and Dan Hedaya. The musical score was composed by James Horner.
Doug Pratt described the first half of the film as "excellent" and described Lundgren's character as "tenacious", [80] although Robert Cettl wrote "the Peacekeeper trades on the presence of B-movie action star Dolph Lundgren, an actor who never became as popular as his action contemporaries Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal." [81]