Some were downright dreadful, and not even in a "so bad it's good" kinda way. Steven Spielberg is the most represented director on the chart, with six films to his credit, occupying the top spot in 1975, 1981, 1982, 1984, 19. But as great as the '80s were, not every action movie was created equal. Films directed by Steven Spielberg have been the highest-grossing film of the year on six occasions, and on three occasions have been the highest-grossing film of all time.
Frankly, we didn't appreciate what we had at the time, and now we miss it. Muscle-bound, baby-oiled, one-man army action movies starring men with multisyllabic last names, serious roid rage, and thick accents dropping heavy duty one-liners.Įxcept for the rare exception like Netflix's Extraction, old-school action movies are practically extinct, as the genre has been replaced by superheroes and cinematic universes. Sandwiched between the 1970's New Hollywood and the 1990's computer-generated insanity, the '80s were the heyday for action movies. Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Ford, and Van Damme were to the Reagan Era what Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello, and Raphael were to the Renaissance.
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