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THE BEST DIRECTORS OF ACTION MOVIES!!!!!!!!!
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Dirty HarryDirty Harry
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1971: Don Siegel wanted something cooler than Bullit and Bond! And here it is! The first action movie of the "New Wave"!!!
The MechanicThe Mechanic
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1972: Michael Winner was already a known director. But this time he wanted Bronson to lead this ACTION-PACKED hitman masterpiece so the anti-hero would RULE!!
Lone Wolf and Cub - Baby Cart to HadesLone Wolf and Cub - Baby Cart to Hades
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1972: Misumi Kenji directed this super action-packed samurai masterpice to put a cool samurai and his son to beat an entire army with their small baby cart! (this is the best of the six movies).
Enter the DragonEnter the Dragon
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1973: What was Bruce Lee and the director Robert Clouse were trying to prove here? If they wanted to prove that martial arts movies can be the COOLEST ACTION movies the totally did it!
Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
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1977: FINALLY! A director called George Lucas makes the impossible POSSIBLE!!! He brought this ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE that still is the best movie ever made!
Superman - The MovieSuperman - The Movie
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1978: Richard Donner wanted COOL car chases, EXPLOSIVE special effects and SPECTACULAR fast camera moves in a superhero movie??? WOW!!!!
The DriverThe Driver
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1978: Walter Hill made a SPECTACULAR HI SPEED car chase movie that would include a FREAKING COOL character with a dark setting. Walter Hill is a genius!
The Adventures of Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark/ Temple of Doom/ Last Crusade) - Widescreen EditionThe Adventures of Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark/ Temple of Doom/ Last Crusade) - Widescreen Edition
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1981: WELCOME TO THE 80'S THE GOLDEN DECADE OF ACTION MOVIES!!! After seeing Star Wars, many directors including Steven Spielberg made one of the BEST ACTION ADVENTURE movies of all time!
The Road WarriorThe Road Warrior
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1981: George Miller ONLY needed gasoline to direct this classic "CAR WARS"!
Scarface (Widescreen Anniversary Edition)Scarface (Widescreen Anniversary Edition)
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1983: Bryan De Palma's crime action masterpiece! Or maybe the COOLEST crime movie ever made!!!
RobocopRobocop
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1987: The greatest ACTION-PACKED sci-fi hero movie ever made! Paul Verhoeven knows the meaning of action!!
Die Hard (Widescreen Edition)Die Hard (Widescreen Edition)
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1988: Jonh Mc Tiernan is a genius! I just don't know how he could have directed this HARD CORE ACTION masterpiece!
Above the LawAbove the Law
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1988: Aikido master Steven Segal teams with director Andrew Davis to make this WILD FAST ACTION thriller! This is not Andrew Davis's masterpice but is his best action movie.
The Killer - Criterion CollectionThe Killer - Criterion Collection
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1989: Can a director like John Woo could make a cooler slow-mo action movie like this? Because I don't think so. This movie is kind of like...PERFECT for the action gendre!!
Batman (Two-Disc Special Edition)Batman (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1989: A DARK GOTHIC ACTION ADVENTURE that should be the best of them all! Tim Burton is a genius!!
Zatoichi - Darkness Is His AllyZatoichi - Darkness Is His Ally
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1989: Shintaru Katsu was known in Japan as the man of passion! Now he is the director of passion!
Terminator 2 : Judgment Day : Extreme DVDTerminator 2 : Judgment Day : Extreme DVD
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1991: WELCOME TO THE 90'S!! THE DEACADE OF IMPROVISATION ON ACTION MOVIES! On this movie I think that James Cameron is not a director. HE IS A GOD!!!
Universal Soldier (Special Edition)Universal Soldier (Special Edition)
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1992: Director Ronald Emmerich and producer Mario Kassar made this EXPLOSIVE action-packed thriller to prove that action can have the "BIG" style (Big guns, big explosions, big cars and big guys).
Army of DarknessArmy of Darkness
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1992: Bruce Campbell and director Sam Raimi tag together to make this CrAZy,FUNNY ACTION-PACKED fantasy film! Who says that action can't have comedy?!
The Legend of Drunken MasterThe Legend of Drunken Master
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1994: Legendary director Lau Kar Leung and Jackie Chan did something while they were drunk! THIS IS WHAT THEY DID!!!!!
Leon - The Professional (Uncut International Version)Leon - The Professional (Uncut International Version)
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1994: Luc Besson is not only a superb director, he is a feminist! And he bring us a COOLER drama that has GREAT choreoghraphed action and feminism!
DesperadoDesperado
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1995: Director Robert Rodriguez bring us WILD COWBOY BULLETFEST action!! This could be the best hispanic action film of all time!!
Escape From L.A.Escape From L.A.
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1996: Director Jonh Carpenter was mixing all his action movies to make this one! This is his best action movie and the only one with GREAT special effects.
The MatrixThe Matrix
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1999: The Wachowski Brothers directed this film to prove that action movies CAN have the anime style!! And they did it! This is their masterpiece!
The Lord Of The Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Widescreen Edition)The Lord Of The Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Widescreen Edition)
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2000: WELCOME TO THE 00'S! THE DECADE OF SPECIAL EFFECTS ON ACTION MOVIES! Director Peter Jackson created the PERFECT fantasy adventure film. No doubth about it!!
Gladiator (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)Gladiator (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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2000: Ridley Scott has proved himself as a cinematographic GOD!! This is his best action film and the best sword fighting movie ever made!!!
Kill Bill - Volume OneKill Bill - Volume One
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2003: Director Quentin Tarantino made the CRAZIEST ACTION-PACKED TRIBUTE to the 70's action films from Japan.
Troy (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)Troy (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
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2004: Wolfgang Petersen is another genius. This is simply the best ancient greek war movie ever made!
Jet Li's Fearless (Unrated Widescreen Edition)Jet Li's Fearless (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
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2006: Roony Yu is a crazy action director. But this time he wanted something more serious!!
TransformersTransformers
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2007: Michael Bay is another CRAZY director! He mixed all the monsters movies in just one film by using only giant robots.
Rambo (Special Edition + Digital Copy)Rambo (Special Edition + Digital Copy)
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2008: Action Master Sylvester Stallone directs the third sequel to Rambo. This is the first Rambo that he directed and the most violent movie he ever made!