Lights! Camera! Action! Action! Action! (Mindless mayhem to dynamite the brain)...
Everyone remembers those big action films from the 1980's. You know, DIE HARD, COMMANDO, MISSING IN ACTION, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, THE ROAD WARRIOR, THE TERMINATOR, etc. Well, here are their imitators, wannabes, and others, presented in no particular order. Though some are soul-destroying in their dullness, others are magnificent in their non-stop hilarity! There are even some decent movies among the dross! If you haven't heard of some, or any of these, by all means watch them...
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- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsDavid KeithRobert HaysPamela AndersonMayor Stiles' daughter Donna is killed the night after a lousy date with the shy Mitch. Of course this makes him the main suspect. When Mitch gets free on bail, Styles hires ex-cop Mace to follow him.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsAntonio SabatoIvan RassimovWerner PochathA South American rebel leader in exile in Miami is given one last chance to overthrow his successor, a brutal dictator, by a multi-national mining group out to exploit his countries' mineral resources.
- DirectorThomas E. DuganStarsTimothy LearyTim BurkeJ. Michael EspositoA ruthless businessman plots to dump toxic waste into the water supply of a small town. It's up to a small group of innocent sky-diving teenagers who accidentally land inside the walls of his industrial center to try to stop him.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsDeke AndersonSean HoltonDouglas HarterTwo ruthless criminals take two teenage couples hostage at a remote mountain cabin in Colorado following a botched bank robbery.
- DirectorPeter YuvalStarsDennis ColeGregory Scott CumminsChristine LundeThe government's new urban renewal policy results in street gangs fighting for control of the inner cities. While most of the residents flee, one factory owner determines to fight the gangs for his property.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsJack ForcinitoRenée ClineJeffrey Judson SmithA Vietnam vet has nightmares about murder and zombies, and then discovers that he and other vets have been programmed to commit crimes and then kill themselves afterwards so they can't be traced. He investigates to try to find out who is responsible.
- DirectorTeddy PageStarsRichard HarrisonBruce BaronGwendolyn HungA weapons expert is sent to Vietnam to demonstrate a new weapon he has just invented, but he is captured during a Viet Cong attack and imprisoned in a POW camp. He is rescued not long afterwards, but when he returns home he finds that his wife has been kidnapped and he is being set up for a string of crimes that he did not commit. He determines to find out what's going on and who is behind it.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsMark GregoryHenry SilvaValeria D'ObiciA rag-tag group of people must fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.
- DirectorKimberley CaseyStarsTy HardinTed PriorFritz MatthewsTwo deranged and homicidal escaped convicts terrorize a group of survivalists engaged in a paint-ball war.
- DirectorDavid WintersNeal SundstromStarsReb BrownJohn Phillip LawJames RyanA pilot is the only hope to stop the mutiny of a spacecraft by its security crew, who plot to sell the crew of the ship into slavery.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsRenée ClineWalter CoxDouglas HarterA film crew shooting a movie finds itself battling against terrorists trying to take over a city.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsGiancarlo PreteFred WilliamsonGeorge EastmanTwo mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust.
- DirectorRobert HayesStarsPersis KhambattaKathleen KinmontPeggy McIntaggartIn a post-apocalyptic world, women warriors battle each other from junkyards to gravel pits as they determine the fate of the entire world.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsRobert DaviMichael IronsideLesley-Anne DownA New Orleans cop tries to track down and stop a vicious and demonic killer who has sold his soul to the devil for invulnerability and immortality.
- DirectorTracy Lynch BrittonStarsBobby JohnstonEddie HopperCarrie MurrayVacationing lovers Travis and Bobbi encounter an unexpected nightmare on a lonely country road. Two strangers kidnap Bobbi, and brutally beat Travis. Six months later, though Bobbi's family is wealthy, there's no ransom demand, and the police, even Travis's boss, Detective Wyatt, have all but given up. Only Travis, encouraged by Bobbi's best friend Debbie, keeps searching for Bobbi. Travis teams up with Debbie's brother Reb, who assembles a team to rescue Bobbi. Other than Travis and Reb, the team consists of the Professor, a computer nerd who likes to blow things up, Loch, a gun-crazy nut case, and a stuntman named Suicide. Together, they track Bobbi to an isolated ranch where blond, blue-eyed women are forced to bear children who are sold to desperate couples by a man named Frank and his boss, an icy woman with a Southern accent. Now Travis and the team must plan a way to infiltrate the ranch and rescue Bobbi and the other women.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsCameron MitchellTroy DonahueTed PriorA group of sadistic mercenaries kidnap people off the streets and set them loose on the grounds of their secret camp, so the "students" at the camp can learn how to track down and kill their prey.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsEdd ByrnesGail FisherEdy WilliamsA female CIA agent is assigned to train and lead an all-female squad to Colombia to stop a renegade agent who has hired himself out to a drug cartel.
- DirectorJoseph MerhiStarsWings HauserKaren BlackRobert Z'DarA cop teams up with an FBI agent to track down a counterfeiter.
- DirectorAddison RandallStarsStuart ChapinRif HuttonDavid MarriottDetective Ian 'Shotgun' Jones hunts a sadistic misogynistic maniac.
- DirectorFerdinando BaldiStarsFrank ZagarinoMark GregoryRomano KristoffTerrorists are making genetic experiments on kidnapped girls. Professor Larson, dreams of creating a master race to rule the world. Scientific organizations in Asia and Europe hire a group of mercenaries who are tasked to kill them.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsRichard HarrisonLi-Yun ChenShou-Ping TsuiAn evil witch seeks a magic ring which is currently in the possession of a mustachieod disciple of black magic. Meanwhile a snake monster terrorizes the city of Hong Kong.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsDavid CarradineRobert TessierAnna RapagnaIn the future, a cop protects a reporter from crooked, renegade cops who think she knows too much about them.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsDavid CarradineTed PriorPatrick CullitonSequel to 'Future Force' has John Tucker's son traveling back in time 30 years to save his father from being killed by thugs he is currently pursuing back in 1990.
- DirectorPeter YuvalStarsChristopher PlummerChris LemmonBrett PorterWhen a Russian cyborg with telekinetic powers terrorizes a city, an elite government agency intervenes. A chemist teams up with a special agent to capture the menace but they find out that the true villain isn't who they expected.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsDaniel GreeneJanet AgrenClaudio CassinelliA cyborg is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands. He fails and hides in a diner in a desert run by a woman who likes him. The people who sent him are after him and so is the local arm wrestling champ.