Can anyone recommend any 'smart' action movies.

[optimistic]

Like Snatch, or the proffesional?

I like the cleverness of the directing, and subtle jokes here and there.

 

[Jadow]

die hard

 

[Kadarin]

I always liked Ronin. Great action, and de Niro's great as always. The bad guys are not caricatures, like your typical Steven Segal movie.

 

[datalink7]

The Matrix, obviously

I second Ronin

 

[DaveSimmons]

The other Luc Besson of course: La Femme Nikita, Fifth Element, The Transporter (writer)

If you haven't seen John Woo's HK films, The Killer, Hard-Boiled, and A Better Tomorrow are all good.

Another good HK film that reminded me of Leon/The Professional was Time And Tide

Fun old & cheesy: The Hidden with Kyle MacLachlan and Claudia Christian from B5

(And Ronin of course.)

Netflix has all of these if your local Blockbuster doesn't.

 

[theNEOone]

i'd say ocean's eleven. awesome movie - i've watched it 15 times and still love it. i don't think it'd qualify as an action movie though.

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: theNEOone
i'd say ocean's eleven. awesome movie - i've watched it 15 times and still love it. i don't think it'd qualify as an action movie though.

edit: come to think of it, ocean's eleven has almost as much action as snatch. so maybe it'll fit.


double edit: whoops, hit quote instead of edit. doh.

 

[imported_Tomato]

The Rock.

 

[Supermercado]

Ronin is one of my favorites. My friend actually just returned my DVD... he's had it since last semester.

 

[notfred]

Dammit, my idea already got taken

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Lock stock and two smoking barrels.

The Corruptor, Replacement Killers,

 

[aux]

Ronin

 

[igowerf]

The Rock and The Professional are both great!

 

[vi edit]

Heat
The Mexican
Way of the Gun