Fast, furious and brutal – action films give you a rollercoaster ride on the violence route.
But they are enjoyable and catches your attention at all times. It’s ideal to blow away the work blues and unwind after a hard day at the office.
Here are five films which are full of action which need to be revisited.
Leon: The Professional (1994)
Cast: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello
Director: Luc Besson
A professional hitman, Leon, rescues a 12-year-old girl after her family is wiped out by a drugs agent. Reluctant at first, the hitman agrees to give shelter to the girl and they form a bond.
The girl teaches the lonely killer many things about life in bargain for his knowledge of guns. She wants to avenge the death of her four-year-old brother.
Finally the girl takes guns from Leon’s collection and embarks on her revenge trip. She gets cornered but is rescued by Leon, who later helps her in her mission.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Ellliot
Director: Steven Spielberg
The George Lucas story takes archaeologist Indiana Jones through many adventures in his search for the Ark of the Covenant.
The Nazis realise that getting the Ark will add to their invincibility. Indiana Jones goes in search of the Ark which is kept in the Wall of Souls.
He is aided by a former girlfriend and a friend. There is non-stop action, fights galore and hundreds of snakes to be battled with. It’s a hit film that can be watched any time, as many times.
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Cast: Kurt Russell, Kim Catrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong
Director: John Carpenter
A truck driver takes a fantasy martial arts ride into San Francisco’s Chinatown to rescue a green-eyed woman trapped in a brothel. A restaurant owner’s green-eyed wife is kidnapped by a Chinese gang and his friend, the truck driver, helps him to find her.
The green-eyed girl is for an old sorcerer who needs to marry her to break an old curse cast on him. The duo, along with a woman whose friend was to be kidnapped in the first place, get entangled in the Chinese underworld where they fight all odds, including two weather-themed warriors, Thunder and Lightning.
The film was a major disappointment after it was released but later it achieved cult status.
Machete (2010)
Cast: Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Don Johnson, Michelle Rodriquez, Jeff Fahey, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin
Director: Robert Rodriquez, Ethan Maniquis
A former Mexican federal agent, Machete, gets entangled in an illegal immigration racket and a drug baron during a mission to rescue a kidnapped girl.
The drug baron kills Machete’s wife and further threatens to kill his daughter. Three years later, Machete is down and out but gets a contract to kill a senator who is on an immigrant elimination trip. The contract goes horribly wrong.
With the help of an immigration officer and a woman who leads an illegal immigrant aid movement, Machete takes on the drug baron. This turns out to be a full-scale war between the immigrants and the drug baron’s henchmen.
It is a typical Rodriquez film with loads of action, blood and gore.
Shaft (1971)
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi
Director: Gordon Parks
A suave black detective gets mixed up with gangsters and the Mafia while helping a gang lord to find his kidnapped daughter.
With the police on his heels, the smart-talking John Shaft gets his way smoothly. But he becomes a target while on the rescue mission and is badly injured.
However, he still wants to complete his mission and with the help of some of his friends does a daring raid. It has become a cult film over a period of time.
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