can’t get enough trouble speak into the
microphone squid brain welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten cult
classics category action for this list
we’re focusing on action films that were
mostly underappreciated by audiences or
critics upon their initial release son
of the bitch it’s that good enough guys
but have since gained a large and
dedicated following number 10 Big
Trouble in Little China what’s going on
here is some kind of magic the darkest
magic
isold swings in it the all but crown
prince of cult action flicks Kurt
Russell gives perhaps his most
over-the-top performance in john
carpenter’s camp masterpiece more exotic
the better
Russell plays eccentric long-haul
trucker Jack Burton have you paid your
dues jack yes sir the check is in the
mail
who’s travels take him to the wrong
neighborhood on the wrong night where he
is unwittingly thrust into the ultimate
battle between good and evil what the
hell
silly yes politically correct not even a
little but as always carpenter and
Russell infuse it with so much charm you
probably won’t care
number nine thread you’re a piece of
work
dreaded a film that fully embraced the
3d format this colorful orgy of violence
has spawned a significant cult following
and movement for future sequels be
prepared to testify to their Karl Urban
also responsible for breathing new life
into Star Trek’s bones makes the role of
this iconic walking courthouse his own
choked on that the film also boasts a
strong female co-star in Olivia Thirlby
I already picked him to fail and I lost
my primary weapon I’m not gonna be a
judge and I don’t need to be a mind
reader to know it and legendary bad guys
from the wire and Game of Thrones in
wood Harris and Lena Headey respectively
number eight red dawn I think man of
course we all know the Soviet Union
disbanded in the 1990s but don’t tell
patrick swayze circa 1984 that we live
here he’s as ready as ever to lead his
ragtag group of high school-aged freedom
fighters against the combined might of
the Soviet Union Cuba and Nicaragua when
they descend on a small Colorado town
while seemingly a universe away from
other flicks being turned out by this
who’s who of 80s teen idols this film is
remembered as a dark gritty what-if and
it even spawned a 2012 remake listen to
me we’re we’re all that’s left
somebody’s gotta someone’s gotta live
somebody’s gotta make it
number seven bloodsport I’m ready this
late 80s jim was responsible for
propelling little-known jean-claude van
damme into the elite rank of martial
arts masters who can act kinda thanks
loosely based on a true story bloodsport
follows Frank Dux as he enters a secret
tournament in Hong Kong and proceeds to
beat the hell out of just about every
guy in the country it’s personal
while it’s cheesy and mildly xenophobic
okay the film’s impressive fight
sequences make it one of the most loved
martial arts movies of all time Sam
number six the raid redemption don’t
move
one of the most shocking and
action-packed movies to come along in
years this 2011 indonesian crime film
hits a team of Special Forces agents
against the most violent crime lord in
jakarta we have visitors you know what
to do while the fact that it’s American
release title sounds like a sequel what
be grounds enough for cult status are
you done the film has gained an
international audience for its action
thrills and martial arts prompting
Studios to move ahead with sequels and
adaptations I’ll be back as soon as I
can
number five the Warriors can you count
suckas framed for the killing of the
city’s most important gang leader the
Warriors must make it back to Coney
Island by night with every gang in the
city in hot pursuit who are the Warriors
one of the most iconic cult films of all
time this journey through the back
alleyways of 1970s New York is
remembered for its early blending of
comic book and film quotable dialogue
can you dig it and ability to somehow
make the sound of bottles clinking
together menacing
number four repo man what in this crime
comedy we follow emilio estevez
automatics through a bizarro version of
1980s Los Angeles as he realizes just
how intense the life of a repo man can
be with its original characters and
mesmerizing effects it’s the only film
to make both our cult sci-fi and action
movie lists this junker why because Alex
Cox’s 1984 film is able to transcend its
b-movie casing to become one of the most
beloved cult classics of all time ah do
you uh do you think it’s too late for us
to get romantically involved take a
little wait wait stick with me I’ll make
you a repo wife
quacks number three escape from New York
with me
an early pairing of Carpenter and
Russell this dystopian masterpiece pits
the actor against nearly every thug on
the island of Manhattan what if I’m a
little late but that’s not all Snake
Plissken ‘he’s also got to deal with the
fact that the islands been converted
into a prison colony and taken over by
Isaac Hayes I’ve heard of you who as a
result gets to cruise around in this
a return to the gritty style of
carpenters early cult hit assault on
precinct 13 this film has held up as one
of the legendary directors best loved
films number two
Mad Max I’ll say the name and you say
yes for now equipped with what would
become his iconic leathers why Mel
Gibson’s max gives up a life of the law
and seeks revenge against the motorcycle
gang responsible for the deaths of his
family and partner the film that would
come to define the post-apocalyptic
genre this 1979 Australian sci-fi movie
chronicles the last days of order before
the even bleaker landscape of its
sequels
before we reveal our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions disease not a
cure do you enjoy pain pain don’t hurt
president Frankenstein you can’t call
off the race the American people won’t
stand for it get out of the way jr.
everything we hold dear our American Way
of life I will not leave this country
without victory
I need cooperation you do what you gotta
do I know what I gotta do I gotta nail
that Meany I can put on my knife that’s
what I’m gonna be number one Point Break
you still haven’t figured out what
riding waves is all about heavy it’s a
state of mind it’s that place where you
lose yourself and you find yourself
before Kathryn Bigelow became an
oscar-winning filmmaker for 2008’s The
Hurt Locker she was best known for this
mesmerizingly excessive 1991 gem your
real blue flame special aren’t you son
young dumb and full of cum list of just
some of the things that make it awesome
surfing bank-robbing skydiving
rubber presidents masks there we go
we’re styling Gary Busey hey I want you
to go home and get some rest you look
like hammered shit and one of the best
character names of all time Johnny Utah
I am an FBI agent while certainly not
making many critics top-10 lists it is
right at home at the top of this one
do you agree with our list god no please
what is that don’t tell me which cult
action movies make you want to take on
10 guys at once
for more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com go go ahead
microphone squid brain welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten cult
classics category action for this list
we’re focusing on action films that were
mostly underappreciated by audiences or
critics upon their initial release son
of the bitch it’s that good enough guys
but have since gained a large and
dedicated following number 10 Big
Trouble in Little China what’s going on
here is some kind of magic the darkest
magic
isold swings in it the all but crown
prince of cult action flicks Kurt
Russell gives perhaps his most
over-the-top performance in john
carpenter’s camp masterpiece more exotic
the better
Russell plays eccentric long-haul
trucker Jack Burton have you paid your
dues jack yes sir the check is in the
who’s travels take him to the wrong
neighborhood on the wrong night where he
is unwittingly thrust into the ultimate
battle between good and evil what the
hell
silly yes politically correct not even a
little but as always carpenter and
Russell infuse it with so much charm you
probably won’t care
number nine thread you’re a piece of
work
dreaded a film that fully embraced the
3d format this colorful orgy of violence
has spawned a significant cult following
and movement for future sequels be
prepared to testify to their Karl Urban
also responsible for breathing new life
into Star Trek’s bones makes the role of
this iconic walking courthouse his own
choked on that the film also boasts a
strong female co-star in Olivia Thirlby
I already picked him to fail and I lost
my primary weapon I’m not gonna be a
judge and I don’t need to be a mind
reader to know it and legendary bad guys
from the wire and Game of Thrones in
wood Harris and Lena Headey respectively
number eight red dawn I think man of
course we all know the Soviet Union
disbanded in the 1990s but don’t tell
patrick swayze circa 1984 that we live
here he’s as ready as ever to lead his
ragtag group of high school-aged freedom
fighters against the combined might of
the Soviet Union Cuba and Nicaragua when
they descend on a small Colorado town
while seemingly a universe away from
other flicks being turned out by this
who’s who of 80s teen idols this film is
remembered as a dark gritty what-if and
it even spawned a 2012 remake listen to
me we’re we’re all that’s left
somebody’s gotta someone’s gotta live
somebody’s gotta make it
number seven bloodsport I’m ready this
late 80s jim was responsible for
propelling little-known jean-claude van
damme into the elite rank of martial
arts masters who can act kinda thanks
loosely based on a true story bloodsport
follows Frank Dux as he enters a secret
tournament in Hong Kong and proceeds to
beat the hell out of just about every
guy in the country it’s personal
while it’s cheesy and mildly xenophobic
okay the film’s impressive fight
sequences make it one of the most loved
martial arts movies of all time Sam
number six the raid redemption don’t
move
one of the most shocking and
action-packed movies to come along in
years this 2011 indonesian crime film
hits a team of Special Forces agents
against the most violent crime lord in
jakarta we have visitors you know what
to do while the fact that it’s American
release title sounds like a sequel what
be grounds enough for cult status are
you done the film has gained an
international audience for its action
thrills and martial arts prompting
Studios to move ahead with sequels and
adaptations I’ll be back as soon as I
can
number five the Warriors can you count
suckas framed for the killing of the
city’s most important gang leader the
Warriors must make it back to Coney
Island by night with every gang in the
city in hot pursuit who are the Warriors
one of the most iconic cult films of all
time this journey through the back
alleyways of 1970s New York is
remembered for its early blending of
comic book and film quotable dialogue
can you dig it and ability to somehow
make the sound of bottles clinking
together menacing
number four repo man what in this crime
comedy we follow emilio estevez
automatics through a bizarro version of
1980s Los Angeles as he realizes just
how intense the life of a repo man can
be with its original characters and
mesmerizing effects it’s the only film
to make both our cult sci-fi and action
movie lists this junker why because Alex
Cox’s 1984 film is able to transcend its
b-movie casing to become one of the most
beloved cult classics of all time ah do
you uh do you think it’s too late for us
to get romantically involved take a
little wait wait stick with me I’ll make
you a repo wife
quacks number three escape from New York
with me
an early pairing of Carpenter and
Russell this dystopian masterpiece pits
the actor against nearly every thug on
the island of Manhattan what if I’m a
little late but that’s not all Snake
Plissken ‘he’s also got to deal with the
fact that the islands been converted
into a prison colony and taken over by
Isaac Hayes I’ve heard of you who as a
result gets to cruise around in this
a return to the gritty style of
carpenters early cult hit assault on
precinct 13 this film has held up as one
of the legendary directors best loved
films number two
Mad Max I’ll say the name and you say
yes for now equipped with what would
become his iconic leathers why Mel
Gibson’s max gives up a life of the law
and seeks revenge against the motorcycle
gang responsible for the deaths of his
family and partner the film that would
come to define the post-apocalyptic
genre this 1979 Australian sci-fi movie
chronicles the last days of order before
the even bleaker landscape of its
sequels
before we reveal our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions disease not a
cure do you enjoy pain pain don’t hurt
president Frankenstein you can’t call
off the race the American people won’t
stand for it get out of the way jr.
everything we hold dear our American Way
of life I will not leave this country
without victory
I need cooperation you do what you gotta
do I know what I gotta do I gotta nail
that Meany I can put on my knife that’s
what I’m gonna be number one Point Break
you still haven’t figured out what
riding waves is all about heavy it’s a
state of mind it’s that place where you
lose yourself and you find yourself
before Kathryn Bigelow became an
oscar-winning filmmaker for 2008’s The
Hurt Locker she was best known for this
mesmerizingly excessive 1991 gem your
real blue flame special aren’t you son
young dumb and full of cum list of just
some of the things that make it awesome
surfing bank-robbing skydiving
rubber presidents masks there we go
we’re styling Gary Busey hey I want you
to go home and get some rest you look
like hammered shit and one of the best
character names of all time Johnny Utah
I am an FBI agent while certainly not
making many critics top-10 lists it is
right at home at the top of this one
do you agree with our list god no please
what is that don’t tell me which cult
action movies make you want to take on
10 guys at once
for more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com go go ahead
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