MacGruber makes me want an NA Miata.
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I’ll own the Broken Arrow stuff - should have lobbied much harder for its inclusion. Totally on me. I think we steered too much into Ronin and veered too far away from Broken Arrow, when the qualifications we laid out probably demanded the opposite.
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Broken Arrow always brings me back.
When the movie came out I was dating a Air Force Security Cop whose job it was to guard nuke silo sites in BFE North Dakota. I stumbled upon some of her manuals one day and was delighted to find out that “broken arrow” was an actual term.
It happens! If you guys ever do a follow up, I kept thinking it would fun to explore the best of all the action movies in some categories. You guys kinda got into it with locations.
Best Villian
Best location/setting
Best Villian motive
Best plot hole
Beat Villian death - blown up, thrown off a cliff, etc
Best Villian weapon - Nukes, twin gold pistols
Best use of novelty vehicles - Trains, Helicopters, trollys, boats, etc
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Cyrus the Virus death will be tough to beat.
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Heat should top this list for a multitude of reasons.
Point Break (not the remake) isn’t bad.
Clear and Present Danger
Hunt For Red October
Speed
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Carla was the prom queen. This was my first R movie too, I remember watching it in theaters. Wouldn’t have it any other way.
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I liked the pod for sure. I’d be happy to listen to another one where you guys expand the constraints a little to add more. Depending on what you guys like.
I’m all for movie discussions in general and I think the Trap Draw has been a great place to sprinkle these in. Fun listening and I appreciated the shoutout to the Rewatchables as that is one of my favorite pods.
Watched Sudden Death just now with JCVD and I gotta say I knew it was a 90’s film from listening to this pod.
@Tron and @MerchCzar, where does Sudden Death fall in your rankings or is it just shite?
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Somehow I don’t think I’ve ever seen this flick. Need to change that asap.
Tagging @Pooshdaddy and @MerchCzar in
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Give me the following as the best 90s action movies
Lethal Weapon 3 - Would have said the original, but that was made in 1987.
Payback
Enemy of the State - GREAT Rewatchables pod. Don’t know if this qualifies as an action movie, more of a thriller. But oh well.
Point Break
Galaxy Quest
Vaya Con Dios
I’ve seen it although it’s been a long while. It’s pretty amazing. I’m a huge Van Damme guy but by that time he had begun to jump the shark. The best part is when he actually plays goalie in the game.
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Sudden Death is great. Certainly cheesy, but an awesome setting for an action film. Powers Booth took his villain vibe to Deadwood.
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