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Blogging

The 80s Action Film

January 14, 2010
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Recent action films are rarely good. First of all, I hate to gripe about it, but PG-13 action films are usually awful. There are few directors who handle the PG-13 rating well; Steven Spielberg is one of them (he could probably make a G-rated action flick and it would still be fun). That being said, the often R-Rated action films of the 80s were the best. I miss them. I long for the blood and the guts. I long for the corny one-liners. I long for the big, brawny he-men snapping guy's necks like they're [...]