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First blood was all good...based on a much better, darker book with a completely different ending, but all in all the movie did a good job. It was the sequels that gave the whole thing a dopey reputation if you ask me...THEY definately fall under the generic action movie genre, but there's a HUGE difference between 2&3 and "first blood" IMO.

I saw "The Rock" last night for maybe the fourth time...
I honestly believe that this is one of the all-time great action films.
Brilliant cast, the musical score is awesome, really works to accentuate the scenes...and the characters are great, from Cage as the fbi agent without any real "ground" experience thrown into a situation he's clearly not read for, to the jaded ex-SAS convict played by Connery, to the cold, driven, yet honourable "villain" that I still cannot bring myself to dislike in any way. Between those guys and smaller parts played by David Morse and Michael Beihn and bit parts by Tony Todd and John C McGinley...it's a damn near perfect lineup for an action film.
This is the kind of action film that hooks you from the start...comedy (some of the best one-liners ever uttered by Connery), chilling suspense, solid storyline, more 3dimensional, fleshed out "villains", underdog/anti-heroes, kickass over the top car chases, and a great mixture of hand to hand and gunfights...all done very well.
From start to end, this is what an action film should be.
Can't wait to see what Michael Bay does with Miami Vice and Transformers.

Old School

Michael Mann's doing Vice.

Chopping Mall ...cheese bad 80's horror....not serious...maybe so bad its good....

..and yeah First Blood (number 1) is a classic action movie...strong characters and a good story...cloned many times in the 80's

Wha? That is really a surprise. I wouldn't have thought that Miami Vice would be a Mann-type property. Well, with him at the helm, it's more or less guaranteed to be worth watching. I'll have to check it out now.

Mann was one of the first executive producers of the series.

and you shit on Phantasm !
yikes

i thought Madagascar was one of the worst animated films i've ever seen ... due largely to the horrific voicework.

i lump this one in with Sharks Tale and chicken little as the 3 worst kids movies ever made..

If he can pull it together with the magic of Manhunter and Heat its gonna be gold. Slick intensity is something he's done well throughout his career which started with Miami Vice. The Pilot movie is one of the greatest things to come out of the 80s (like I said "slick" both visually and aurally - great use of music).