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Summer's half over, which means that you've only got until Labor Day to enjoy the biggest, dumbest, loudest crap that Hollywood has to offer. And we have to say that action movies so far this year haven't been nearly big, dumb, or loud enough: Transformers was crappy and racist, Pelham 1-2-3 was like a sequel to Cocoon, and Terminator: Salvation had The Chamomile Sensation (i.e., Common). So where are you gonna get your explosions and terrible one-liner fix? From us, maing!
Complex did the work for you and counted down The 50 Greatest Action Movies of all time for your nostalgia and viewing pleasure. Click the image below to relive your favorite classics, and maybe a few you missed. Pop the corn, lower the lights, and get ready for some surrious pyrotechnics...
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“Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker.”
“Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?”
"I remember. I remember everything. I'm no longer Jason Bourne."
"Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty--for tonight, we dine in hell!"
"I ain't got TIME to bleed!"
"The world has changed. Honor is now a dirty word."
"You break my record, now I break you like I break your friend."
“They drew first blood, not me.”
“Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with samurai swords.”
"Give me a Scotch. I'm starving."
"They're coming outta the walls. They're coming outta the goddamn walls."
“I’m too old for this shit.”
"I'd buy THAT for a dollar!"
"The job's done and the bitch is dead."
"I could eat a peach...all…day."
"This is bad. No, let me call it what is. This is fucked up."
"Con-see-dah dat a divawse!"
"I don't give a fuck about your war...or your president."
"Don't pop a blood vessel, you little penis."
“At my signal, unleash hell.”
"If they move, KILL ’EM!"
"You're a scavenger, Max. You're a maggot."
"You give Frost a message from me. You tell him it's open season on all suckheads."
“From this moment on, I am Woo-Jin’s dog. I’m your bitch.”
"If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."
"The last time I got blown, candy bars cost a nickel."
"It's judgment day, sinners!"
“Gentlemen, welcome to The Rock.”
"Well, what if the cops can't handle this, Jack?"
"Come on! Fuck Muay Thai!"
"There are two things that are infinite: femininity and means to take advantage of it. "
“The color of the sala flower reveals the truth that to flourish is to fall. The proud do not endure, like a passing dream.”
“Bless me, Father, for I have just killed quite a few men.”
"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. I have the only gun on board. Welcome to Con Air. "
“I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!”
"You want to know about politics in Washington? Four words. Watch your back, Jack."
“There hasn’t been a murder in six years. The system, it is perfect.”
"You, sir, truly are Mr. Incredible. You know, I was right to idolize you. I always knew you were tough, but tricking the probe by hiding under the bones of another super? Oh, MAN! I'm still geeking out about it!"
"So today's lesson is...you kill each other off."
"You know what's bad for your health? Me."
