Marshall Julius's Action! The Action Movie A-Z

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The "250 key movies" rated and reviewed in the book Action! The Action Movie A-Z (1997) by Marshall Julius.

Author's ratings:
1-14 *****, 15-22 ****½, 23-51 ****, 52-92: ***½, 93-140: ***, 141-182: **½, 183-211 **, 212-226 *½, 227-244 *, 245-250 ½

"Vengeful cops and car chases, lunatic villains and martial arts masters, male-bonding, gun fights and super secret agents, swords and sorcerers, wartime Nazi-bashing, boys' own adventures, casual destruction and general death-defiance... this is what we want to see, and if you feel the same way, "Action!" is for you, a fan's guide to the wackiest genre of 'em all, with 250 key movies rated and reviewed" -Introduction

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  1. 12 +196

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  2. 19 +164

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 20 +56

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 36 +69

    Highlander

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 53 -42

    Army of Darkness

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 57 -10

    Conan the Barbarian

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 71 +72

    Mortal Kombat

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 81 -63

    The Beastmaster

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 82 -32

    The Crow

    1994, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 94 -79

    Batman Forever

    1995, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 150 -102

    Conan the Destroyer

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 180 +61

    Warlords of Atlantis

    1978 — a.k.a. Warlords of the Deep, in 1 top list Check
  13. 218 -81

    Masters of the Universe

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  14. 238 -58

    Red Sonja

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
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