Old School Action Films
Death Warrant (1990)
Dir: Deran Sarafian
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, George Dickerson
The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate in some murders of prisoners and jailors…
Hard to Kill (1990)
Dir: Bruce Malmuth
Stars: Steven Seagal, Kelly LeBrock, William Sadler, Frederick Coffin
Mason Storm, a ‘do it alone’ cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they’ve killed both Mason and his son too..
Cobra (1986)
Dir: George P. Cosmatos
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
Broken Arrow (1996)
Dir: John Woo
Stars: John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo
Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don’t count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.
Last Man Standing (1996)
Dir: Walter Hill
Stars: Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Christopher Walken
A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.
48 Hrs. (1982)
Dir: Walter Hill
Stars: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O’Toole
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)
Dir: Yves Simoneau
Stars: Michael Madsen, Ron Livingston, Ray Baker
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
Hard Target (1993)
Dir: John Woo
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Chuck Pfarrer
A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her father, who has gone missing. They discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance in the process.
Desperado (1995)
Dir: Robert Rodriguez
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida
A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.
El mariachi (1992)
Dir: Robert Rodriguez
Stars: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt
A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.
