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what about Prisoners, In the bedroom, The guilty (2018), Good time, Oldboy (original, not from Hollywood though), Collateral, End of watch, Training day, Drive,
by Markoff 4y ago
what about Prisoners, In the bedroom, The guilty (2018), Good time, Oldboy (original, not from Hollywood though), Collateral, End of watch, Training day, Drive, etc. - all these were released after and they are better movies (most of them more thrillers than action though, but some straight up action), I can't really recommend exactly same alternative since I don't watch stupid action flicks like Fugitive, now that I have much more options than in 90s
- paulcole 4y agoTo write off Fugitive as a “stupid action flick” while simultaneously saying Drive is better is a bold statement.
- Markoff 4y agoI have no problem to defend Drive against Fugitive, Fugitive aged really bad and it feels like cheap TV movie, Drive is obviously much newer, has great cinematography, great score, atmosphere, nice action and aged really good despite being 11 years already (but I am not really some big fan of Drive, just saying it's better than Fugitive). Btw. just because something is "stupid action flick" it doesn't mean it can't be good at it, you can have good stupid action flicks and you can have bad stupid action flicks. I don't usually watch stupid action flicks (I'm more (social) drama guy), but when I do I want to watch the good ones. I'm recently rewatching movies starting from 90s and while The Rock was still enjoyable even in 2022 (8mm or Absolute power were meh, same as already back then), I remember Fugitive being pretty bad already many years ago. Movies like Die Hard, Speed, Con Air, Mission impossible, Enemy of the state, were all better than Harrison action movies, which always felt like cheap TV movies with low production value. Meanwhile we have 2 year newer Heat, which is still for sure in top 5 best action/crime movies ever and aged amazingly and could easily beat any day any new action/crime movie. The production value and director skills are on completely different level than Harrison action movies. I just checked the most famous Harrison action movies I remember from 90s - Fugitive, Clear and Present danger, The Devil's Own and Air Force one - all 4 have different director, 3 directors nobody remembers and 4th only thanks to Das Boot.
- GoblinSlayer 4y agoDrive is an action flick on steroids.
- unethical_ban 4y agoI remember my friends and I laughing as we left the theater about it being a modeling shoot for Ryan Gosling. We expected something with the feel of Baby Driver - it was nothing like that.
- paulcole 4y agoDidn’t Drive come out well before Baby Driver?
- swader999 4y agoProbably one of the best executed rockfords I've ever seen.
- Markoff 4y agocare to explain what is rockford to non native speaker?
- gonzo41 4y agoEdge of Tomorrow is another very good sci-fi non franchise film. Also Dredd 2012 which is a comic book film, with an awesome design, but it's fully standalone.
- Markoff 4y agoI thought we are talking movies like Fugitive which are realistic, possible to happen with regular character and not some superhero or scifi.
- gonzo41 4y agoI was more thinking of non franchise movies. Which seem to be less and less these days.
- Izkata 4y ago> non franchise For now. They've been trying to get an Edge of Tomorrow sequel movie going since about a year after the original, and earlier this year announced a TV series spinoff.
- stavros 4y agoI haven't seen the rest, but Collateral/Oldboy/Training day were so good, that I have to watch the rest now. I especially loved Collateral, the atmosphere was masterfully done to evoke feelings of stress.