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Currently watching Midway on film 4.
Missed the first 90 minutes but enjoying it with a pint.
Bullshot (1983) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshot_(film) – I’ve yet to meet anyone outside of our family that has seen this. Probably watched it 100+ times as we lived abroad and this was ‘hilarious’ and we had a copy on VHS
Must have been a good 30 years ago but I've seen it, may be rose tinted spectacles but remember it being very funny, not sure I dare watch it again, probably awful 😀
I just watched the new Roadhouse last night, and sort of enjoyed it. But yeah, MacGregor is awful.
As for Tom Cruise, I'm actually forever surprised at his ability to project emotion. It only comes out once in awhile, but when it does, it's actually good.
Just watched Days of Thunder and will add Cliffhanger I always enjoy that
Some proper classics being mentioned here. Any potentially perilous situation in this house is soundtracked by Mr Kip or me crying 'Teddy bear, nooooooo' in slow mo with additional circling arms. Cliffhanger, great popcorn film.
I only saw Edge of Tomorrow recently and loved it, but I am sucker for a Tom Cruise and/or timey wimey film.
Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler Murder Mystery films are good craic too.
Dog Soldiers
Stardust
Gone In 60 Seconds
Con Air
The Rock
(last 3 not really under the radar, but in his prime Nick Cage was king of brain out gonzo action movies)
Mystery Men
Army Of Darkness
Attack The Block
Solomon Kane
Dirty Dancing.
Its naff. I ****ing love it.
Thor Ragnarok – Silly comic book film but enjoyable and flows well. Cate Blanchett is brilliant.
Probably my second favourite of the Marvel movies after Winter Soldier. Only downside is that knowing a bit about the Avengers universe and the interplay between the various characters (including those not actually in this movie) in advance increases your enjoyment. But stop at this one, Thor: Love and Thunder is ruinously poor.
As a side-note, any movie with Karl Urban in it is automatically watchable. OK, there are probably exceptions, but I can't think of any.
Other suggestions - Pitch Black. Low budget, absolutely brilliant film.
Any 90s film with Antonio Banderas, Danny Trejo or Steve Buscemi, preferably all three as in Desperado. From Dusk till Dawn is a classic
All the Riddick films.
They have some great lines(maximum cheese) 😆
As already said,wee Tommy Cruise does a great popcorn movie.
If it's on,will often watch Night and Day,if only for the Ducati scene with the dodgy CGI bulls. 😃
but in his prime Nick Cage was king of brain out gonzo action movies)
Yep, most stuff with him, pretty much anything with Jason Statham - all great candidates for some switch off and enjoy the silliness time.
Good calls for Evolution and Tremors as well - two films I'll always watch if I see them on TV but would never go out of my way to find and stream. I'd chuck Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Hot Fuzz into that mix too.
The Rock
I was in Scotland last week. On visiting Loch Sheil my brain did a Sean Connery movie crossover, "Glenfinnan... is a tourist attraction?"
A fair few Gerard Butler films come to my mind too. Love 'Law abiding citizen' and always enjoy the '** Has fallen' series when they're on the telly.
Found that recent update of Tremors on Netflix the other week, managed about 10 mins. utterly pants
There are quite a few films recommended here that didn't really fly 'under the radar.'
😁
The Game
Lawless
Game Night
Looper
Elysium
City of Ember
Grosse Point Blank, might have been mentioned before. Excellent little film
any movie with Karl Urban in it is automatically watchable.
Dredd.
As Top Secret has been mentioned :
The Big Bus
Fatal Instinct
Had a bit of time this arvo, watched The Beekeper. Not awful, good action scenes. Typical Statham film, but I'd watch it again.
Attack the Block - count me in.
Ron's Weed Room always makes me laugh 🙂
The Boondock Saints..
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/
Superbly funny in places, with an excellent plot twist at the end, along with excellent writing and acting. It's the perfect Action/Comedy film.
The new Indiana jones film – dial of destiny
Surprisingly good fun
Hmm. Did anyone else think the CGI was terrible?
Tropic Thunder just for Tom Cruise's role
District 9
Chappie for Die Antwoort madness
On the back of this thread, I rewatched Top Secret! yesterday.
A couple of giggle-worthy moments, but not as hilarious as I remembered.
Are District 9 and Chappie classed as popcorn films? I thought they were sci-fi B movies with a side of social commentary. Aren’t popcorn films the big summer tent pole movies? Thread is confusing me.
The adventures of Tintín from 2011 was a surprisingly good family popcorn film.
we’ve watched it a few times now.
Demolition Man
Oh, good call! An absolute riot all the way through.
Warm Bodies
The Babysitter and the sequel are fun comedy/slasher
Freaky is similar idea.
Lisa Frankenstein is very odd. But quite fun.
(Looks like I have a type)
Wanted (James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie). Not great. But one of those films you just 'stick on' and end up watching it all.
Midnight Run (not the awful censored version).
What was censored? I enjoyed it years ago, and am fairly certain that I watched it again a year or two ago and enjoyed it, but can't remember thinking that something was missing.
Grosse Point Blank, might have been mentioned before. Excellent little film
It is an excellent film, and has a brilliant soundtrack, but I'd argue that it's not a popcorn film in the sense of others on this thread. It's too knowing, too well acted and too clever. And it has Joan Cusack, who is absolutely brilliant in a very good cast.
I thought a popcorn film was anything where you don't have to use your brain - you just sit there and watch whilst suspending disbelief
watched Nobody tonight with my daughter for action movie night. Can’t believe we had missed that one.
I’ll add
Wanted (James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie). Not great. But one of those films you just ‘stick on’ and end up watching it all.
Haha, this is always my first thought when there's a "worst film you've ever seen" thread.
Does "popcorn film" just mean mass-market commercial kind of movies?
I'd also add my vote for the new Roadhouse plus the Transporter films, Blade, Bring It On, Pitch Perfect.
Demolition Man was an excellent shout, one of my favourite films full stop.
Even Stallone's Dredd is reasonably watchable, despite the idiots letting him take his helmet off and having a 'comedy sidekick'. Stallone has the best Dredd chin!
It made a decent stab at the 'Cursed Earth'/Angel Gang stuff.
Saving Grace
Brenda Blethyn grows a cash crop to pay for the upkeep of her country house after her husband dies.
Saving Grace... there's a blast from the past. Good shout.
Not sure if Chalet Girl has been mentioned yet.? Or 10 things I hate about you?
Actually, I think it is just the female leads in those films that do it for me lol
Even Stallone’s Dredd is reasonably watchable, despite the idiots letting him take his helmet off and having a ‘comedy sidekick’. Stallone has the best Dredd chin!
It made a decent stab at the ‘Cursed Earth’/Angel Gang stuff.
the Art direction was absolutely superb.
It also starred Diane Lane who made my younger self go weak at the knees
It also starred Diane Lane who made my younger self go weak at the knees
Oh, well, if that's the criterion, Weird Science.
I’d also add my vote for the new Roadhouse plus the Transporter films, Blade, Bring It On, Pitch Perfect.
Bring It On is a great film and this is a hill I will choose to die on. And not only because of the previous requirement.
*Oh, well, if that’s the criterion*
Railway Children (I was her age in the film when I fell in love with Bobby/Jenny, I wasn't some weird adult).
Then of course any other film that starred Jenny as an adult.
The Meg fell into this category for me, so I watched The Meg 2 the other evening and it is a huge steaming pile of shark shite. Avoid!
Bullet Train has just hit Netflix. As well as looking gorgeous with some fabulous characters it has a great script and action scenes.
^^^ Yeah, I am planning on watching it this weekend (and I have just added a sub-speaker to my sound set-up so it'll be fun with the volume turned right up) 🙂
Bad Boys
The Expendables
The Punisher (from 2004)
a huge steaming pile of shark shite
Shark shite is apparently like dust, so is unlikely to either steam or form structurally-sound piles.