ASK & DISCUSS INDEX

11 years ago - David Evans

Both La Haine and City of God, they have so many similarities and are brilliantly made films!

11 years ago - Tony Oldham

True Romance mixes both genres well (Tarantino) ... True Lies...

Thelma & Louise & Columbiana good Female action films that are quite smart movies ...

11 years ago - Marlom Tander

On the action side, I personally think Shoot'em Up was hugely underrated by critics who didn't realise it was a spoof. The clue is in the title guys :-) The fact that the cast managed to appear to be taking it seriously is all part of the joke.

I also enjoyed Duplicity, though it's a script that requires concentration by the audience.

11 years ago - Dan Selakovich

Not in America, Paddy! We love that fuckin' thing.

11 years ago - Dan Selakovich

I think Luc Besson is the best at combining emotion and action. "Leon," "La Femme Nikita," "The Fifth Element" and "Angel-A" for a start. For straight romance... "Love Actually" comes to mind.

11 years ago - Liam Healey

I can only help you with action sadly-

Bittersweet Life
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456912/
The Fall (action fantasy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO0LYcCoeJY
The Raid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkULMOFpuCo
The Man from Nowhere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z_CwCRp_sA
I Saw the Devil
action/horror, it was Kim Jee Woon's attempt to out do Chan Wook Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwWgp1bqVwE
Dredd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PifvRiHVSCY

One's you've probable seen or have been suggested that I can vouch for: Die Hard, City of God, La Haine, True Romance, Leon, Matrix, Terminator, Bourne series, Kill Bill

11 years ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin

Amelie. Romantic, but also beautifully shot and composed.
Slumdog Millionaire. Essentially a love story but so much more than that.

11 years ago - Tony Oldham

True Romance mixes both genres well (Tarantino) ... True Lies...

Thelma & Louise & Columbiana good Female action films that are quite smart movies ...

11 years ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin

'Love Actually' is underrated! Yes it's gratuitously Curtis, but it is playful and well constructed with the intertwined stories.

11 years ago - Marlom Tander

Wild at Heart.

I saw it a few months after I and my then girlfriend were first on the scene of a car cash. About 2am and it had happened just moments earlier. It is still the only such scene that I ever seen that captured the reality of what it was like.

11 years ago - Tony Oldham

True Romance (Tarantino script & Director Tony Scott (one of greatest action directors now dec'd)
Another mixed action/ romance genre - Mr & Mrs Smith