6/24/07--Greatest action films ever????

The list is courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.
Snappy comments courtesy of yours truly.

25) The Incredibles: What...no Jonny Quest??
Why is a cartoon on this list???
24) Lethal Weapon: Seems awful low for this list.
23) Drunken Master II: The Jackie Chan entry.
Personally, I liked his movie where he jumped from a rope ladder hanging from a helicopter down to a moving train. NO stunt man. Wow!
22) Predator: Much like LW, seems too low for the list.
21) SpiderMan 2--loved the movie...great fight scene with Spidey & Doc Ock...don't know if it belongs on the list though.
20) Kill Bill Vol I: Some great action sequences.
How about the fight scenes inside the House of the Blue Leaves? Yowsa.
19) Goldfinger: I guess this is the James Bond entry. Personally I would've gone for From Russia With Love--great fight scene on a train between Connery & Robert Shaw. Come to think of it, the new Bond movie had a terrific opening sequence involving a chase on a construction site.
18) The Adventures of Robin Hood: this is the original--the Errol Flynn version, which is still the best of the Robin Hood films, IMO. Not sure it belongs on this list though.
17) The Bourne Supremacy: Out does Bond at...being Bond.
16) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Loved the movie...don't really think of it as an "action movie" though.
15) Enter the Dragon: Bruce Lee entry.
14) RoboCop: Terrifically underrated film, great action sequences and some hilarious satire in the commercial parodies.
13) The Wild Bunch: Legendary western with one of the alltime great shootouts, but I can't help thinking that there are some terrific John Wayne & Clint Eastwood movies that didn't make the cut.
12) The Empire Strikes Back: Pretty much regarded as the best of the Star Wars movies...don't know if it belongs here though.
11) Speed: Keanu Reeves...remember him? Best part of any action hero is having a credible and fun bad guy (sorta like wrestling)...Dennis Hopper was great here.
10) Terminator 2-Judgement Day: Arnold at his zenith here. Broke all sorts of new ground with the CGI--"liquid metal"
9) Hard Boiled: I'm so glad they included this movie on the list. With apologies to The Wild Bunch, the greatest movie shootout of alltime is featured here, as action superhero Chow Yun Fat shoots it out with the bad guys...in a hospital.
Including...the maternity ward. With a newborn in one hand. Folks,it don't get much better than that.
8) Saving Private Ryan: great war movie included most likely because of the unforgettable opening 30 minutes.
7) Gladiator: Okay, the stuff with the tigers is a little hokey, but there are some terrific fight sequences here...Maximus--father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife...were you not entertained???
6) Seven Samurai: One of the alltime greats..but does it still pack its original punch?
5) The Matrix: Basically redefined the genre.
4) The Road Warrior: Well, since its one of my top 2 films of alltime...you know I'm not going to be disappointed. The article includes the awesome opening narration:

"The gangs took over the highways, ready to wage war for a tank of juice. And in this maelstrom of dacay, ordinary men were battered and smashed.
Men like Max...In the roar of an engine, he lost everything. And became a shell of a man...a man who wandered out into the wasteland. And it was here, in this blighted place, that he learned...to live again."

Man...that's some good stuff.

3) Raiders of the Lost Ark: Pretty much goes without saying, ya know?
2) Aliens: Sigourney...kickin a little alien ass.

and number 1?

1) Die Hard: Great movie...great lead character and performance by Willis, but what made the movie truly GREAT was Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber.
Just my opinion though.

Here's a couple of movies that I sorta figured would've made the list:

Braveheart
Dirty Harry
Jaws

Anyway....thoughts?