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Good movie with terrible action sequences

posted 10 years ago by zeledonia
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This whole series is marked by horrible action sequences. The shootout scenes are comically bad, and really bring the movies down. They're also completely unnecessary, or completely excessive, IMO. I'm supposed to believe that 3 guys with handguns and a couple shotguns are going to take down 30+ with machine guns? And reloading is only necessary for dramatic effect. Bad guys can't hit a barn if they're standing inside it; good guys can pick off a shooter at 50 yards with a handgun.

Whose influence was it that shoehorned these awful scenes into otherwise decent movies?

[–] wallacesawyer 10 years ago

The gun fight continued without much casualties. The bad guys didn't surrender until police backup arrived.

I got nothing against the action scenes.

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[–] Number_One_Birdlawyer 10 years ago

Standard 80's action scenes

[–] 5535 10 years ago

I loved the action scenes! They weren't too overdone, or too unrealistic. Sure, the good guys would have likely been hit a few times during the ending, but this is a MOVIE, and a comedy from the 80's, so some liberties were taken.

The ending with Victor getting killed was pretty spot on!

I hope part four is close to as good as the original.

[–] estcst-3 10 years ago

As someone who's done a bit of shooting... yeah, a guy who's trained with a pistol is more accurate than a guy shooting a submachine gun off the hip. Why would that be so hard to believe?

[–] manofsteel4455 10 years ago

Why do cynical people even bother watching movies or any other kind of entertainment?

[–] grrrdevin 10 years ago

Beg the question much?

[–] ItsEddieHaskellBeyotch 10 years ago

The action sequences from Beverly Hills Cop were copied by almost every cop action movie for the rest of the 1980s. Even Fletch seemed to be influenced.

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[–] Cognoscente (2720) 3 years ago

The action sequences from Beverly Hills Cop were copied by almost every cop action movie for the rest of the 1980s. Even Fletch seemed to be influenced.

Even Jackie Chan's Police Story was influenced by it: https://popcultmaster.com/2018/10/02/zodiac-brothers/

[–] davodikum (6203) 3 years ago

Love police story

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[–] Creasy47 10 years ago

If you thought these action sequences were unrealistic for an action movie, I'm curious as to what type of action film you do enjoy.

[–] jim_high_budget 10 years ago

have you seen Commando?

[–] DracTarashV 10 years ago

They're not spectacular, but are they entertaining? Yes, very much.

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