The 25 Greatest Action Films Ever!
Trends come and go, but Hollywood's always been good at blowing stuff up. With ''Die Hard 4'' about to strike, we rank the movies that delivered the biggest bang for the buck, from No. 25 to No. 1
By Marc Bernardin Updated June 14, 2007 at 07:00 PM EDT
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Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, ...
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Jackie Chan, The Legend of Drunken Master
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Predator, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Tobey Maguire, Spider-Man 2
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Kill Bill -- Vol. 1, Uma Thurman | THE BRIDE (UMA THURMAN) Most Badass Moment: In one of the most eye-popping action sequences ever, Thurman's vengeful assassin fights the Crazy 88, a Tokyo
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Matt Damon, The Bourne Supremacy
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Ziyi Zhang, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Peter Weller, RoboCop
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Warren Oates, William Holden, ...
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Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, ...
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Robert Patrick, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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Hard Boiled, Chow Yun-Fat | A detective and a deep-cover operative unite to depose a crime lord. Simple, right? But in John Woo's hands, Hard-Boiled is an action dream that
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Russell Crowe, Gladiator
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Toshiro Mifune
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Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, ...
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Harrison Ford, Raiders of the Lost Ark
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Sigourney Weaver, Aliens
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Die Hard, Bruce Willis
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