Best Action Films of 1986
The Transformers: The Movie
In this theatrically released ... little more than a feature-length toy commercial, but it has since grown in stature to become a cult favorite. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Eye of the Tiger
The budget may be ... struggle between Buck and Blade. You've seen it all before, but in this case familiarity does not breed contempt. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
After receiving a mysterious ... white tribe. In his search, Quatermain discovers a lost civilization. This film is a follow-up to King Solomon's Mines. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Cobra
Crime is the disease ... comes racing into town to get Ingrid, but Cobra is there waiting for them, ready to spring into action. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Armed Response
Fred Olen Ray always ... a shootout. Mortally wounded, Goss brings the statue home, at which point a vengeful Carradine picks up the storyline. [ best action films - 1986 ]
The Delta Force
Menahem Golan melds a ... Norris), who was planning to retire but is called back into action for one last heroic stand against terrorism. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Raw Deal
A former FBI agent ... Schwarzenegger's '80s box-office appeal. Director John Irvin would return the following year with the gritty Vietnam drama Hamburger Hill. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Nick Randall (Rutger Hauer) ... agent and former partner Philmore Walker. Nick tries to avoid being one of many caught in Malak's murderous bloodbath. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Miami Vice: Season 03
Season Three of the ... Showbiz"; and the great Dutch actor Jeroen Krabbe figures prominently in the Season Three finale, "Heroes of the Revolution." [ best action films - 1986 ]
MacGyver: Season 02
Season two of MacGyver ... -- who though he is supposedly killed at episode's end, will be back for more mayhem in subsequent seasons. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Black Moon Rising
A John Carpenter story ... Quint...and round and round we go. The "Black Moon" of the title is the name Quint's high-tech, low-slung vehicle. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Firewalker
Firewalker stars Chuck Norris ... Native Americans throw roadblocks in their path, but the fearless trio forge onward toward the temple and their destiny. [ best action films - 1986 ]
The A-Team: Season 05
The fifth and final ... a fashion, with his former Man From U.N.C.L.E. co-star David McCallum (here cast as one of the bad guys!). [ best action films - 1986 ]
Big Trouble in Little China
Playing in a manner ... a genuine, bonafide sorceror (James Hong), the ghost of a 3000 year old warlord. And that's just for starters. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Bloodsport
Jean-Claude Van Damme makes ... production values, Bloodsport scores big-time in the violent action department. A sequel followed in 1995, inventively titled Bloodsport 2. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Flight of the Navigator
The year is 1978: ... the seventies, Cramer hopes to retrace the steps of his alien abductors and get back to his own time. [ best action films - 1986 ]
The Golden Child
Eddie Murphy followed up ... love with Kee Nang, who at one point in the film has to be brought back from the dead. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Shanghai Express
This slapstick Hong Kong ... often executed with a surprising level of consistency, and director Hung has succeeded in this genre on many occasions. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Jake Speed
An adventure tale for ... eventually find the nation where she's being held -- which happens to be in the middle of a revolution. [ best action films - 1986 ]
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Cinematographer Michael Chapman directed ... for their own good while Ayla's continues to try the patience of the tribe with her unspeakable feminist demands. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Banzai Runner
Starring Dean Stockwell and ... (Stockwell) to see that justice is done. He accomplishes this by assuming a false identity and joining the race. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Righting Wrongs
Kung fu star and ... Soon Hsia is scaling building, battling baddies and clinging to helicopters. Roy Chiao Hung and Wu Ma also appear. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Rambo [Animated TV Series]
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Keeping Track
In this suspenseful thriller ... Russians, and others while simultaneously trying to discover where the money came from and what to do with it. [ best action films - 1986 ]
King Kong Lives
Pandering über-producer Dino De ... size of freeway signs, leading viewers to believe that the joke's on them for sitting through this inane exercise. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Eastern Condors
Actor/director Sammo Hung gathered ... to eliminate any Vietnamese among the heroes and cuts three sequences available in subtitled import editions from other distributors. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Ninja the Protector
In this actioner, a ... ninja takes on a ninja crime lord. [ best action films - 1986 ]
The Patriot
This action film centers ... his old girlfriend Sean (Simone Griffeth), Sean's spurned and ego-maniacal boyfriend Mitchell (Jeff Conaway) comes forcefully into the picture. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Scorpion
This martial arts film ... Soon the glamorous locations are transformed into the interiors of bedrooms and hospital wards as the body count rises. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Quiet Cool
This actioner is set ... and warns him to stay out of it. Dillon disobeys, and that is where all the action comes in. [ best action films - 1986 ]
The Delos Adventure
In this Cold-War era ... the original entourage, only four survive. While trying to survive, the researchers learn the truth about their scientific assignment. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Legacy of Rage
The first film role ... better showcase for his martial arts abilities than his later American films; each film would progressively de-emphasize his skills. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Escuadron De La Muerte
Police Captain Balbuena (Mario ... family are gunned down. The feature contains effective slices of comedy and violence and is a good action programmer. [ best action films - 1986 ]
The Alamut Ambush
In this follow-up to ... War Killer, a government agent turns the tables on his would-be assassins and goes after them. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Assassin
In this made-for-television drama, ... into to service to stop a megalomaniacal scientist's killer robot from assassinating the President and other major political figures. [ best action films - 1986 ]
The Bronx Executioner
NYC humans attempt to ... themselves against attacks from malevolent androids in this sci-fi martial arts actioner. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Clash of the Ninja
Ninjas of all kinds ... White ninja and the ninja's of Interpol. Also featured are an exploding ninja, and one with a rotating head. [ best action films - 1986 ]
G.I. Joe: The Movie
In this animated children's ... Joe and his friends must defend the world when it is threatened by Golobulus and his evil COBRA team. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Island Warriors
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Mr. Vampire
Ricky Lau directs this ... four sequels, but the whole horror-comedy subgenre that exemplified Hong Kong cinema during the late '80s and early '90s. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Ninja Blacklist
In this actioner, a ... of courageous fighters take on the vicious crime lord the Iron Hand. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Ninja Dragon
The Ninja Dragon begins ... to bring an end to all ninjas, and also to rescue the kidnapped daughter of one of their mentors. [ best action films - 1986 ]
The Ninja Squad
In this actioner, ninja ... battle it out for power and prestige. [ best action films - 1986 ]
The Shaolin Disciple
This action film follows ... adventures of a number of Kung Fu fighters. [ best action films - 1986 ]
C.A.T. Squad
William Friedkin, a product ... up. First telecast August 27, 1986, C.A.T Squad was followed by a TV movie sequel, C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Urusei Yatsura Movie 4: Lum the Forever
Lum the Forever is ... overbaked. But don't feel bad: even fans of the series had trouble following the plot twists in this one! [ best action films - 1986 ]
The Young Hero of the Shaolin 2
When a group of ... are kidnapped by a heartless group of criminals, it is up to one brave man to rescue them. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Verdugo De Traidores
An honest lawman declares ... clear that his efforts don't go far enough to please Santa Cruz, who takes matters into his own hands. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Royal Warriors
This sequel to Yes, ... danger is the result -- but not for the high-kicking protagonists. A romance also blooms between Michelle and Michael. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Un Hombre Violente
This fast-paced tale of ... of blood. Along the way, friends and female relationships, as well as music, add needed dimensions to the story. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Heroes Shed No Tears
A group of Chinese ... horrific brutality of war in a fashion that would be more successful in his later Bullet in the Head. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Cop Chases
Cop Chases features footage ... real-life car chases between police-officers and a variety of dangerous criminals. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Ninja: The Final Duel
A holy man must ... also released on video as Shaolin Dolemite, featuring new scenes and bizarre dubbed dialogue featuring comedian Rudy Ray Moore. [ best action films - 1986 ]
Project A-Ko: Love and Robots [Anime OVA Series]
While the film Project ... marked to a more mainstream audience, and so some racy content still slips by, hinting at the series' origins. [ best action films - 1986 ]
