Only 10 Action Movies From the ’80s Are Truly Perfect From Start to Finish

Cinephiles tend to agree that it was the 1980s that saw the Golden Age of action cinema. How could it possibly be any other decade? It was the ’80s that marked the peak of practical stunts, the rise of larger-than-life stars, the explosion of gun fu in Hong Kong, and the arrival of some of the greatest action filmmakers in the history of Hollywood.