Memorable catch-phrases from action movies

If you love a little action and entertainment in your life, then you will love these action-packed quotes curated by the Actionlu review team.

“I’ll be back.”

Terminator in “Terminator”

“Say hello to my little friend.”

Tony Montana in “Scarface”

“Go ahead, make my day.”

Harry Callahan in “Sudden Impact”

“Do you feel lucky, punk?”

Harry Callahan in “Dirty Harry”

“Hasta la vista, baby.”

Terminator in “Terminator 2”

“That’s not a knife, that’s a knife.”

Crocodile Dundee in “Crocodile Dundee II”

“Say ‘what’ again!”

Jules in “Pulp Fiction”

“If it bleeds, we can kill it.”

Dutch in “Predator”

“I ain’t got time to bleed.”

Blain in “Predator”

“Dodge this.”

Trinity in “The Matrix”

“Get off my plane.”

The President in “Air Force One”

“This is my BOOM STICK!”

Ash in “Army of Darkness”

Marcus Burnett in “Bad Boys 2”

“Good, bad, I’m the guy with the gun.”

Ash in “Army of Darkness”

“Forgiveness is between them and God. It’s my job to arrange the meeting.”

John Creasy in “Man on Fire”

“You’re a disease… and I’m the cure.”

Cobra Cobretti in “Cobra”

“Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and here the lamentation of their women.”

Conan in “Conan the Barbarian”

“Put the bunny back in the box.”

Cameron Poe in “Con Air”

“Consider that a divorce!”

Douglas Quade in “Total Recall”

“Pain don’t hurt.”

Dalton in “Road House”

“Leave the limbs you lost, those belong to me now.”

The Bride in “Kill Bill”

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Action and Adventure in Space

When the standard dose of action and adventure just isn’t enough to get your heart pumping and your blood flowing, why not take it to space? Here are three action adventure novels set in space that are sure to satisfy and thrill every bit as much as they entertain.

The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold. Part of a series following the saga of Miles Vorkosigan, a disabled military man whose intellect more than makes up for his disabilities, The Warrior’s Apprentice is a particularly action-packed installment that thrills with every page, and a shining example of why the Vorkosigan Saga has earned Bujold multiple Hugo awards.

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey. Once labelled “as close as you’ll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form” by io9, Corey’s tale of space adventure offers a little bit of everything, from mystery to romance, with a whole lot of thrills in between. Oh, and did we mention vomit zombies?

Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks. The third novel in the critically acclaimed Culture Series, Use of Weapons offers all the thrills we’ve come to expect from Banks, but this time in the form of a biography of a man called Cheradenine Zakalwe. Nominated for multiple awards and topping many fan favorite lists, it’s well worth the read.

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Action Packed Games and The Movies They Inspired

Here’s a quick look at two of our favorite action packed games and the at-times head scratching movies they spawned.

Assassin’s Creed. Ubisoft had a major hit on their hands with Assassin’s Creed. The first title in the franchise, released in 2007, has since spawned several sequels, not to mention a plethora of merchandising, novelizations, comic book adaptations, and a 2016 film starring Michael Fassbender. Unlike other video game adaptations, however, the Assassin’s Creed film featured an original story that felt wholly detached from the game. It may have met with mixed reviews, both from critics and from fans of the games, but it was a box office success, nearly doubling its $125 million production budget.

Doom. Nothing short of a classic in the video game world, the original Doom still enjoys a following to this very day despite a number of sequels and reboots. Some of those sequels attempted to make the game far more serious that its original incarnation, and such was the case with the movie, which made an attempt to be a genuine horror film. Starring such notable names as Dwayne Johnson, Karl Urban and Rosamund Pike, the film failed to appease fans of the game, this despite including a first person shooting sequence as a nod to its roots. The film flopped with critics, and didn’t manage to match its $60 million budget at the box office.

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The Iron Giant: A Sleepy Classic

Few lists of the best animated movies of all time would be complete without 1999’s Iron Giant. The Warner Bros feature, which marked the directorial debut of Brad Bird, was based on Ted Hughes’s 1968 novel The Iron Man and tells the story of a young boy named Hogarth Hughes. Hogarth, who is growing up in the height of the Cold War, finds and befriends a giant mechanical robot who fell to earth from outer space. The US military, suspecting the robot to be of Russian origin, set out to destroy him, with only Hogarth and a beatnik artist named Kent Mansley standing in their way.

Featuring the voices of Vin Diesel (as the Iron Giant), Eli Marienthal, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Christopher McDonald and John Mahoney, the film had all the making of an instant classic and no shortage of hype surrounding its release. The box office numbers proved otherwise, however. On a staggering budget of $70-80 million, the film only managed to gross $20 million in the US and $31 million worldwide, making it a huge flop for Warner Bros.

Audiences, however, didn’t turn their attention away from the film outright. Although its initial release attracted few to the cinema, critics praised the film’s innovative mix of computer and traditional animation, not to mention its captivating storyline. Slowly but surely audiences sought out the film and it developed a cult following, eventually leading to a 2015 remastered theatrical re-release.

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Fun Facts About Die Hard

While the arguments rage on as whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie, the fact of the matter is that it’s one of the most beloved movies of all time regardless of its status as a holiday classic. Here are two fun facts about Die Hard you may not have known.

Die Hard is based on a novel. Yes, that’s right, Bruce Willis’s action packed portrayal of detective John McClane is actually based on the adventures of detective Joe Leland, the principal character in Roderick Throp’s Nothing Lasts Forever. Although an adaptation of Throp’s novel, Die Hard did include some significant changes to the original story, notably the age of the protagonist (Willis played a much younger character) and the ending of the story, which was considerably happier in the movie.

John McClane is barefoot for nearly the entire movie. Early in the film McClane receives the following advice from a fellow airplane passenger: “You want to know the secret to surviving air travel? After you get where you’re going, take off your shoes and socks. Then you walk around on the rug barefoot and make fists with your toes. I know, it sounds crazy. Trust me, I’ve been doing it for nine years. Yes, sir! Better than a shower and a hot cup of coffee.” Little did he know that listening to that advice would leave him barefoot throughout a terrorist encounter. Even when McClane has the opportunity to lift some shoes from one of the terrorists they end up being too small. Sometimes you just can’t catch a break.

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Action Packed Shows Based on Books

With so many great movies based on our favorite novels released on a regular basis, it may be easy to forget that television often takes its inspiration from the literary world as well. Here are three of the many popular shows that take their inspiration from books.

Game of Thrones. It’s no secret to fans that HBO’s smash hit Game of Thrones was inspired by George R.R. Martin’s bestselling series A Game of Ice and Fire. Although substantial changes were made in later seasons by the show writers, the first season closely mimics the first book. Martin himself contributed some earlier scripts for the show before dedicating himself to finishing the last novel in the series.

Altered Carbon. Based on the 2002 novel of the same name, Altered Carbon tells the thrilling tale of a dystopian future like only Netflix can. Already renewed for a second season, we owe the first to British author Richard K. Morgan, whose book was brought to life by screenwriter and producer Laeta Elizabeth Kalogridis.

The 100. Action, excitement, and drama are to be found in abundance in The CW’s fan-favorite sci-fi show The 100. Although the show differs considerably form Kass Morgan’s series of young adult novels of the same name, The 100 nonetheless shares the basic premise of the novels: A scouting mission to earth to see if it’s still habitle manned by a group of teen criminals.

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