Monday, August 25, 2008

21 Gun Salute: Can't Knock the Hustle

Action movies are infused with a super adrenaline rush. You know the kind that makes your heart race, pulling you to the edge of your seat, keeping you hypnotized with anticipation.

I thoroughly enjoy action movies. Not your typical action flicks with weak story lines, bombs blasting, and guns raining havoc. I'm talking about action movies with colorful characters. Characters that snatch you by the collar who demand your undivided attention.

I enjoy those diabolical characters who turn to a life of crime, thievery, gangsters, hit(wo)men, and drug dealers with nothing to lose. This is my 21 gun salute to those wild cowboys and cowgirls who are ready to die for their cause. Not in any particular order.

1. Heat (DeNiro and Pacino)
2. The Professional
3. True Romance
4. A Bronx Tale
5. Black Caesar (A powerful drug dealer tale many have stolen from)
6. Hell up In Harlem ( Part II to Black Caesar)
7. Gloria (Gena Rowlands)
8. Blue Hill Avenue
9. Sugar Hill
10. Menace II Society
11. The Usual Suspects
12. Carlito's Way
13. American Gangster
14. A Long Kiss Goodnight
15. The God Father Trilogy
16. Once Upon a Time in America
17. Inside Man
18. Training Day
18. Steal
19. Juice
20. Scarface
21. Ronin
22. The Italian Job
23. The Bank Job
24. Good Fellas
25. Chaos
26. Mobsters
27. Man on Fire
28. Pulp Fiction
29. The Point of No Return
30. Truth or Consequences
31. Street Kings
32. Dirty (Cuba Gooding Jr.)
33. Harsh Times

34. Shadow Boxer
35. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

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