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You thought Face/Off kind of sucked? Ouch. I've always loved that movie, and it and The Rock are the films that solidified my love for Nic Cage. There are only a handful of films that old that I can remember actually watching in the theater, but Face/Off is one of them.
I'm surprised you didn't think T2 was creative. It's very different from the first film. The first obviously had action elements, but it was much smaller in scale and was arguably more of a horror film than an action film. T2 was much bigger, expanded on the Skynet idea, had great action setpieces, and introduced an very memorable villain in the T-1000.
I do think you're right that sci-fi ideas merging with straightforward action is a big part of why a lot of those movies were great. It gave you something interesting to think about while you're watching all the carnage. It wasn't just Navy Seals infiltrating a drug lord's compound of whatever.
I was a big fan of Hong Kong John Woo. His Hollywood stuff lacked the charm.
T2 was great, don't get me wrong. Outside the T-1000 though it was just kinda more of the same (to me).
Agreed. When I think of the 80's films it was a lot of martial arts and gun-fights. Not a lot of thought-provoking scenarios. Predator was a bit of sci-fi. Maybe that's why it's one of the best action films ever.