The self-made cynic  (Top Five Challenge)
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List your top five favourite action movies which:
1) Do not contain a sci-fi or fantasy element (yes, this would eliminate many Kung-Fu movies)
2) Do not include a movie from the Die Hard series.

UPDATE:

I suppose I should include my own top five, to be fair:

INPO:

1. The Fugitive
2. The Rock
3. Mission Impossible
4. Casino Royale
5. Speed

And I list Kill Bill 1 as a runner-up, just because I guess it's on the "fantasy" borderline.

Damn. There's not much left over. Still, here we are (in no particular order):

1. Snatch
2. Fight Club
3. Gladiator
4. Hot Fuzz
5. Rumble in the Bronx

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Good list! Rumble in the Bronx would be a close one for me. It's just so much fun. My list updated above.

INPO:

The Bourne Identity
Romancing the Stone
Speed
The Mask of Zorro
Charlie's Angels

Not sure if any of those break your rules. I also kept Kill Bill since you feel it's borderline. I also left out L.A. Confidential since I guess it's more crime/police drama than action.


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Romancing the Stone! Yes! I want to redo my list now.

Fifth Element
Die Hard 1-4
Hero
Indiana Jones 1-3
Iron Man
Batman
All Jackie Chan movies
Ong Bakk
Starship Troopers
Aliens
True Lies
The Bourne Identity

...IT'S HARD!!


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Not that hard, evidently
Just pick two Jacky Chan movies and you're done.

Wow that's too restrictive for me. I typed out the list a few times and had to take items off each time.

Do Toy Story and Toy Story 2 count? I'd say they take place in "reality" -- not a sci-fi or fantasy type environment -- yet the concept of talking toys is clearly outside our everyday experience.

Hm.

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No, they don't count :)