ACTION MOVIE BUCKET LIST
by matt on Apr.24, 2012, under Uncategorized
“Things to do in an action movie before I die” (An End of the World Exclusive)
- Shoot explosive-tipped arrows from a tactical compound bow. (Sylvester Stallone, Rambo: First Blood Part II, 1985)
- Jump a dirt bike onto the top of a moving freight train. (Michelle Yeoh, Police Story III, 1992)
- Karate-kick a tiger. (Jean-Claude Van Dame, Double Team, 1997)
- Stop a bullet by shooting another bullet at it. (Chow Yun-Fat, Full Contact, 1992)
- Fight in an underground martial arts tournament for my own personal reasons. (Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon, 1973. Jean Claude Van Damme, Bloodsport, 1988. Daniel Bernhardt, Bloodsport II-Bloodsport IV, 1996-1999. Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Bloodfist II, 1990. Jerry “Golden Boy” Trimble, Full Contact, 1993. Sasha Mitchell, Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor, 1994. Robin Shou, Mortal Kombat: The Movie, 1995)
- Jump out of a perfectly good airplane with no parachute. And live. (Keanu Reeves, Point Break, 1991)
- Slide under and out a semi trailer on a horse. (Chiranjeevi, Alluda Majaka, 1995)
- Nuke an entire planet from orbit. Because it’s the only way to be sure. (Colonial Marines, Aliens, 1986)
- Defeat Steven Seagal in a knife fight. (Not Tommy Lee Jones, Under Siege, 1992. Not Everett McGill, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, 1995)
- Snowboard off of a mountain and onto a helicopter. (Jackie Chan, First Strike, 1996)
- Shoot an attacking king crocodile with a .50 Desert Eagle pistol. (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eraser, 1996)
- Beat up an entire French police station floor-by-floor. (Jet Li, Kiss of the Dragon, 2001)
- Have an underwater fight to the death with a sumo wrestler. (Dolph Lundgren, Showdown in Little Tokyo, 1991)
- Kill career henchman Al Leong. (Mel Gibson, Lethal Weapon, 1987. Bruce Willis, Die Hard, 1988. Michael Douglas, Black Rain, 1989. Jean Claude Van Damme, Death Warrant, 1990. Brandon Lee, Rapid Fire, 1992)
- Face down a giant ball made of machine gun-toting killer Hindu androids. (Indian Police Force, Enthiran, 2010)
- Win a game of chicken between two city buses. (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Red Heat, 1988)
- Cave in a mountain pass with dynamite. (Burt Lancaster, The Professionals, 1966)
- Battle a giant ninja that splits into a battalion of regular-sized ninjas, including a female ninja who uses nudity as a diversionary tactic. (Yeung Chak-lam, Duel to the Death, 1983)
- Slide down the outside of a hundred-story glass skyscraper. (Jackie Chan, Who Am I?, 1998)
- Blow up a hundred-story glass skyscraper. (Alan Rickman, Die Hard, 1988)
- Free Mars. (Arnold Schwarzengger, Total Recall, 1990)

April 24th, 2012 on 11:36 pm
-Shatter an oil lantern, igniting a moonshine still (killing a handful of henchmen in the process), setting off a dynamite charge that blows up a swamp cabin (killing more henchmen), and forcing the main villain to shoot one of his own, screaming, immolated henchmen to put him out of his misery…all with a single, homemade arrow. (Wilford Brimley, Hard Target, 1993)