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Blake Thompson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 5 Aug 1997 20:18:41 -0600
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True Lies seems to be the most apt example from the action movies,
especially with its banal plot and wild-eyed fundamentalist
terrorists...
 
Raid on Entebbe (1977)
 
 
 
>
> <<
>  "Die Hard"(classic movie terrorists.  First one is best, but the other 2
>  have terrorists too)
>   "Sword of Gideon" (about retribution for terrorism)
>  "Air Force One"
>  "Passenger 57"
>  "Patriot Games"
>  "Blown Away"
>  "Speed"
>  "Navy Seals"?
>  "Crying Game"  (I know it's not most famous for that, but weren't the
>  people holding Forrest Whitaker terrorists?)
>  "Broken Arrow"?
>  upcoming "Peacekeeper" (or "Peacemaker", I don't remember which)
>   >>
>
> Add "Executive Decision" to the list (Kurt Russell, and an extremely, and
> thankfully,  short-lived Steven Seagal).
>
 
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