Action Movies With a Surprising Spontaneity
Of course fans go to see action movies primarily to experience the non-stop, death-defying enjoyment involved with such movies, but some action movies have made a strategic attempt to provide a counterpoint to everyone that action, in the form of some witty relief. The strategy makes good notiion, because it's hard to maintain the thrill-a-second strategy in a movie, without allowing the viewers to catch their inhale occasionally. Here are five action movies that are notable for the humorous debate included in the films.
There was plenty of action and plenty of wit in this movie, which ended up being a huge box-office attraction, and a major starring vehicle for professional Will Smith. Smith as a matter of fact, provided a lot of the wit in the movie, especially during his encounters with the aliens invading earth. There was also plenty of wit from scientist Jeff Goldblum and his father in this movie, which consistently maintained a good balance between action and funny.
This is one of those action movies which can now be regarded as a classic, but it was one of the first movies which literally appeared to contain non-stop perils that Indianapolis Jones was required to extricate himself from. In between each new danger, Indianapolis were able to find time to provide some clever quips and cynical wit which made the movie more inviting, and the Indianapolis Jones character more endearing to audiences everywhere.
The plot of this action movie centers around Kurt Russell as a truck driver who gets embroiled in a kidnapping. There is plenty of martial arts action which is fun to watch, and there's also some very funny debate in the movie between Russell and his Cookware antagonists. At times, the debate gets a little cheesy, but that was deliberate, and the movie remains great fun to watch for both its wit and its action sequences.
Actually, the entire catalog of Terminator movies follow the same successful formula of providing lots of action scenes, interspersed with plenty of one-liners which are meant to be remembered and repeated endlessly dramacool. The funny lines are made even more humorous because they're usually delivered by Arnold Schwarzenegger in his deadpan style, and at critical moments in the films. In 'The Terminator', Schwarzenegger first introduced this movie style which all of those other films in the franchise have duplicated, and which have helped make the series very successful at the box office.
The action in this movie from the Batman franchise has been termed proceeding at a dizzying pace, which is a fair assessment. It was also acclaimed for the fantastic performance of Heath Ledger as the The Joker, who provided dark wit throughout the movie, as well as being involved in many of the most frenetic action sequences. Arguably the best of the Batman movies, this film will be remembered as one of the great action movies involving superheroes, as well as the one which was spread throughout with very dark, almost black, wit.
