8 Best Action Movies Of The 1980s

7. Predator

Unlike Bruce, Sly et al, Arnie is at home in sci-fi/action hybrids and has never stubbed his toe on a clunker like Surrogates or Demolition Man, making him the perfect choice to face off against an extra-terrestrial who hunts humans for sport. The director is Die Hard€™s John McTiernan, so the movie leans more heavily towards action than sci-fi, and he knows how to generate tension so that it never turns into a cheesy monster movie the way those Predator Vs Aliens (or whatever) films did. He even manages to keep Jesse €œI ain€™t got time to bleed€ Ventura from looking too stupid when all he does is call his colleagues a €œbunch of slack-jawed faggots€ and mow down half the jungle with Ol€™ Painless. Ventura, by the way, later became mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, and was elected Governor of Minnesota in 1998, beating Arnie€™s gubernatorial ambitions by 5 years. Another member of Predator€™s cast, former porn star Sonny Landham, later ran for Governor of Kentucky. No conclusions here, just some food for thought.