The very best action hero one-liners

Action heroes are also great at improvising smart one-liners and so to sum up the best of the best, here is a great list curated by the Actionny review team.

King Leonidas

"This is Sparta!"

Gerard Butler, 300

Harry Callahan

"You've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry

Hauser

"Consider that a divorce"

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Total Recall

President James Marshall

"Get off my plane!"

Harrison Ford, Air Force One

Captain Steven Hiller

"Welcome to earth"

Will Smith, Independence Day

RoboCop

"Dead or alive, you're coming with me"

Peter Weller, RoboCop

Cobra

"You're a disease, and I'm the cure"

Sylvester Stallone, Cobra

Tony Montana

"Say hello to my little friend!"

Al Pacino, Scarface

Lisa

"Hey, terrorist! Terrorise this!"

Kristen Miller, Team America: World Police

Judge Dredd

"I am the LAW!"

Sylvester Stallone, Judge Dredd

The Terminator

"Hasta-la-vista baby!"

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator 2: Judgment Day

John Cutter

"Always bet on black"

Wesley Snipes, Passenger 57

John Matrix

"You know how I said I'll kill you last? I lied"

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Commando

Mason Storm

"I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!"

Steven Seagal, Hard To Kill

Blain

“I ain’t got time to bleed”

Jesse Ventura, Predator

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Pump-up Your Adrenalin With These eBooks

Action eBooks are filled with a high-octane fun ride that gives readers all the fights and explosions they can handle. They take you places that you can only imagine. Here are some of the best adrenaline-pumping action eBooks.

Dead Man's Steel - Luke Scull

Originally published in December 2016, this eBook is the 3rd volume in Scull's Grim Company Series. The gripping epic continues, and the Grim Company has to battle a deadly new enemy determined to eradicate all of humanity. Sasha, a former rebel, and her friend Davarus Cole are having a hard time trying to ensure peace between the conflicting mages contending for dominion.

Rick Riordan's Tristan Strong Destroys the World

Riordan, one of the best selling authors, present the 2nd eBook in the NY Times best-selling Kwame Mbalia's Tristan Strong trilogy. In the book, Tristan Strong is coming from an adventure in Alke. He's tired and suffering from the post-traumatic stress disorder. But there is no resting when he learns that a mysterious villain has abducted his grandmother for revenge.

Brick - Conrad Jones

Originally published on July 27, 2016, Brick is a gripping standalone eBook that will keep you reading to the last page. When a teen was walking his dog, he became a victim of an unprovoked attack. As a result, a murder investigation begins. What follows is a vicious twist of fate that made his beloved family become the target of a brutal campaign of terror.

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Five fascinating facts about action star Jason Statham

Jason Statham has emerged as one of the most bankable action stars of the last couple of decades. He has starred in a host of action movies and sequels, including the Transporter, Expendables and The Fast and Furious franchise. Here are some facts you may not know about Jason Statham:

1. Jason Statham was born in Derbyshire, England in July 1967

2. Statham was an accomplished diver and was on the Great Britain diving team. He competed at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand however his biggest regret was that he never qualified for the Olympic Games.

3. He appeared in the video for the song Run to the Sun by British pop group Erasure, whose most famous hit was Give a Little Respect.

4. When his big acting break came in the 1998 movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, directed by Guy Ritchie, Statham was selling knockoff jewelry and perfume in London. He had already done some modelling work by this stage which is where Ritchie came across him. His demeanour left enough of an impression on Ritchie that he wrote the part of Bacon with Statham in mind.

5. Statham does many of his stunts on his moves, citing Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan as inspirations. Although, that dedication to his craft almost proved fatal during the filming of Expendables 3. Statham was driving a large truck when the brakes failed and he crashed in the Black Sea. However, drawing on all his diving and swimming expertise, he was able to pull off a dramatic underwater escape.

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Best Action- Packed Ebooks Everyone Must Read

Many people love watching action movies because of the display of events that includes frantic chases, rescues, and extended fighting. The genre is closely related to the adventure and thriller genres. Here are some of the best action ebooks that will keep you glued to your screen. Moriarty - Anthony Horowitz

Published on October 23, 2014, Moriarty is the follow-up to the follow-up to the 2011 novel The House of Silk. The ebook tells the story of Athelney Jones and Frederick Chase as they attempt to stop a new criminal mastermind who wants to take over the streets of the British Capital after Moriarty's death.

The glory of Rome - D. Jackson

Agricola, the governor, plans to march north. He intends to secretly move his family away from Domitian’s wrath. His preparations come into a pause when a Roman garrison is murdered. However, his wife and son still have hopes of moving to a land far away from the Romanian rules. Valerius decides to fight his way out. In doing so, he put his family in jeopardy.

Rogue - J.B Turner

 

Turner’s Rogue is about a conspiracy thriller for the die-hard fans of the famous actor Jason Bourne! A CIA agent, Nathan Stone, who was reported dead in combat now works for an ultra secret government organization as an assassin. He now has one aim, to hunt down and eliminate any enemies against the state. Nathan's plan to assassinate Senator Brad Crichton is compromised when the kill list is leaked to the press. Stone stealthily tries to eliminate Crichton before the truth gets out.

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Who Is the Real John Wick?

With the third and final installment of the John Wick saga in theatres, fans can be forgiven for thinking that the unbeatable Wick could in no way be based on a real life figure. And while it’s true that the script is an original conception by script writer Derek Kolstad, the spark that grew into the flame that is John Wick can be found buried deep within the trivia section of the John Wick IMDB page:

“The story is loosely inspired by an incident in Texas involving former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, who wrote Lone Survivor, about his fire-team's ordeal during Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan in 2005. Luttrell was given a yellow labrador puppy, whom he named DASY, after the members of his fireteam.

On April 1, 2009, at about 1:00 a.m., Luttrell was awakened by a gunshot, and saw four men drive away. DASY was dead in his yard from a gunshot wound. He armed himself with two 9 mm Beretta pistols and chased the men through four counties in his truck until police apprehended them. They taunted Luttrell, threatened to kill him, and indicated no remorse for their actions. They were later sentenced for animal cruelty. Luttrell stated later, "I spared them, because I've killed enough people already."

So yes, it would appear that John Wick is mostly a fabrication, but there’s a hint of truth behind every story that’s make belief!

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What’s To Come of Deadpool

Now that Disney is one step closer to world dominance thanks to their acquisition of Fox, and now that Deadpool has been officially announced as part of the plans for the MCU Phase 5, fans have a lot to wonder. For starters, the kind of language commonly associated with the Merc With a Mouth isn’t exactly Disney appropriate. But if dumbed down for the larger audience and to meet the standards for the rest of the MCU’s offerings, will some of the magic from the first two films be lost?

While promoting Hobbes & Shaw, his latest offering, Deadpool 2 director David Leitch had this to say on the matter: “It’s rated R so that’s not necessarily the [MCU] brand but he doesn’t necessarily need to be R and [Disney] don’t necessarily need to only make PG-13 movies,” Leitch told Yahoo Movies UK. “I think we’ll find a happy ground.”

Leitch isn’t the only one weighing in on the R-rated raunchiness of Deadpool’s antics. Back in February Disney CEO Bob Eiger said “We see that there is certainly popularity amongst Marvel fans for the R-rated Deadpool films,” and, “We’re going to continue in that business and there might be room for more of that.”

Clearly, only time will tell what’s to come of the foul-mouthed mercenary and his ragtag group of friends, but one way or another we’re definitely looking forward to seeing Deadpool reunite with the rest of his MCU family.

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Action Packed Movies and the Books They’re Based on

2019 and 2020 are set to be great years for action movies, and some of the most anticipated releases are actually based on some thrilling, critically acclaimed books. Here are two of the films we can’t wait to see, and the books they’re based on.

Scheduled for release in August this year, The Informer is set to be a thrill from start to finish. Starring Rosamund Pike, Joel Kinnaman, Clive Owen, and several notable others, the NYC set story actually takes its inspiration from 3 Seconds by Anders Roslund & Borge Hellström, a Swedish duo. Originally set in Stockholm, with scenes in Denmark and Poland, the book is a Scandinavian crime thriller that switches between several characters including a police detective, a criminal who has become a double agent, and a public prosecutor.

Despite some production delays pushing its release date up to 2020, Greyhound is set to be nothing short of epic. The wartime drama will star Tom Hanks and Elisabeth Shue, and while it’ll definitely tug at your heartstrings it also promises action packed battle scenes and heroics. Based on The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester, which has actually been adapted in the past, it tells the tale of U.S. Navy captain Commander Krause, who is caught in the events of World War II during the Battle of the Atlantic. Krause is forced to battle not just enemy forces, but his own past and insecurities.

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The Latest Action Movie Trends

It may be an established and storied industry, but the world of film is constantly changing and adapting to bring us, the audience, exactly what we’re craving. Here are three of the latest trends in the world of action movies.

Superheroes to the rescue! While DC may occasionally stumble and struggle with quality, Marvel has taken the world by storm, producing content that grosses billions of dollars between their own studio and licensed studios like Sony and Fox. Unsurprisingly, their success has inspired many other studios to undertake their own comic book adaptations, and even to create some original superhero content. Initially thought to be a fad, it looks like the superhero may just be here to stay.

The Netflix effect. There’s no denying the effect that Netflix has had on physical formats like DVD and BlueRay, but a surprising consequence of the Netflix revolution has been its effect on content. With more Netflix originals out than ever before, competing streaming services like Amazon have entered the game of original content, while HBO has been at it all along. The result has been action-packed productions that are faster and cheaper to make but still high in quality with a wide ranging reach.

Diversity. A long overdue change in the world of action and adventure has been a slow shift from the stereotypical white male action star to a more diverse array of heroes. Films like Black Panther and Wonder Woman have certainly advanced this trend while cashing in on it, and upcoming films like Captain Marvel will only continue the trend into the future.

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