What I Like About Action Movies

For as long as I can remember, I have been a film buff. I like movies of all kinds, from suspense, to comedies, to documentaries, and everything in between. Of all of the different cinematic genres, however, action movies still hold a special place in my heart.

From the time I was a boy, I remember my father going to the video store and picking up a handful of movies for us to watch over the weekend. I remember that one of the first films I ever saw was Rambo: First Blood, a great action movie starting my favorite actor from that time period. It was amazing, because I think I was only six years old, but I still remember getting a lot out of it and really enjoying the movie. The reason I say it is amazing is because I can watch it today, 27 years later, and I still think it is great.

Another film from that era starred one of the greatest actors in action movies history, Arnold Schwartzenegger, and that movie was Commando. I always thought the way that Arnold lived was so cool, out in the woods, alone. Today the idea does not seem so appealing to me, but back then, it was all I wanted to do.

One of the action movies that will always hold a special place in my heart is Lone Wolf McQuade. This was for a couple of reasons. First, it was set in my home state of Texas. Second, the main character was a Texas Ranger, which I have always admired. Third, and most important, is that it was a movie that my father and I watched together, and both of us really liked.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was one of the action movies that my brother really enjoyed. I remember him actually making up a game that we both played outside in which we were characters from the movie. He set up obstacles and traps from which we had to escape.

Even in today's era of action movies, such as The Bourne Identity or Transformers, there is a level of excitement that most other genre's fail to achieve. What I mean by that is, while other types of movies might be just as interesting or even better overall, they don't seem to keep you on the edge of your seat the way that action movies do.

Action movies will always have a place in my heart because I rarely see one where I don't feel like it was at least fun to watch. They keep your mind occupied, and they take viewers into a world that most of us have never seen before. I think that those are some of the things that make them so special.