’80s Action Movies That Barely Had a Plot, and Didn’t Care (opens in new tab)

There’s a style of film known as the 80s action movie, where the plot is minimal, the hair is voluminous, and the action and one-liners are non-stop. They still exist to this day, albeit in different forms, but their name shows their origin: incredible action-packed movies that were about that action and nothing else. We aren’t making fun of these movies, since they took their craft very seriously. Many of the scenes shown in them required true craftsmanship, they just weren’t aiming to be hi...