Action in the eighties: A golden era in the action genre, a period of transformation and refinement, where the stylistic leanings of action moved away from the traditional taut suspense plotlines and hardedged badass archetypes of Bronson and Eastwood to embrace orgiastic violence, oiled biceps and heavy Regan era political overtones.
Personally I love the entire catalogue, it's a horrific, ignimonious perversion of artistic expression and the entire medium itself, yet I still love Commando and Rambo First Blood Part II...
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