Quote:I don't know if I count the Indiana Jones or Star Wars movies as action films for the purposes of this question. There was a lot more depth to their stories than, say, Die Hard or Terminator 2. T2, for example, was a movie about blowing stuff up that happened to have a little bit of plot behind it. Empire, on the other hand, was a movie with a lot of plot behind it that involved some blowing up of stuff.

 

I'll throw a dark horse out there: GoldenEye. Yes, it had a plot that was a little more complex than "kill bad guys in a building to save hostages", but that plot was pretty much just the setup for lots of stunts, explosions, gun battles, sex, etc. It was the perfect Bond movie for the time, and one of my favorites in the series. If only they hadn't spent the next three films trying to recapture its mindless fun with paper-thin plots, poorly-done action sequences and terrible acting.