40 Bits of Trivia About Action Movies to Recite Dramatically As You Dump Hans Gruber Off the Top of Nakatomi Plaza

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40 Bits of Trivia About Action Movies to Recite Dramatically As You Dump Hans Gruber Off the Top of Nakatomi Plaza

Just call us the Tom Joad of action movie facts. Because wherever theres a villain gettin blown to smithereens, well be there. Wherever theres a cyborg from the future sent to kill a guys mom before hes even born, well be there. And wherever theres a cop beatin up a good guy, well be there.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger has said I'll be back in other movies besides the Terminator franchise. Eleven other movies, to be exact. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Mission: Impossible — Fallout

The Mission: Impossible - Fallout team built a hallway set just so they could film a reference to 1967's Point Blank. B CRACKED.COM

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Mission: Impossible 7

Apparetly, one Mission: Impossible 7 stunt took weeks of preparation. POLICE NIOS It involved a stuntman on a motorcycle jumping off a high ramp, and it's not just one of the most expensive action sequences that have been shot in England, it also took six weeks of preparation beforehand. CRACKED.COM

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Morbius

MORBIUS EASTER EGGS THE BLIP Spider-Man's Vulture enters the MCU (Morbius Cinematic Universe) the same way Venom left the mainstream MCU- as a result of Doctor Strange's spell. CRACKED.COM

Captain America

What if Spider-man was in the MCU? Captain America's sidekick? Andrew Garfield almost stayed as Spider-Man, crossing over into the MCU and meeting Captain America. CRACKED.COM

Solo

Alden Ehrenreich's favorite on-set moment during the filming Of Solo: A Star Wars Story was an impromptu snowball fight. They were filming in the Dolo

The Terminator (Yep, Again)

CRACKED.COM CSM-101 James Cameron and his movies Не denies that O.J. Simpson was considered for The Terminator. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been telling that story for years, but according to Cameron himself, Arnold is literally just wrong.

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

October on hulu October 1 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The first draft for the script was extremely vague about the fight scenes, simply describing them as, the greatest fight scenes ever written in cinema history. CRACKED.COM

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Avengers: Endgame

In addition to the Cap VS Cap fight in Avengers: Endgame we almost got a Thor vs Thor one too. There were plans to have Lebowski Thor fight his form

Transformers

Michael Bay and his movies C 01 Transformers Megatron is no longer a gun for a reason. According to the writers, it'd be like having Darth Vader transform into his own lightsaber and someone else swinging him around.' CRACKED.COM

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The Matrix

A big reason the Wachowskis' movie action is SO great? Slow motion. Action scenes are pretty chaotic and busy, and slowing them down lets you take in

Jurassic Park

Classic movies crushed at the box office Last Action Hero was flattened by Jurassic Park. Last Action Hero was a box office flop, quickly losing to Jurassic Park which came back into theaters. CRACKED

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Edge of Tomorrow

Tired action tropes that still work Unlikely action hero Ever since Die Hard, action movies have been trying to transform normal dudes into unwitting heroes. One of the best recent examples is Tom Cruise's William Cage, in Edge of Tomorrow. Just give us that damn sequel! CRACKED.COM

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