the last great sci-fi action film
Moon – but not really action
Big Bang Love Juvenile A – though not action … natch
erm…
Minority Report was just OK not great
actually genuinely can’t think of anything
the best sci-fi action films are now videogames (if you see what I mean)
Halo: Comat Evolved
Metal Gear olid
Mass Effect
for starters…..
Oops, I forgot about the recent Star Trek film. That was a good one. Thanks Micky and whoever else brought that up.
@Underground
Have you seen the Firefly series? I think seeing the series (being familar with the characters) would make Serenity more enjoyable.
Re: Moon
I enjoyed that film, but I don’t think it qualifies as sci-fi action.
Sunshine is a sci-fi action, huh? I’ll definitely make more of an effort to see it.
Children of Men anyone?
yes, Children of Men was not a bad movie! oops, sorry i answered Moon, i didn’t get the title of the topic right, i didn’t notice the “action”! :D
the Cahiers critics, and directors Shinji Aoyama and Kiyoshi Kurosawa all had War of the Worlds in their top ten of the decade. Surprised no one has mentioned it so far while Minority Report ( much inferior to WOTW in my opinion ) has been mentioned several times.
Children of Men had enough action to qualify, but I personally never really loved the film. I think the devastation of the inability to reproduce didn’t hit me on a viceral level. Yes, the end of the human race is a big deal, but it didn’t impact me on an emotional level for some reason.
I thought the beginning of WotW was pretty thrilling, but the movie went downhill from there. All the sentimental family themes and feel good resolutions turned me off.
Were there any great non-American sci-fi action films in the past twenty years?
I think truly good science fiction usually makes for a lousy action film because good science fiction is about speculation and ideas.
2001 is good science fiction.
2001 is anything but a good action film.
Avatar
:)
Sunshine (I actually thought the 3rd part was brilliant and totally threw me for a loop)
Star Trek
The Matrix
Gattaca and Moon aren’t action movies but are still very good sci-fi movies.
Kael, in the book afterglow, had a real fondness for Galaxy Quest and (tho I tend to dislike scifi) it was for me a lot better than I would have thought
The Matrix (the 2nd and 3rd were horrible)
Serenity
Sunshine
Star Trek
Silent Running (an oldie but goodie!!)
starship troopers 1997
the matrix 1999
minority report 2002
star trek 2009
these seem 2 be the real contenders since 1991 and none come remotely close 2 the excellence of
:O)
Really? You prefer T2 over The Matrix, huh? I think I prefer the recent Star Trek over T2 (but I’m not a big fan of the latter; loved the “liquid” terminator, though).
ROAD WARRIOR
The Thing isnt really 100% scifi, but its a great older movie (80s) that had a stellar story, cast and thrills. just got it on blu, i highly recommend it if you’re looking for a classic with NO F’NG CGI.
when did movies from the 80s become “older”?
Man, growing up sucks.
Moon
Primer
12 Monkeys
The Matrix
Children of Men
District 9
Gattaca
The Host
Idiocracy
Serenity
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Cube
etc.
star trek? district 9? avatar? um thanks but no thanks
+1 for the host, long movie with flaws but very unique. worth a watch
Terminator 2 and Minority Report are cool. But nothing beat the idea of The Matrix.
Funny thing about the “idea of The Matrix”, very similar themes were explored (arguably better) in eXistenZ (1999), The Thirteenth Floor (1999) and Dark City (1998).
Dark City!!!
The last? STAR TREK: The Future Begins.
Ohh..and District 9!!
The Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
Pitch Black
Sunshine
Children Of Men
Dark City
Dark City is a great film.
-Contact
-Inception
-District 9
The Matrix, Inception, yes the Terminators and Aliens. Children of Men too. Can’t forget Robocop either!
The Matrix, for me, is as good as it gets.
floserber
I watched Moon yesterday, it’s a good movie. Minority Report and A.I. are pretty good too, and else 28 days later, A scanner Darkly, Southland Tales and Wall-E… but i didn’t really watch any masterpiece in this style during the past ten years… :/ And i don’t think it will change in the near future… the last very very bad surprise was to discover that Asimov’s foundation will be adapted by R. Emmerich,..