Studio executives pressured John Carpenter to cast a seasoned "tough guy" actor for the role of Snake. Among their preferences were Chuck Norris, Nick Nolte, Tommy Lee Jones, and Charles Bronson. However, Carpenter dismissed these choices as either too old (Bronson was sixty years old) or too typecast or simply not right for the part. At the time, twenty-nine old Kurt Russell was best known for light-hearted Disney roles such as "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" and had no experience playing gritty action roles. However, Carpenter and Producer Debra Hill both agreed his youth, looks, athleticism, and freshness to the action genre made him the ideal choice for the part.
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Die Hard with a Vengeance 1995
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought hed seen it all ...
Die Hard with a Vengeance features twists and turns, suspenseful, suspense, buddy comedy and entertaining style.
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Speed 1994
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne whos after major ransom money. First its a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then its a rigged bus--if it slows it will blow bad enough any day but ...
Speed features exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense and twists and turns style.
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The Rock 1996
FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy John Patrick Mason to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands 100 ...
The Rock features exciting, tense, serious, twists and turns and suspense style.
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Executive Decision 1996
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C. demanding the the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant Kurt Russell suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is ...
Executive Decision features exciting, suspenseful, serious, twists and turns and realistic style.
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Commando 1985
John Matrix the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks killers ...
Commando features exciting, serious, tense, captivating and suspenseful style.
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Movies like Escape from New York (movies similar to Escape from New York)
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