r/70smovies

one of the greatest scenes ever

So I am kind of a sucker for fun, funky, and ridiculous 70s and 80s genre films. The kind where you can smell the graffiti paint in the air as it wafts through the grit and grime of urban America. You can bob your head to the cheapest sounding synth soundtracks. Where the hero is oftentimes a deadbeat who falls for the main girl who always has a random important job and had a gallon of hairspray to compliment her leather pants and tight tiger striped shirts. Usually there is a wise cracking non white sidekick tagging along and Gangs of every variety roam the streets while idealistic rookie good cops have to prove their worth to the chain smoking old bad cop. Add some generic stock sound effects of pinging bullets and loud thumps from punches.

Things like Big Trouble in Little China, Bloodsport, Assault on Precinct 13, The Warriors, Escape from LA, maybe even Ninja Turtles or Ricky Oh, maybe something wittier like Robocop.

It can be Sci fi or action, horror or ‘maybe even splattering marital arts or fantasy, but it will always have dad jokes and explosions

Whether they are cult favorites or mainstream releases, indie films on a budget or under the radar foreign films, maybe even fantasy or what films will capture this vibe.

It can be ridiculous, but I’m not looking so much for “so bad it’s good type movies” but just movies that reek of awesomeness and kick ass