The Hitman's Bodyguard

Saw it Tuesday, loved it. Reynolds and Jackson compliment each other well.

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It really filled a niche for action comedies that has been empty since Lethal Weapon faded away.

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If you look at the late 80's and early 90's during the Action Comedy run nearly every damn one was written by Shane Black who was a master at it, His directing has been good except for Iron man 3.

But there have been a few action comedies that have been good since that run

Both Jump Streets
The other guys
The nice guys (shane black again)
Hot Fuzz
Both Bad Boys

You make a fair point. I've seen all of those movies except The Nice Guys, and enjoyed all of them.

I didn't realize that Shane Black was the common thread to those.

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you forget Rush Hour

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Fair point.

few others I missed

The Rundown
Kingsman
Red

Although I don't think the genre is lacking I will say it isn't as prominent as it was in the 80's and 90's. Mostly this is because of Comic Book movies which have a few action comedy gems in the genre but are still considered Comic Book movies first.

It is a drama/comedy?

Action comedy. Similar in tone to the other movies named in the thread.

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The nice guys is an awesome movie So is kiss kiss bang bang

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agreed on both. It looks more like Iron man 3 was the outlier on Shane Black's directing career which gives me hope for the predator reboot.