137. The Equalizer

Essential geri-action viewing in which Denzel takes out the entire Russian mob without once breaking a sweat or getting himself into any kind of peril. Well, up until the last two guys anyway...

How or why it's over two hours long I have no idea...

78. Unknown

Liam Neeson's B-Movie roadshow rolls into town with Unknown. It's actually pretty good, although it does spend far too much of the running time being completely average...

73. Taken

I think Taken is something of a modern action classic. Neeson is brilliant as CIA Dad with his 'I'll snap your neck as soon as look at you' attitude.

All the bad guys are suitably despicable and as Big Liam states in the films most iconic moment - he does find them and does kill them!

B-movie bliss all round.

32. Batman Begins

I must admit that when watching Batman Begins for the first time I found I had a similar reaction to the first Burton Batman. It was 'great' but overall, a tad bit dull.

I should quantify this by saying I'm a massive Bat fan and my expectations could never be reached by either film; However, watching Sir Christopher Nolan's (it's only a matter of time) first effort again I have to say I really, really, really enjoyed it.

It still doesn't hold up as an action movie (neither did Burton's) but the amount of ideas and inventiveness is a joy to behold!

Even after this great start I would never have even begun to have expected a blockbuster of The Dark Knights magnitude to follow it...