I agree. Brilliantly filmed and the action is superbly staged by the man who gave us one of the best 007 movies ever (OHMSS). Also even though it came out the following year, First Blood was filmed in late 1981, after Stallone had finished work on Rocky III. Sorry if I mentioned this before but Southern Comfort was…

Sharky's Machine was another impressive action movie from '81. More a cop thriller though with Burt Reynolds as a tough Atlanta detective on the trail of a European crime lord involved in drugs and prostitution. Very bloody in places with some spectacular stunts, intense shootouts and exciting chase scenes. …