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SubscribeSign inShare this post'90s Dad Thrillers: a Listmaxread.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailNov 9, 2021Share this post'90s Dad Thrillers: a Listmaxread.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailfelt If you're anywhere near me in age, you know the kind of movies I'm talking about: Movies set on submarines; movies set on aircraft carriers; movies where lawyers are good guys; movies where guys secure the perimeter and/or the package; movies where a guy has to yell to make himself heard over a helicopter; movies where guys with guns break the door into a room decorated with cut-out newspaper headlines. Movies starring guys like Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Costner, and Wesley Snipes and directed by guys like Martin Campbell, Wolfgang Petersen, Philip Noyce, and John McTiernan. Movies where men are men, Bravo Teams are Bravo Teams, and women are sexy but humorless ball-busters who are nonetheless ultimately susceptible to the roguish charm of state security-apparatus functionaries. Movies that dads like.I love these movies pretty unreservedly and only somewhat ironically. It would be hard to argue that the majority of Dad Thrillers are "good" by any dignified standard, but they are comforting to a person born in the right era, and at their best they are supremely competent entertainment, confident and purposeful, briskly paced, crowded with compelling actors, shot on film, and scored with swelling strings and lots of martial drums. Plus, they're all 20 to 30 years old, which means two things: one, we have enough distance to properly historicize and theorize them, and two, most of them are immediately available to watch from the big streaming services.&nbsp;Jurassic Park Air Force One Hunt for Red Octoberdid intelligent and sophisticated entertainmentcourtroom dramasspy moviesthe conspiracy thrillers of the 1970sthe action blockbusters of the 1980sSee Fig. 1bureaucracyconspiracyirrational violenceimminent natural disasterthe breakup of the Soviet Union"non-state actors"the internetthe Baby Boom generationbeing a sex pestvelociraptorspolitical or moral sophisticationDeep Impact ArmageddonHunt for Red OctoberDie HardDie HardAnxiety About the JapaneseTerrorists Who Are Really Just CapitalistsA Black Guy and a White Guy Having a Heart to HeartDie Hardfathers with day jobsretired, fired, or disgruntled spieslawyerspsychologistshistory Ph.DsgeologistsSee Fig. 3.)CIA desk jockeyvascular surgeonGerman terroristsDie Hardbig biceps and a huge gunretired Navy SEAL Kickboxing InstructorDie Hardmilitary historiansguys with software jobsTrue LiesThe Bourne Identitynot The Highly Trained Bad-Ass Tier One OperatorDie Hard Bournevery special skillsparkourclose combatSum of All FearsEuropean fascistshuge nuclear attackwise and merciful leadersIntense MeetingsPhone CallsGovernment SkullduggeryGone GirlFalse AccusationSexually Manipulative Womanindignant family-man professionalMichael Claytoncorrupt corporationminor middlemanSuccession The list has been updated since its initial publication.These are movies from the same era that share thematic or narrative concerns with true Dad Thillers, or are simply movies absolutely beloved by dads, but which are, for various reasons, not Dad Thrillers.Scholars now agree that the 1990s began in 1988 and ended in 2001, reaching the "High 90s" between 1994 and 1997.Probably.Like this postShare this post'90s Dad Thrillers: a Listmaxread.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmail101 CommentsFor your security, we need to re-authenticate you.Click the link we sent to , or .Expand full commentExpand full commentNo posts© 2022 Max Read ∙ ∙ &nbsp;is the home for great writingThis site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please or unblock scripts

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