Lethal Weapon (1987) PHOTO : WARNER BROS/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION Alongside Mel Gibson, Danny Glover plays paternal as LAPD homicide sergeant Roger Murtaugh in Richard Donner’s franchise-launching buddy cop film. Murtaugh’s daughter (Traci Wolfe) is dragged into the action when kidnapped by Mr. Joshua (Gary Busey) and the Shadow Company, but Murtaugh takes bullets and torture in attempts to see her to safety. ‘Air Force One’ (1997) PHOTO : COLUMBIA […]

Commando (1985) PHOTO : 20TH CENTURY FOX/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION Arnold Schwarzenegger made many “father film,” like True Lies, Last Action Hero, Jingle All the Way and Maggie. But he’s the most kick-ass dad, as John Matrix in the Mark L. Lester-directed Commando, engaging in action-packed scenes to rescue his kidnapped daughter from a former Delta Force team member’s […]

Lone Wolf McQuade, the Steve Carver-directed picture, follows Chuck Norris as J.J. McQuade, who champions action scenes after his daughter (Dana Kimmell) is attacked and taken hostage for accidentally getting tangled in the criminal activity of David Carradine.

Elvis is director Luhrmann’s razzle-dazzle biopic, with Tom Hanks as an oily Colonel Tom Parker and electrifying Austin Butler as The King.