Best Action Movies
Modern Action Movies
Some of the best modern action movies recommended by the discussion participants include Mad Max Fury Road, John Wick series, Bourne trilogy, The Dark Knight, Mission Impossible series, Kong: Skull Island, Pacific Rim, Casino Royale, Raid: Redemption, and Dredd [1]. Participants also debated the definition of "this decade" and the merits of different action movies.
Classic Action Movies
The Rock, Armageddon, and some classic Hollywood westerns like My Darling Clementine, Stagecoach, The Furies, Jubal, and Red River are action movies in the Criterion collection [2]. Other classic action movies mentioned include Aliens, Die Hard, Predator, and The Thing [3].
Mission Impossible Franchise
Mission Impossible Fallout is considered by some to be the best action movie ever made [4]. The Mission Impossible franchise is consistently great, with each movie being better than the last [4]. Some prefer Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation for their story and character chemistry [4]. Some criticize the love story in Mission Impossible 2 and the lack of character development for the villain in Ghost Protocol [4]. Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance as the villain in Mission Impossible 3 is highly praised [4].
Best Action Movies of the Past 22 Years
Some popular action movies of the past 22 years include Mad Max: Fury Road, The Bourne Identity trilogy, The John Wick series, The Raid and The Raid 2, Kill Bill, The Dark Knight, Edge of Tomorrow, Skyfall, and Dredd [5]. For action/comedy mixtures, some recommendations include The Nice Guys, Cop Out, The Other Guys, and Starsky & Hutch (the Ben Stiller remake) [5].
Additional Considerations
Some participants mentioned the practical effects and stunts in Mad Max Fury Road and the upcoming Top Gun Maverick [1]. Ripley from Aliens is considered one of the best female action heroes ever [3]. James Cameron's films often have slow starts that build up to intense action scenes [3]. Alien: Isolation is considered a masterpiece in the video game world [3].
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The same movies get discussed everytime the topic of best action movies is in question (i.e. The Matrix, Terminator 2, Robocop, Predator, etc). And while there's no denying that those are indeed classics, technology has improved since then, so why not binge more of those?
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Some of the best modern action movies recommended by the discussion participants include:
- Mad Max Fury Road
- John Wick series
- Bourne trilogy
- The Dark Knight
- Mission Impossible series
- Kong: Skull Island
- Pacific Rim
- Casino Royale
- Raid: Redemption
- Dredd
Some participants also mentioned the practical effects and stunts in Mad Max Fury Road and the upcoming Top Gun Maverick, while others debated the definition of "this decade" and the merits of different action movies.
Mad Max Fury Road is the greatest action movie ever made. Nothing will ever top the practical effects they did with that movie.
A flaming guitar, dirt bikes jumping trucks, and vehicles flipping in sand are not the pinnacle lol I agree currently there’s no movie that has as many practical stunts. However, cruise has been strapped to the outside of an actual plane. Nolan’s flipped semi trucks vertically, exploded buildings, and crashed a planes as well as dropped one from the sky. The recent bond films are also full of practice effects. We are increasingly seeing bigger and more creative stuff. Mad max is not beyond “ever being topped”. Especially considering you could convince me the entire movie was cgi with all the extra crap they added in every frame…
honestly, people do what tom cruise does everyday for fun. lols
you're just making a big deal out of it because it's an expensive movie star and the thought of him dying and the movie being over then makes it more 'thrilling' and makes you believe the 'stakes' are higher
bruh, they had cirque du soleil mf'ers hanging on 10 ft poles that were attached to dune buggies that were driving 50km/h while the poles were swinging left and right to an almost 45 deg angle while there was a 20ft truck with massive spikes flying out of it travelling at the same speed next to it. another scene they even grabbed a woman out of another car while doing this at 40km/h. lols
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yeah, that's nothing... but tom cruise jumping off a cliff on a bike with a parachute that you can see 100 people do on youtube is more dangerous and better "practical" fx...
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here ya go. there's some more incredible "Tom Cruises wannabe's" for ya
Mad Max Fury Road
Hands down for me. Only movie I went to see in the theatre multiple times. WITNESS!!!!!
If 'this decade' can be interpreted to be 'the past 10 years,' I'd also nominate Dredd.
Don't forget Raid: Redemption. It's basically Dredd, but a martial arts movie and developed at almost exactly the same time. Every bit as good as Dredd, in my opinion. And I like Dredd a lot.
Raid/Raid 2 if we're being loose with the term "this decade".
My wife and I live with my in-laws, and compared to my Criterion collecting ways to his “whatever is on cable” viewing habits, needless to say, we have very different tastes. Don’t get me wrong, we enjoy a lot of the same content (his favorite movie is Mad Max) but while I enjoy ...
- The Rock and Armageddon are action movies in the Criterion collection.
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Great Escape, Some Like it Hot, Blow Out, Blood Simple, Night on Earth, Repo Man, The Game, and The Irishman are all suggested as potential movies to watch with a father-in-law who enjoys shoot-em-up movies.
- The Killing, The American Friend, and Mikey and Nicky are also recommended.
- Some classic Hollywood westerns like My Darling Clementine, Stagecoach, The Furies, Jubal, and Red River may also be of interest.
- The collector is debating whether to collect out-of-print DVDs.
Well the obvious choice for action movies in English are The Rock and Armageddon... both of which are in the collection.
I’m still debating how deeply I’m going to take the criterion collecting, do I want the out of print DVDs ��
Not quite action, but The Friends of Eddie Coyle might be a good one for you
This is a really good suggestion. Also try The Killing and The American Friend
I love the Killing (self confessed Kubrick fanboy) but being in Black and White he won’t be interested sadly.
- Ministry of Fear
- Some Like it hot
- Blow Out
- Blood Simple
- Night on Earth
- Repo Man
- The Game
- The Irishman
If I were to watch a movie on criterion with my pops, who's VERY similar to your Father in law, these are the ones I'd try. Criterion tends not to acquire movies that are "passive" watches so its tough to say what he would enjoy.
You're kind of limiting your collection if you have to cater to an older construction worker relative who just watches movies mindlessly to unwind. Aren't you? There are a lot of classic Hollywood westerns (My Darling Clementine, Stagecoach, The Furies, Jubal, Red River) I guess.
At the same time, I see someone like yourself as tolerant and open-minded about movies, and someone who is limited in their interests more as the snob. Just one internet stranger's advice. I'd be looking for ways to push the envelope with him rather than ways to limit your interests. Try Police Story- it's ridiculously watchable but has subtitles. Or A Woman Under the Influence, or something that's from his time, in English, but isn't as action-oriented. You get the idea.
I appreciate the suggests for the Westerns. It’s not that I’m catering my whole collection to him but rather when I get say, three or four movies, I want to make sure I get something we all can enjoy together, not just me alone or with my wife. At the moment my wife and I watch one criterion movie during the weekend day on Saturday, but Saturday night we watch something all four of us together.
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Great Escape is a great call. He loves WWII flicks and he likes that movie.
Aliens is legit one of the top 3 best action films of all time, the characters, effects, and of course, action, are all top notch, this is James Cameron's second best film {Behind T2} and this is IMO not just one of the best 80s action films, but one of the best action films of a...
- Aliens is considered one of the best action films of all time, with top-notch characters, effects, and action.
- Ripley is considered one of the best female action heroes ever.
- The slow burn approach to action in 80s films is admired, with examples such as Die Hard, Predator, and The Thing.
- Alien and Aliens are comfort movies for many people.
- Alien: Isolation is considered a masterpiece in the video game world.
- James Cameron's films often have slow starts that build up to intense action scenes.
- Other films mentioned as favorites include Last of the Mohicans, Grizzly Maze, and the volcano movie with Pierce Brosnan.
My favorite sci fi film and favorite sequel , not a wasted scene and even the 15 minutes to detonation countdown is exactly 15 minutes.
The crazy thing is that Aliens should not even be that good, turning the cosmic horror Alien and making it an action movie? That's a terrible idea! But Cameron makes the genre shift seem seamless.
> turning the cosmic horror Alien and making it an action movie?
i think just labeling aliens as "action" kind of undersells it. it's blending the tropes of action movies with a horror element -- the "heart of darkness" kind of horror. the horrors of war. there's some pretty good readings of the movie as a (maybe kinda racist?) allegory about the vietnam war.
but the movie kind of still follows the classic horror structure, with a big group of unsuspecting people tossed into a meat grinder and picked off by the monsters, until you get down to the final girl. only this time the final girl is kind of rambo.
basically, the genre shift is seamless because cameron is bending genres here. he's appropriating the horror elements to talk about something dramatic, while painting a thin veneer of action tropes over top.
another movie that think makes this genre shift in the movie is predator. the movie starts out as a straight up pastiche of over-the-top 80's action, and makes a hard left turn into horror. it works so well i kinda wish subsequent sequels did the same with other genres.
Alien and Aliens are legit my comfort movies. If I've had a bad day, or just can't think of what to watch, those are my go to's.
Edit: I started playing video games again during Covid, after not touching any for almost 15 years. Alien: Isolation is an absolute masterpiece. No movie has ever scared me as much as that game.
Those two movies are my top movies all times, in each their category, horror and action movie. I love them and the universe (ignore everything after 4, being generous only because the new movies was just utter shit and ruined it).
I also had so much fun playing the first AvP against my brothers wife, because she scare easy and I just played as alien and spend 80% of the time not killing her but just making sounds and jumping past her.
Got to throw Predator in there every once in awhile to spice things up. It'll make you a goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus.
The Critical Drinker's review of Predator solidifies its place in history as possibly the best action movie ever made.
I can't take credit for it, but to this day the best comment I've read about Aliens is "it's the only movie where nothing happens for the first 45 minutes and you are still on the edge of your seat."
On my first watch I found Aliens really boring because of this reason, but now I admire the films slow burn, its something that action movies just don't do nowadays.
I think you still see slow burns but man the 80's knew how to do action. Die Hard has that slow leadup. But the same director did Predator which started as one kind of action movie and transitioned into another. He also did Last Action Hero which was such a great homage and Hunt for Red October.
The Thing. John Carpenter does that slow burn in The Thing. Lethal Weapons were great. Oh man, too many to name really.
Every james Cameron film has this. The terminator doesn't pickup till tech noir scene.
T2 doesn't pick up till mall shootout scene.
Only true lies can be an exception because boy does it start with a bang.
"even the 15 minutes to detonation countdown is exactly 15 minutes."
word.
I thought I was the only one. Friends think I'm weird that I, a woman, pick these movies when I'm feeling down. But their perfection is what lifts my mood.
My wife loved the Aliens movies (and "The Thing") and watched them frequently.
Also watched "Last of the Mohicans" "Grizzly Maze" and weirdly that crappy volcano movie with that Brosnan bloke. (you know, the one who smells like a wet dog?) on high rotation.
I just watched Mission Impossible Fallout for the first time I was really enjoyed to this sequel. I'm a movie fan of Tom Cruise but that so wired I didn't know they have the new Mission Impossible movie. My friend told me the new Mission Impossible was really great and I bought B...
- Mission Impossible Fallout is considered by some to be the best action movie ever made.
- Some prefer Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation for their story and character chemistry.
- Other action movies mentioned include Mad Max: Fury Road, John Wick 3, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Raid, Edge of Tomorrow, and Deadpool.
- The Mission Impossible franchise is consistently great, with each movie being better than the last.
- Some criticize the love story in Mission Impossible 2 and the lack of character development for the villain in Ghost Protocol.
- Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance as the villain in Mission Impossible 3 is highly praised.
i consider Mad Max: Fury Road, John Wick 3, and MI - Fallout to be the three big action masterpieces of the last decade
Now that you mentioned it, it's kinda interesting how all these action films are genre movies. They're not classic cop action movies, they're spy thrillers, sci-fi, etc.
I just hope classic action a'la Lethal weapon or Die hard isn't dead.
Dredd, Edge of Tomorrow, and Deadpool would be mine. Nothing on your list is below amazing though.
i personally find Deadpool 2 better than the first one but yeah you really can’t go wrong with any of these
My 3 action masterpieces:
Mission Impossible Fallout
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Raid\John Wick (can't decide this one)
Mission Impossible is the most consistently great franchise in Hollywood. I agree that Fallout is their best but every movie in the series is awesome. The worst one is still a pretty solid John Woo movie.
Mission Impossible 2 for me is okay but the love story is so terrible to put in this film.
20 years they've been making these movies and each is better than the last.
Loved fallout but I still think ghost protocol is the best in the series imo
Ghost protocol is one of the greatest action movies of all time, ebert called it poetry in motion which makes sense given bird’s animation background. Rogue nation is great with a great ending and Fallout, while good, got a little fast and furious-y. Wish they would have kept with having a new director each time but I guess 4 before Christopher and 4 by him makes it even
The bad guy is given nothing to do in GP though. We know nothing about him - no motivation, no background, no character even. Nothing.
My favourite MI movie is Fallout, but my favourite bad guy has to be Philip Seymour Hoffman from 3.
I was wondering if anyone else has the issue with Mission Impossible where the plot for 4, 5 and 6 all kind of blend together? Like 1, 2 and 3 are all very distinct and I can recall each one, but if I think of major setpieces of characters from the later ones I can't actually remember which film they are from.
You’re definitely not alone. They’re all great, but for me, there’s something about the pacing, cinematography or action that makes it hard to tell them apart. It makes them consistent, but I’d be down for something fresh.
Definitely. The latter ones all have similar villains and plot, just different stunts and locations. I'm not complaining though, I dont really care for the plot since it's quite farfetched anyway. Just enjoy them like a story-lite spy action movie.
I'm wondering if you guys can help me by suggesting enjoyable action/comedy action movies?
My favourites:
Mr & Mrs Smith Total recall Wanted Mission Impossible Columbiana Knight and Day Italian Job The Island Bad Boys Oceans 11/12/13 Salt Next All the Jason Bourne movies
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Some popular action movies of the past 22 years include:
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Bourne Identity trilogy
- The John Wick series
- The Raid and The Raid 2
- Kill Bill
- The Dark Knight
- Edge of Tomorrow
- Skyfall
- Dredd
For action/comedy mixtures, some recommendations include:
- The Nice Guys
- Cop Out
- The Other Guys
- Starsky & Hutch (the Ben Stiller remake)
- Mad Max: Fury Road.
- Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
- The Bourne Identity movies (the first three).
- Gone in 60 seconds.
- The John Wick series.
If you're wanting action/comedy mixtures:
- The nice Guys.
- Cop Out.
- The Other Guys.
- Starsky & Hutch. (The Ben Stiller remake).
Mad Max: Fury Road, Kill Bill, The Dark Knight, Spiddrman Into The Spiderverse, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Edge Of Tomorrow, Top Gun: Maverick, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol + Rogue Nation + Fallout, the Jason Bourne trilogy, Dredd, Skyfall, Casino Royale, The Raid 1 + 2, Hot Fuzz
was gonna say kill bill & hot fuzz!
While I like the movie, I wouldn't really describe Hot Fuzz as an action movie even though Simon Pegg does get to fire his gun in the air and scream.
The Raid. Dredd.
The Raid and the Raid 2 are definitely the best action films in the last decade, not sure if they are in line with OP's taste though.
I haven't seen The Raid but I loved Dredd.
The Raid was a choreography revolution at the time, now probably a bit less impactful since other films took inspiration from it. But still, the action is very well done even if the plot and acting are largely filler and laughable respectively.
Edge of Tomorrow
Such a fun movie.
I think it would be a classic if the final act was much better.
The nice guys?
With Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. If you've not seen it, definitely recommend adding it to your watch list.
So basically after playing doom eternal and watching movies like dredd, mad max, upgrade, blade, dune etc. I think i really enjoy action movies with a good soundtrack it really pumps my heart. I tried looking for more similar movies but couldn't find many. So i would really appre...
- The Rock
- Judgement Night
- Tron Legacy
- Highlander
- Baby Driver
- Indiana Jones
- The Matrix
In my mind True Lies is an absolutely classic and directed by one of the all time greats.
While I was re watching it last night I was blown away by how badass all of the action set pieces are and how amazing of a job James Cameron does of pulling them off.
- The intro scene...
The discussion revolves around the question of why True Lies is not considered one of the best action films of all time. Some users argue that it is a fantastic movie with amazing action set pieces and comedic support, while others suggest that it may not be considered one of the best due to James Cameron's reputation for making classics. The discussion also includes mentions of other action movies from the 90s and beyond, such as The Rock, Demolition Man, Predator, and The Nice Guys.
It's a fantastic movie. You didn't even mention the awesome comedic support of bill Paxton and tom arnold.
edit: another movie from the era I love is "The Rock" with Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage. These were the two action movies of my generation.
I miss the "light-hearted yet still violent" R-rated action movies of the 90s. I'm hoping they can ride this action movie renaissance and we'll see something on par with the Lethal Weapon or The Rock or True Lies or the Die Hard trilogy.
The rock was Michael bay in his prime. That. Armageddon. Bad boys. The mad used to make explody films with hood scripts and plot that resulted in great movies.
That movie actually convinced me that I wanted to have sex with Jamie lee Curtis
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Yeah, I think this is the best answer. There's nothing wrong with True Lies. It's just that James Cameron makes pretty much nothing but classics, so "great" isn't good enough in comparison.
I think The Abyss falls into the same category. Incredible sci-fi movie, but it ain't Aliens.
Even as far as Arnold goes, the guy is the fucking Terminator. It's hard to top that, although Dutch in Predator comes close.
True Lies is like an Arnold B-Movie elevated to a much higher strata.
It's also a remake of a French movie (La Totale), so it's harder to take credit for it. Even though it's a superior film.
By literary, I mean a movie that has some deeper thematic meaning, symbolism, etc. A film with layers of meaning that you could write a thesis on.
I’m thinking The Matrix, Inception, Snowpiercer? (Are literary action movies always sci-fi?)
“Action movie” to me means that action...
- The Matrix, Inception, and Snowpiercer are examples of literary action movies, although the genre is not limited to sci-fi.
- Mad Max Fury Road is a great example of a movie that weaves narration into action scenes.
- Thin Red Line is an arty action movie that is worth checking out.
- Wuxia movies like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hero also have literary elements.
- Paul Verhoeven's movies like Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers are intelligent and satirical.
- Terminator 1 and 2 are examples of action movies with deeper thematic meaning.
- Andrei Tarkovsky praised The Terminator for its vision of the future and the relation between man and his destiny.
- Verhoeven's commentary track for Starship Troopers is an excellent example of literary commentary on a sci-fi movie.
Imo Mad Max Fury Road achieved this perfectly, in the sense that almost all the movie is action scene after action scene, and narration is interwoven into the action, as opposed to stopping the action to infodump the viewer as it's common in other types of blockbuster action.
Thin Red Line also comes to mind but it's not action, though. But if you enjoy the definition of "war thriller" that you gave I guess you'll enjoy an "anti-war war thriller".
Also check out Dark City. This is probably more what you're looking for.
Thin Red Line is probably the most actiony art film I've seen. Or maybe it's the most arty action movie. Second one probably makes more sense.
Fury Road is what came to mind for me too. I can’t think of a better example of such a rich story being told almost completely through action.
I'm not a fan of blindly applying the "show, don't tell" mantra to all movies, but if there's a genre when it should be applied more it's action.
It seems like some directors don't understand that action is basically a mixture of moving images and music. Don't put characters talking in a room unless they're also shooting (or like in Shoot'em Up, a movie that doesn't want characters having sex in a room unless they're also shooting).
Paul Verhoeven does this really well. Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers aren't literary in the "oh this is The English Patient but with robots" sense, but they are certainly intelligent and satirical.
William Friedkin also comes to mind. I'd consider the pinnacle of this Sorcerer (his best film...fight me), but To Live and Die in LA and The French Connection are also much more "literate" than most action films.
Verhoeven's commentary track for Starship Troopers is really excellent and shows how he made choices throughout the film that are as literary as it gets for both satire and sci-fi. Absolutely worth hunting down the DVD to get that commentary track.
A few wuxia movies come to mind. My knowledge of this genre is very limited (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Zhang Yimou's Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower and Shadow are the ones that I can think of), so perhaps someone else can fill you in.
Also worth checking out the OG films that inspired the more modern ones, like Dragon Inn and A Touch of Zen. Dragon Inn is a bit more of a simplistic action film but A Touch of Zen definitely has some more literary ambitions and I found all 3 hours of it consistently absorbing.
The Terminator movies (at least 1 and 2) are rife with exactly these requirements- criticising war, human nature, not messing with things we know little off, relationships, sacrifice.
Andrei Tarkovsky on The Terminator
>”The brutality and low acting skills are unfortunate, but as a vision of the future and the relation between man and his destiny, the film is pushing the frontier of cinema as an art”
>Terminator
Guess I'll continue my Schwarznegger appreciation. Terminator 2 is definitely in my top 50 movies of all time! The character arcs for all three main characters are fantastic! Also, tons have been written about this, so it would be relatively easy to write a thesis. Again, spoilers ahead...
First, John Connor. John Connor is an orphan. He is tough, there are no tears from him, even when a friend asks about his mother. John has no father in this timeline, and his mother has been sent away to a mental institution. Then the T-1000 Terminator villain (Robert Patrick) tries to kill John, and the T-800 hero (Schwarznegger) saves John, and becomes John's surrogate father. Sarah Connor even says as much:
"Watching John with the machine, it was suddenly so clear. The terminator, would never stop. It would never leave him, and it would never hurt him, never shout at him, or get drunk and hit him, or say it was too busy to spend time with him. It would always be there. And it would die, to protect him. Of all the would-be fathers who came and went over the years, this thing, this machine, was the only one who measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice."
This brings together the classic nuclear family, with the mother, father, and child.
Sarah Connor also goes through a transformation in T2. She starts the movie so driven to protect John that she has lost her human connection. When John comes to save Sarah at the mental institute, she gives no praise or warmth. She checks John for bullet wounds instead of being happy to see him. And she decides that if she kills Miles Dyson she can prevent the entire future war. This is exactly the premise of T1, in that Skynet sent the first terminator back in time to kill Sarah Connor, hoping to prevent a war loss.
You can also hear that she is a terminator, with the terminator music motif playing when she goes to kill Dyson. She also is wearing the sunglasses (while driving in the dark, I might add), symbolizing that there is no soul behind her. Only when John stops Sarah from killing Dyson does Sarah regain her humanity. Afterwards becomes a mother to John, even kissing him before tucking him behind bullet proof vests as protection.
Of course, Schwarznegger steals the show. He starts off as a terminator assigned to protect John. When John wants to save Sarah, T-800 deems Sarah unimportant and even says it's tactically dangerous to risk themselves. But the act of saving Sarah starts turning T-800 from a killing machine into a person, symbolized by losing his sunglasses for the rest of the movie. He starts learning human interactions, and by the end of the movie even understands humans better, though he can never be one. When T-800 sacrifices himself to protect John, he says,
"I know now why you cry. But it's something I can never do."
which brings us back to John finally letting the tears run. The tragedy is that John starts with no family, gets a family with a mother (Sarah) and father (T-800), but his T-800 father sacrifices himself to save John. And as for myself, I am definitely not crying. Just got something in my eye...
The director, James Cameron, is just fantastic. I would love to be able to write like him.
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I appreciate your passion for T2. I used to think it was just an action movie I loved as kid, but as I get older, I realize it's probably greatest (pure) action of all time. I recently saw it was added to HBO max, so I think now's the time to revisit it after about 20 years.
This is such a well written review! I wish I could review movies this deeply. I just see a movie and I go, hey nice movie..
I need a recommendation for tonight!
Some of the best action movies ever made, according to the discussion, include Hardboiled, Police Story, John Wick (2), The Raid (1 or 2), Hero, Kung Fu Hustle, Terminator 2, Mad Max Fury Road, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Die Hard, Predator, Speed, Point Break, The Matrix, The Raid, Unstoppable, Mission Impossible: Fallout, Aliens, and Hot Fuzz.
Hardboiled, Police Story, John Wick (2 is my favorite), The Raid (1 or 2), Hero, and Kung Fu Hustle are my favorites!
Terminator 2
Mad Max Fury Road
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Die Hard
Hard Boiled
Predator
Speed
Point Break
The Matrix
The Raid
Unstoppable
Mission impossible:Fallout.
best action movies
Here are a few key considerations
Plot and Storyline: Look for movies with engaging and well-developed plots that keep you on the edge of your seat. A good action movie should have a clear and compelling storyline that makes sense.
Action Sequences: Choose movies with well-choreographed and exciting action sequences that are visually stunning and keep you entertained. The best action movies have memorable and iconic scenes that stay with you long after the movie is over.
Acting and Characters: Look for movies with strong performances from the actors and well-developed characters that you can root for. A good action movie should have characters that are relatable and likable, even if they're flawed.
Direction and Cinematography: Choose movies with skilled direction and cinematography that enhance the action and make it more immersive. The best action movies have a distinct visual style that sets them apart from other movies.
Critical and Audience Reception: Consider movies that have received positive reviews from both critics and audiences. While personal taste plays a big role in what makes a good action movie, movies that are well-received by both groups are generally a good bet.
Recommendation: The best action movies are subjective and depend on personal taste, but some popular choices include "Die Hard," "The Matrix," "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," "Mad Max: Fury Road," and "John Wick." These movies are known for their engaging plots, thrilling action sequences, memorable characters, and skilled direction.