![]() ![]() The kicker of Triple Frontier is that there's actually a good amount of brains under all that brawn it's an explosions-and-helicopters flick first, yeah, but it also has a lot to say about what happens to professionally violent men once the gunfire stops. Joining Isaac is the similarly strong-jawed crew of Ben Affleck, Charlie Hunnam, Pedro Pascal, and Garrett Hedlund. Oscar Isaac stars as Santiago "Pope" Garcia, a DEA agent who gets the old Special Forces band back together to rob a drug lord's jungle hideaway. Chandor ( A Most Violent Year) from a script he co-wrote with Mark Boal ( Zero Dark Thirty), Triple Frontier is basically the man-cave of movies part military drama, part action-packed heist, and all the story of men who have mad bro-love for each other. If Triple Frontierisn't your dad's favorite movie, that just means your dad hasn't seen Triple Frontier yet. ChandorĬast: Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Pedro Pascal, Garrett Hedlund If you’re a fan of DTV actioners, this one’s a gem with some genuinely surprising moments of violence. Few action performers can match the physical prowess Adkins brings to the table and with veteran stuntman Johnson, Adkins gets plenty of steadily shot scenes, montages, and set-pieces to show off his skills. The film’s structure is at first confounding and ultimately pretty satisfying, following Adkins’ Cain Burgess, fresh out of prison, to a local pub where he holds the men responsible for his horrifying prison term to task for their bad deeds, jumping from flashback to flashback while he holds them at gunpoint. This time around, Adkins and Johnson are clearly riffing on the Guy Ritchie/Matthew Vaughn brand of British crime thrillers, with a lot more roundhouse kicks. If that sounds good to you, then settle in for Avengement, the latest collaboration between DTV action champion Adkins and his Savage Dog and Accident Man director Jesse V. Bar brawls, prison brawls, any ol’ brawl will do, really. The main draw here is watching Scott Adkins get into all kinds of brawls. JohnsonĬast: Scott Adkins, Craig Fairbrass, Thomas Turgoose, Nick Moran, Kiersten Wareing ![]() Run Time: 1 hr 28 min | Director: Jesse V. This one will earn a lot of attention for its shared cast with The Raid, but damn if it isn't impressive in its own right. And if fight scenes are what you're looking for in a good action movie, there's no shortage in this one, which stages wall-to-wall combat in a breathless, relentlessly entertaining showcase. ![]() The cast is packed with familiar faces for action fans, especially fans of The Raid films, who will recognize Joe Taslim, Julie Estelle, Zack Lee, and of course, Iko Uwais, who takes a supporting role but still shows up to work in some incredible fight scenes. The best feature film from Tjahjanto to date, The Night Comes for Us is a relentless showcase of action and carnage, rooted on the story of a criminal turned war criminal looking for a little redemption. From director Timo Tjhajanto, this Netflix action pic is packed to the brim with bloody, brutal combat. You may think you know all the ways you could inflict violence on the human body in a fight scene, but I assure you, The Night Comes for Ushas something to teach you about the art of the splatter fight scene. Run Time: 2 hr 1 min | Director: Timo TjahjantoĬast: Joe Taslim, Iko Uwais, Julie Estelle, Zack Lee, Sunny Pang, Hannah Al Rashid It's a fine needle to thread, but Bythewood pulls it off, and she even brings her signature touch for romance into the fold. And yes, I'll admit, I also love that Theron just kicks so much ass. In short, it has humanity and empathy, qualities that give the pulse-pounding thrills a bit more heft without derailing your good time at the movies. Directed by Love & Basketball and Beyond the Lights filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood in her first big blockbuster action turn, The Old Guard doesn't just offer explosive action set-pieces and kinetic fight scenes (though it definitely has those), it brings something much rarer to the genre: the recognition that violence and killing are brutal, disgusting work and that there's a toll that comes with taking a life. In Netflix's The Old Guard, Theron gets to put those talents to work in a compelling comic book adaptation, starring as an ancient leader of an immortal band of assassins. Run Time: 2 hr 5 min | Director: Gina Prince-BythewoodĬast: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Harry Melling, Veronica Ngo, Matthias Schoenaerts, Chiwetel EjioforĬharlize Theron is one of the best action stars working today, showcasing tremendous physical skill and positively withering gazes in films like Mad Max: Fury Road and Atomic Blonde. ![]()
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