Want to get some adrenaline from watching an American action movie? We will help you! Below, we've compiled a list of the best action movies currently available to watch online, ranging from the more adventurous playful films to big-budget superhero movies and straight-forward kung fu movies.
Director: Sam Hargrave
Screenwriter: Joe Russo
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Huda, Golshifte Farahani, Pankaj Tripathi and David Harbor
Unsurprisingly, the action in the Netflix original film "Extraction» impressive considering that the directorSam Hargrave worked as a stunt coordinator for films such as "Captain America: Civil War" and "Avengers: Endgame". Written by Endgame Co-DirectorJoe RussoThe Extraction is a hardened (and extremely brutal) fighter who follows a disillusioned mercenary tasked with getting a kidnapped boy out of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Along the way, he fell in love with the boy and became his protector. The action gets out of control in this one, andChris Hemsworthgives a solid performance, while Hargrave does some very funny things with the camera. Gritty and graphic with a unique visual flair, Extraction will definitely get your blood pumping.
Remember everything
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: Ronal Shusett, Dan O'Bannon and Gary Goldman
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside and Ronnie Cox
If you're in the mood for a great 80s/90s sci-fi action movie, you can't go wrong withTotal Recall. In filmArnold Schwarzenegger plays a construction worker who suddenly finds himself drawn into a world of espionage involving a colony on Mars. It's crazy, weird, funny and exciting, and Schwarzenegger is superbly executed. Go to Mars!
Old guard
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Screenwriter: Greg Ruka
Cast: Charlize Theron, Ki Ki Lane, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Garry Melling, Veronica Ngo, Matthias Schenarts, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Charlize Theron is one of the best action stars in action today, demonstrating immense physical skills and a positively sizzling gaze in films such as "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Explosive blonde ". In the Netflix movieThe Old Guard" Theron puts his talents to use in an engaging comic book adaptation where he plays the ancient leader of an immortal band of assassins. Film director "Love and Basketball and film directorBeyond the Light" Gina Prince-Bythewood in her first big blockbuster action film, The Old Guard, not only offers explosive battle sets and kinetic action scenes (although they definitely are), but also brings something much rarer to the genre: the recognition that violence and murder are brutal, disgusting work and what you have to pay for it. taking life. In short, it has a humanity and empathy to it, qualities that give a quickening pulse of thrill a little more thrill without stopping you from having a good time at the movies. And yes, I admit, I also love that Theron just gets high with so many asses. It's a thin threading needle, but Bythewood handles it, and it even brings its signature romantic touch to the crease.
Star dust
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Writers: Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman
Cast: Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, Jason Flemyng, Mark Strong, Rupert Everett, Peter O'Toole, Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro
FilmmakerMatthew Vaughn achieved success in colorful, somewhat subversive films such as "Kick-Ass", «X-Men: First Class" and, more recently, in the films "Kingsman, but if you're a fan of the director's work, or just in the mood for a truly entertaining fantasy film, his adaptationNeil Gaiman 2007 "Star dust" highly recommended and greatly underestimated. This is a tale of Gaiman and Vaughn's special sensibility, sinceClaire Danes plays a star that falls to Earth and is found by a young man named Tristan (Charlie Cox ) that starts the adventure in whichMichelle Pfeiffer.as a witch andRobert De Niro in the role of a bright pirate. It's fun, it's weird, cute, and delightfully weird.
Shootout
Director: Ben Wheatley
Writers: Amy Jump and Ben Wheatley
Cast: Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, Sam Riley and Noah Taylor
What if the entire movie took place during the Mexican standoff? This is essentially the premiseFree Fire" Ben Wheatley, violent, good time, rated R. Set in the 1970s, the film opens with a meeting between IRA members and an arms dealer, but complications arise: a backstabbing and guns are unloaded. There's an undercurrent of black humor to everything that's going on that makes the film far more entertaining than you might expect, and performers such asSharlto Copley andBrie Larsonare more than willing to let their comedic sensibilities show. If you're looking for an action movie that's a little offbeat, a little different, give this one a try.
Through the snow
Writer / Director: Bong Joon Ho
Cast: Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Kang-ho Song, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Ko Asung
Before being the darling of the awardParasite, Bong Joon Ho spent the last two decades digging into the guts of genre storytelling and mixing them in everything from his thrillerO serial killer in 2003Memories of Murder" to your classmovie 2006 about creatures.The Host, and in 2013 he took part in an ecological post-apocalyptic nightmare society withSnowpiercer.. The idea is simple and elegant - after an environmental experiment turns the world into a frozen wasteland, the inhabitants of the continuous train live in literally divided economic bubbles, depending on which class they rode on the day the world died. First-class customers live in decline while rear trains starve - until the poor and hungry finally feed and lead a furious revolutionary attack on the top of the car. Director Bong infuses each car with a rich and dangerous life, bouncy style and, yes, ruthless action. In fact, a key fight scene just made it onto our list of the best fight scenes of the decade.
Master Z: Ip Man's Legacy
Director: Wu-Ping Yuen
Screenwriter: Edmond Wong and Chan Tai Lee
Cast: Jin Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, Dave Bautista, Tony Jaa, Chrissy Chau, Kevin Cheng
Donnie Yen -LEDIp Man series is one of the biggest action franchises of our era, and withMaster Z: Ip ManLegacyhe gets the ass kicking extra income he deserves. Fair warning, Yen is oblivious to this, but fans will recognize a familiar face in Chun Tin-chi fromJin Zhang, the antagonist ofip man 3, who is defeated in the third act and enters Master Z, downtrodden and determined to leave. Wing Chun is behind - until he is embroiled in a battle with opium-using crime bosses. Director of the legendaryWu-Ping Yuen with the ensemble cast, which includesMichelle Yeoh,Dave Bautista andTony JaaMaster Z is a beautiful martial arts movie spectacle that sees heroes and villains swinging from rooftop neon signs and exchanging blades in epic ensemble fights, and it introduces a whole different tone to the Ip Man franchise. electric guitar riffs and all - this promises a potential future for the series when it releases next yearIp Man 4: The Finale.
The night is following us
Writer / Director: Timo Tiajanto
Cast: Joe Taslim, Iko Uwais, Julie Estelle, Zach Lee, Sunny Pang, Hannah Al Rashid
You might think you know all the ways to use violence on the human body in a fight scene, but I assure you,"Night Comes For Us"might teach you something about the art of the splatter fight scene. This Netflix action movie from the directorTimo Thajanto filled to the brim with bloody brutal battles. Tiajanto's best feature film to date, Night Comes for Us is a relentless showcase of action and carnage based on the story of a criminal turned war criminal seeking a little redemption. The actors are stuffed with familiar faces for action fans, especially movie fans.The Raidwho recognizeJoe Taslima, Julie Estel, Zach Lee.and of courseIko Uwais, who plays a minor role but still shows up to work on some incredible action scenes. And if fight scenes are what you're looking for in a good action movie, there's no shortage of it, with wall-to-wall fights taking place in a breathtakingly addictive showcase. This character deserves a lot of attention for his shared line-up with Reid, but heck, he's underwhelming on his own.
Scott Pilgrim vs. Everyone
Director: Edgar Wright
Writers: Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright
Cast: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Ellen Wong, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza and Jason Schwartzman.
AdaptationEdgar Wright outstanding comicBrian Lee O'Malley did not find a large audience upon release, but over the years it has evolved into a cult classic. The film is about Scott Pilgrim (Sera), a sweet but slightly selfish and misguided young man who falls in love with delivery girl Ramona Flowers (Winstead). He can only continue dating her if he defeats her seven evil exes. Scott loves the concept of video games, but really the movie is about two people who discover they have to overcome their own baggage if they are going to find new love. Wright brightens the whole picture with video game plots and funny little nods, but never loses sight of the underlying romance story.Scott Pilgrim vs. the Worldfunny, sparkling, gets better with repeated viewings.
Olympus Has Fallen
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Creighton Rothenberger and Catherine Benedict
Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell and Cole Hauser
Man, I hope you like hitting the head because Michael Banning is one of those guys with a "special skill set" and above all, those skills involve stabbing some bastards in the head with a knife. Lot.Olympus Has Fallen is a brutal, sometimes downright vile and dastardly militant, led byGerard Butler as the ultimate headbutt power who is trapped in the White House during a terrorist attack and intends to protect the president from a terrorist attack. heinous criminals. Excessive, ultra-violent and obscene, Olympus Has Fallen is the sort of hard-R action movie we don't often see these days, and the directorAntoine Fuquarevels in excesses, delivering a film of cutthroat action that is easily among the most extra of the nutty-inspired "Trapped with Terrorists" subgenre.
British psychopath
Director: Jesse W. Johnson
Writers: Jesse W. Johnson & Stu Small
Cast: Scott Adkins, Craig Fairbrass, Thomas Turguz, Nick Moran, Kirsten Waring
The main thing here is to observe howScott Adkins participates in all sorts of fights. Bar fights, prison fights, but any old fights will do. If that sounds good to you thenagree on theavenue, the latest collaboration between the DTV Championaction Adkins and his directorSavage Dog andAccident Man Jesse W. Johnson. This time around, Adkins and Johnson are clearly echoing the streak of Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughn's British crime thrillers with far more roundhouse punches. The film's structure is confusing at first and ends up being quite satisfying, after Adkins' Kane Burgess, fresh out of jail, ends up in a local pub where he forces the people responsible for his horrendous jail time to be punished for their bad deeds. going from memory to memory. as long as he keeps them at gunpoint. Few action performers can match the physical prowess that Adkins brings to the game, and with veteran stuntman Johnson, Adkins gets plenty of consistently filmed scenes, editing, and sets to showcase his skills. If you are a fan of DTV action movies this is a gem with some really amazing moments of violence.
Triple border
Director: JC Chandor
Writers: JC Chandor and Mark Boal
Cast: Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Pedro Pascal, Garrett Hedlund
If "Triple Frontier"is not your dad's favorite movie, it just means your dad hasn't seen Triple Frontier yet. DirectorJC Chandor ("The Most Violent Year"), from a screenplay he co-wrote withMark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty), Triple Frontier is basically a human cave in the movies; part war drama, part action-packed robbery and the whole story about men madly in love with each other.Oscar Isaac plays Santiago "Papa" Garcia, a DEA agent who assembles an old SWAT gang to rob a drug lord's jungle hideout. Isaac is joined by an equally strong teamBen Affleck andCharlie Hunnam., Pedro Pascal andGarrett Hedlund. Triple Frontier's kicker is that there's actually a decent amount of brains underneath all that muscle; Yes, this is the first movie about explosions and helicopters, but it also has a lot to say about what happens to professionally aggressive men after a ceasefire.
Skyline 2
Writer / Director: Liam O'Donnell
Cast: Frank Grillo, Johnny Weston, Bojana Novakovic, Iko Uwais, Yayan Rukhian, Antonio Fargas, Lindsey Morgan, Betty Gabriel
Skyline is a special kind of WTF. Of all the films that spawned the franchise, I would never have thought that such a derided 2010 sci-fi film skyline will be able to do it, not to mention that the next film will be such a fun, exciting adventure that spans the whole world. A proud, beefy B-movie with aliens that rip your brain right out of your skull, Beyond Skyline plays Frank Grillo as a police officer who disagrees with his son ( Johnny Weston) when an alien attack forces them to fight for their lives. Once the aliens make contact, the film ricochets across the settings and characters at breakneck speed, packing a series of sci-fi madness-worthy paperbacks into one feature film that travels from the underground tunnels to the nuclear wastelands of Los Angeles to the alien ship, and the whole way to Laos, where Mark teams up with the rebels to fight the alien threat. You have Frank Grillo as a hero with a baby in one hand and a space blaster in the other,Antonio Fargas as a Vietnamese veterinarian who calls everyone "bitch"Iko Uwais andYaya Ruhain, beating giant aliens to death, and there's even an outright kaiju fight. Beyond the horizontal is for everyone, but if you like the B-movie about bananas, then the feature-length debut of the writer-directorLiam O'Donnell checks all boxes.
Drove
Director: Jeremy Rush
Screenwriter: Jeremy Rush
Cast: Frank Grillo, Garret Dillahunt, Caitlin Carmichael, Shea Wheegham, Wendy Moniz
Frank Grillo should become one of the leading stars of cinema.Cut from 1970s fabric, Grillo is an old school tough guy; a real blue collar badass. Grillo can grimace and load weapons with the best of them, but unlike the dominant figures in the tradition of Western action heroes, Grillo is also a trained martial artist who brings impressive physical strength to his street charisma. V "Wheelman" Grillo challenges the action star of a different kind - a performance told almost entirely in close-up, within the confines of a single vehicle. This doesn't leave much room for punching or heavy artillery firing, but Grillo and the writer-directorJeremy RushMake the most of a minimalist setting by creating a gripping, well-calibrated B-movie about one high-octane night of crime that starts right from the start and never slams on the brakes.
Yip Man
Director: Wilson Yip
Screenwriter: Edmond Wong
Cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Lynn Hung, Siu-Wong Fan, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
It's 2008 martial arts essential starDonnie Yen, howYip Man, a legendary Wing Chun master who continued to teachBruce Lee. Ip Man, a wealthy martial artist living his dream, descended into chaos when the Japanese occupied his hometown during the war. On a superficial level, Ip Man is an opportunity to see one of the best living martial artists play one of the most famous kung fu masters of all time - and it certainly provides insight into the fight scenes associated with that premise, including the instantly iconic. Wing Chun vs Black Belts. But Yip Manet is also a period fantasy drama based on history and an obvious affinity for the martial arts genre, and Yen is extraordinary not only for the athleticism and spectacle of his choreographic work, but also for his charismatic, commanding performance.
The kickboxer is back
Listen,kickboxer: "Retribution" won't win any awards, but there is a time and a place for such films. Place is my TV screen, but time is always.Kickboxer: Kurt Sloan ofVengeance ( Alain Mousse i) returns with his mentor Master Duran (Jean-Claude Van Damme ) after avenging his brother's death in the ring. The problem is that he killed this guy, which means that he is now locked up in a prison in Thailand, where he constantly fights with his cellmates and suffers beatings from the guards. But when his wife is kidnapped, he is forced to return to the ring against an inexplicable enemy (Game of Thrones mountainHafdor Julius Bjornsson ). vkickboxing tradition, the plot is paper thin, the practice montages are extensive, the punches are high, and most importantly, the fight scenes are the best of the best. It's a fun, goofy, perky movie with a decent sense of scope and scale, and it's not to be underestimated how much fun it is to let Van Damme play Daredevil.
