We have made a new list of films, this time focusing exclusively on action genre. We felt that action was a good place to start given its popularity and global appeal as the genre has contributions from all over the world. Although there are clear leaders here, such asToughie andMad Max: Fury Road, we hope you will also check out older paintings such as Safety first!and international films such as Revenge and law. Again, this is not a list showing what is "better", but rather how to get basic cinematic knowledge of the action genre. And most of all, we hope you enjoy these films. They're cool!
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Directed by: Michael Curtiz and William Cayley
Writers: Norman Reilly Rain, Seton I. Miller and Rowland Lee
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Raines, Patrick Knowles, Eugene Pallett and Alan Hale Sr.
Any list of mainstream action movies calls for this swashbuckler from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Whether it's good or bad, it'sRobin the Hood, on which all otherRobin Hoods. You probably know this story without even seeing the movie, butErrol Flynn - a leading man at the peak of his abilities, and sword fighting at the highest level.
Aliens (1986)
Director: James Cameron
Screenwriter: James Cameron
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Jenette Goldstein, Al Matthews
«Stranger" Ridley Scott is a masterclass in sci-fi horror, but it's the sequel that defined the Xenomorph universe as a piece that would become an integral part of the American film - and all becauseJames Cameron took Ridley's monsters and put them together. a new genre that reveals all the possibilities "Alien" like a franchise. It's also an incredible action movie that seamlessly moves from one disaster to another as survivor Ellen Ridley (Sigourney Weaver) accompanies a pack of Space Marines (as well asPaul Reiser.as a delightfully evil corporate lackey who turns out to be just as villainous as the Alien Queen). Every beat of action that follows their arrival on LV-426 is compelling, brilliantly choreographed, and most often rooted in character—one could write entire books on howAliens makes something so complex look simple.
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Directed by: Joe and Anthony Russo
Writers: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, Karen Gillan and Josh Brolin
Why the film is important: The Marvel Cinematic Universe actually got off to a fairly easy start due to budget constraints (sets iniron man impossibly small in retrospect), but the MCU's climactic filmAvengers: Endgame contains perhaps the biggest action scene of all time. The finale, of course, kicks off with an incredible 3v1 battle that pits Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor against Thanos, only for every single hero in the entire MCU to show up and take on Thanos' army. What makes this action sequence epic is not just the number of characters (Battle of Helm's Deep also has many characters), but the star power of those characters.Avengers: EndgameIt's basically a whole movie made up of rewards, and this ending is the culmination of 21 movies made up of character arcs, to the point where you care deeply about every character on screen. This is a truly unprecedented moment that has become one of the most memorable theatrical events in history. And while yes, most of the action was created using CGI, the sheer originality of the entire final battle - and the fact that "Avengers: Endgame, the highest-grossing film of all time, more than fits this list.
Bad Boys 2 (2003)
Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Ron Shelton and Jerry Stahl
Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Jordi Molla, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Teresa Randle & Joe Pantoliano
Why the film is important: this is Michael Bay at the height of his power and his identity. This is Michael Bay brought to his most dangerous form. This is a moviemichael bay, devoid of any pretense of attracting anyone other than militant drug addicts. Marcus Burnett's Police Plot (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowry (Will Smith) exploring Miami's flow of ecstasy is the most subtle pretext for all sorts of wild antics that eventually lead the duo and their buddies to invade Cuba on a rescue mission. It's the movie that announces its third act, where Marcus literally says, "Shit just got real."
Bright Future (1986)
Director: John Woo
Writers: Chan Hing Kai, Leung Seok Wah and John Woo
Cast: Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-fat, Emily Chu, Weiss Li, Kenneth Tsang, Shi Yanzi
It is impossible to overestimate the impact of actions in Hong Kong and, in particular,John Woo to create action movies as we know them today. Likewise, it cannot be overstated how formative Wu's 1986 film was."Better tomorrow in style and storytelling that have defined his career and come to dominate action cinema around the world. Hailed as a revolutionary shift in action,"Better Tomorrow" credited as the film that sparked the wave of Heroic Bloodshed films; operatic tales of duty and fidelity interspersed with stylized, overly violent settings. It also breathed new life into Wu's career along withChow Yun Fat., who stole the film with his radiant, detailed performance, supernaturally cool at every turn.
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
DirectorStory by: John Carpenter
ScreenwritersStory by: Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W. D. Richter
CastCast: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong
John Carpenter, having never encountered a genre he couldn't "make one of the best, most defining lyrics out of", struck again at "Big Trouble in Little China, a wildly entertaining, refreshingly goofy and downright transgressive slice of campy fantasy action movie. comedy. Any part of modern blockbuster action movie production can be returned toBig Trouble script, especially what we see in the MCU.
Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Director: Paul Greengrass
Screenwriter: Tony Gilroy
Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Gabriel Mann, Joan Allen
Love it or hate it, spy sequelPaul Greengrass 2004 "Bourne Supremacy"had such a strong influence on action blockbusters that almost 20 years later we are still seeing other films try to replicate the Bourne formula in choppy fight scenes.
Con Air (1997)
Director: Simon West
Screenwriter: Scott Rosenberg
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Rachel Ticotin, Danny Trejo, MC Gainey, Nick Chinlund, Dave Chappelle, Monica Potter, José Zuniga
There's something great about the wayCon Air simplygoes for it, an action movie legend of the 90s just because the producerJerry Bruckheimer looked back on his previous successes in blockbusters - their penchant for mixing absurd stunts with edgy comedy.
Director: Ang Lee
ScreenwritersCast: Wang Hui-ling, James Sheamus, Kuo Yung Tsai
CastCast: Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung, Cheng Pei-pei
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the visual style and narrative imagery of Chinese and Hong Kong wuxia films became widespread in the United States. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is an exceptionally beautiful martial arts action movie full of heart-wrenching love stories and amazing wire-fu scenes, flawlessly choreographedYuen Woo-ping.
Die Hard (1988)
Director: John McTiernan
Screenwriter: Jeb Stuart and Stuart E. de Souza
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, Alexander Godunov, Clarence Gilyard, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Paul Gleason and Deboro White
Why the film is important: It may not be your personal favorite action movie, or even mine, but you can't argue with its meaning as it continues to dominate the genre 32 years later.In "Die Hard" has everything you could want in an action movie, starting with a badass leadbruce willis, which changed the course of his career and introduced "Ipikai mazafaka" into the cultural lexicon. We love John McClane because we are John McClane, and it's this quality of being an everyman that makes him so memorable. He's not a superhero, he's just a cop with a family who attracts trouble.
13th district (2004)
Director: Pierre Morel
Screenwriter: Luc Besson
Cast: David Belle, Cyril Rafaelli, Tony D'Amario, Dani Verissimo, Bibi Naceri
The description of the plot 13th district promises something very special: in a dystopian future of Paris, a cop teams up with a street thug to find a missing nuclear weapon in one of the city's most notorious slums. But what really makes the movie special is its groundbreaking action sequences – remember those few years when parkour was the biggest thing on the planet?District B13 was the first major movie to include the internet sensation in its action scenes and oh my god they are great. Thanks to the amazing physical abilities of the starsDavid Bell andCyril Raffaelli, directorPierre Morel.able to fill every important moment with jumps and jumps that seem superhuman - except (as cuts during the end credits show) they were largely the result of the actions of some extraordinary people.
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Director: Robert Claus
Screenwriter: Michael Allin
Cast: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Ana Capri, Bob Wall, Shea Kean, Jim Kelly
How to properly quantify the legacy and influence of a figure likeBruce Lee, with such a short word count? A de facto legendary figure in modern history, Lee's life and accomplishments have themselves filled the pages of books and hours of films, documentaries and television series. Because his legacy extends not only from being a movie star, but as a philosophical thinker, martial artist, and groundbreaking entertainer who succeeded in his clear intention of carving out a place for heroic Asian characters in "Western" entertainment. , to an impressive degree. And, of course, one of the greatest tragedies of its history is that it was "Exit of the Dragon., released shortly after his shocking and untimely death at the age of 32, became his biggest hit and cemented his status as a martial arts movie icon.
Escape from New York (1981)
Director: John Carpenter
Writers: John Carpenter and Nick Castle
Cast: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton and Adrienne Barbeau
Why the film is important: it's a delightfully nasty piece of work and a reminder that action movies don't always need heroes. In one of his most memorable rolesKurt Russell plays Snake Plissken, a former SWAT soldier turned convict who is given a chance at a pardon if he saves the president whose Air Force One escape pod crashed over the maximum security prison, also known. like Manhattan Island. There is a tricky twist here: while "Escape from New York" dirty and harsh, the real trump card up his sleeve is how he constantly avoids all sorts of heroism. Snake is the main character, but there is nothing that can redeem or justify him, or any noble sacrifice. All inescape from new yorkpretty much does it for her own survival, and while this misanthropy can irritate weaker hands, Carpenter and Russell make it sing.
Fast & Furious 5 (2011)
Director: Justin Lin
Screenwriter: Chris Morgan
Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Matt Schulze, Sung Kang, Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot
Remember when in the moviesFast and Furious " talked about street racing and stealing TVs? I don't remember either, but it's still a great action movie franchise.
French Connection (1971)
DirectorStory by: William Friedkin
ScreenwriterStory by: Ernest Tidiman
CastCast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi
A bold, flamboyant, reckless crime thriller that features one of the greatest and most influential car chases in all of cinema."French Connection", released in 1971, seems like it was filmed yesterday, so modern, exciting and timeless is its construction, its views and moral ambiguity.
Runaway (1993)
Director: Andrew Davis
Writers: Jeb Stewart and David Toohey
Cast: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas and Jeroen Crabbe
Why the film is important: The 90s was a huge decade for thrillers, but nothing really hit the heights like"Fugitive" 1993 in terms of this decade's proposals for "militants". The film takes a purely narrative perspective - a wrongfully convicted man tries to track down his wife's killer who is being hunted by US marshals - but then you add innate charismaHarrison Ford andTommy Lee Jones (in an Oscar-winning role.) and you find yourself deeply empathizing with both opposing forces.
General (1926)
Directed by: Clyde Brookman, Buster Keaton
Writers: Al Boasberg, Clyde Brookman, Buster Keaton, Charles Henry Smith
Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley
Keaton, half-clown, half-mockery, superstar of the Silent Age, was an innovator in putting your body on the line for his art, and nowhere does it find a more deft—and grandiosely expensive—use than a 1926 comedy."General". Playing out essentially a 75-minute chase scene, the Civil War film follows Keaton as train driver Johnny Gray chasing Union soldiers who have grabbed the locomotive and Johnny's girlfriend, Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack) with him.
Godzilla (1954)
Director: Ishiro Honda
Screenwriter: Takeo Murata and Ishiro Honda
Cast: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura
When you think of mainstream action movies, you don't immediately think ofGodzilla. And this is absolutely fair. After all, this is a slow-paced black-and-white monster movie about the horrors of nuclear fallout and despotic rule.
Godzilla wasn't the first disaster movie, heck, it's not even the first monster disaster movie, but Honda and the legendary effects artistEiji Tsuburai improved game with visual effects, adding puppets, miniature scenery and costumes. This technique, dubbed "tokusatsu", has had a phenomenal impact in Japanese cinema and television, not only with the myriad traits of creatures to follow, but also in popular mecha and superhero stories, and its influence can still be felt. in world-favorite pop culture objects such asPower Rangers and, more recently, films aboutAnt-Man.
Hard Target (1993)
Director: John Woo
Screenwriter: Chuck Parrer
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Wilford Brimley, Arnold Vosloo
filmed in "Hard Target"Jean-Claude Van Damme — who, sadly, has become a withered punchline these days, but is just as important to the genre as your Stallones and Schwarzeneggers — as Chance Bourdreau, a former Marine living on the streets of New Orleans. When Chance saves a woman, Natasha (Yancy Butler), betraying her attackers to oblivion, he discovers that Chilead is involved in an operation in which wealthy businessman Emile Fouchon (Lance Henriksen) organizes hunting for the homeless.
Hero (2002)
Director: Zhang Yimou
Writers: Feng Li, Bin Wang, Zhang Yimou
Cast: Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Chen Kaoming, Zhang Ziyi and Donnie Yen
Why the film is important: if you are looking for a way to make watching movies easierwuxia after "Crouching tiger, hidden dragon"you could do worse than a movieZhang Yimou 2002, which was the first Chinese-language film to ever reach number one. at the US box office when the film finally reached our shores in August 2004. The film is based on a flashback where a warrior (Jet Li) is about fighting three assassins, and while the plot features heavy autocratic propaganda, although Zhang claims that he was trying to create an apolitical story. No matter how you look at it,Hero"undeniably a great martial arts movie that can take you to deeper scenes like the worksShaw brothersandking hu.
John Wick (2014)
Directed by: Chad Stahelski, David Leitch
Screenwriter: Derek Kolstad
Cast: Keanu Reeve, John Leguizamo, Michael Nyquist, Bridget Moynahan, Ian McShane, Willem Dafoe
There is no doubt thatKeanu Reeves has a long and prolific association with the action movie genre (just look at how many times his films have made this list), so it's no surprise that he's really become that special.John Wick. Reeves was presented with a special script with a very direct Redbox title.Scorn. He contactedChad Stahelski andDavid Letich, legends of the stunt community and his close collaborators on"Matrix".
Jurassic Park (1993)
Director: Steven Spielberg
ScreenwritersCast: Michael Crichton, David Koepp
CastCast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, B.D. Wong, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards
Honestly,Jurassic Park It's not just a "warrior". It's a horror movie, an adventure movie, a sci-fi movie, and at the core of its amber-encrusted DNA, it's a character-driven drama about growth and acceptance.
Kill Bill (2003)
Writer / Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hanna, Michael Madsen, Sonny Chiba, Gordon Liu, Chiaki Kuriyama, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Bowen and Michael Parks
In one of the greatest performances in action movie historyUma Thurman plays the Bride who is shot at point-blank range along with her entire wedding party by her own fellow assassins on the orders of their titular boss, Bill. And even though we can't even seeDavid Carradinewrinkled face in the first part, we can hear the fear and regret in his voice on the phone when he learns that she survived this cruel ordeal, as he knows exactly what awaits him - death.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Director: George Miller
Screenwriter: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathuris
Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keyes-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abby Lee, Courtney Eaton
A recent retrospective of the creation of "Mad Max: Fury Road" revealed that there were an awful lot of doubters on set when it came to visionGeorge Miller continuation "Mad Max" which was essentially a two-hour car chase. The doubters were wrong in more than one of the greatest films of the 2000s, which never lets go of the gas pedal, even finding moments of awe-inspiring horror and beauty. It's a simple enough story - a brave fighter rescues a warlord's enslaved brides with the help of an initially reluctant Max (Tom Hardy). But the unbridled imagination of Miller and his collaborators when it came to creating the characters as well as the vehicles central to the film made it an unforgettable storytelling experience, especially when set against the backdrop of stunning backdrops and stuntmen. If you weren't taken aback when Doof Warrior first appeared, you're just... fundamentally wrong. But you deserve pity, not contempt. You'll never know what it's like to ride the Valhalla highway forever.
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
DirectorStory by: John Sturges
ScreenwriterStory by: William Roberts
CastStars: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Brad Dester and Horst Buchholz
Why is this important: remake "Seven Samurai" Stragesa trades swords for six-shooters and feudal Japan for the Old West, and the translation works great. While in other films Kurosawa's samurai depictions have also been made into westerns (notablyYojimbo in spaghetti western"A Fistful of Dollars"), The Magnificent Seven is perhaps the best example of a cultural exchange in which the mainidea - a group of fighters comes to defend the city. from bandits - still translated, because we all understand the concepts of duty, honor and sacrifice. Impossible to talk aboutMagnificent seven withoutseven samurai, but the way it can tailor the story to its goals and the action western's own iconography make it both an essential action movie and an essential western.
Matrix (1999)
Writers / DirectorsStory by: Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski
CastCast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano
Why the film is important: red pills, bullet dodge, chatter, Keanu's riddle. Perhaps there is no contemporary action, sci-fi, or cyberpunk film that has had a greater impact on contemporary pop culture than "Matrix" wachowski. It's a wild success to this day, a film that manages to fuse millions of sources of philosophy, Eastern thinkers, Western muckrakers and pop culture into a completely accessible, entertaining and smart blockbuster.
Mission: Impossible: Fallout (2018)
Writer / Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames
Mission: Impossible: Fallout — a film in which Cruz fell out of a plane, rode a motorcycle through Paris and jumped from one building to another in London, causing the actor to break his ankle and stop production for several weeks. Perhaps the most impressive feat was a helicopter chase with Cruz piloting one of the helicopters, culminating in a fight on a sheer cliff.
Mummy (1999)
Director: Stephen Sommers
Screenwriter: Stephen Sommers
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velasquez
«Mummy"Stephen Sommers is the golden age in the late 90s. The film owes more to dusty adventures. A huge part of this old Hollywood charm is the two pillars of charisma that leadRachel Weisz andBrendan Fraser, who plays an ambitious librarian and American adventurer who must dispatch a resurrected high priest (Arnold Voslo) back to the Land of the Dead.
Oldboy (2003)
Director: Park Chan Wook
ScreenwritersCast: Hwang Jun, Lim Jun Hyun, Park Chan Wook
CastCast: Choi Min Sik, Yoo Ji Tae, Kang Hye Jeong
One episode fromOldboy", a Greek tragedy disguised as a stylish, suspenseful, taboo detective thriller fromPark Chan Wook, has since changed every part of modern cinema. One hallway, one camera tracking left and right, a bunch of guys who aren't "good" at fighting, and a hammer. WhenChoi Min Sik infiltrates the criminal underground in an attempt to find out who has held him captive for 15 years, he must fight his way through a group of thugs with only a tool from a hardware store by his side.
On the crest of a wave (1991)
Director: Katherine Bigelow
Screenwriter: W. Peter Iliff
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Laurie Petty, Gary Busey
On the crest of a wave is the softest action movie ever made, and I can't stress enough how much of a compliment that is. Telling a direct Shakespearean story about a bank robber in Zen style (Patrick Swayze) and a handsome police officer (Keanu Reeves). Our main character, Johnny Utah, is seen sitting in the pouring rain like a sad Victorian prince. Our antagonist, Bodhi, is a thrill-seeking hippie who we meet arched backwards on a surfboard as if making love to water.
Police Story (1985)
Director: Jackie Chan
Writers: Jackie Chan, Edward Tan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Bridget Lin, Maggie Cheung
Many years agoJackie Chan made it his personal mission to try and kill himself for our amusement by throwing his body through objects, from heights, and at other people. All three of these things are fully shown in "Police Stories" 1985., which is considered one of Jackie's best films. The damn thing starts with one of the most insane chase sequences you'll ever see, culminating in Jackie bringing the double-decker bus to a halt with the sheer force of his presence, sending the dudes ejecting through its various windshields like crash test dummies. In the final scene, Jackie chases gangs of his henchmen through at least 900 panes of glass in a mall before sliding off a three-story pole wrapped in live electrical wires. This movie has strict rules, and if you're an action fan and haven't seen it for some reason, you're going to live in embarrassment until you watch it.
Predator (1987)
Director: John McTiernan
Screenwriter: Jim Thomas and John Thomas
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Shane Black
The joke is that since Schwarzenegger had already fought so many people, his next opponent had to be an alien. From this idea arosePredator", who attacks a gang of evil SWAT soldiers (led byArnold Schwarzenegger) and a CIA operative (Carl Weathers). While production was heavily hampered, ranging from studio disagreements with directorJohn McTiernan. And yet, despite all the problems, McTiernan was able to create a true classic; a breathtaking film that still took time to comment on gun violence. It was a film that highlighted the elemental power of Schwarzenegger and gave us one of the most memorable screen monsters in history.the whole story.
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Director: Lexi Alexander
Screenwriter: Nick Santora, Art Markum, Matt Holloway
Cast: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Colin Salmon, Doug Hutchison, Dash Mihawk, Wayne Knight
Punisher: Warzone great sense of 80s action, even when Frank Castle (perfectlyRay Stevenson) hangs upside down from spinning machine gun chandeliers or uses a rocket launcher to blow up a car.
Raid (2011)
Writer / Director: Gareth Evans
Cast: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Ray Sahetapi, Donny Alamsi, Ian Darmawan, Pierre Gruno and Yayan Rukhian
I'm not as good with martial arts movies as, say,Quentin Tarantino, but for me it can be the undeniable apotheosis of action when it comes to hand-to-hand combat scenes. When I first saw"Raid" – I refuse to call it an American name"Raid: Redemption" - I was seriously shocked.Iko Uwais andYayan Ruhian, seemed to be moving at superhuman speed, as if they were living inMatrix or the worldCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – both of which are also on this list.
Actual plotThe Raid simple yet effective as it follows a new member of an elite police squad tasked with infiltrating a high-rise apartment building run by a ruthless drug lord and home to a host of criminals, including the young cop's older brother.
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Philip Kaufman
Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman
"Vin search of the lost ark" Steven Spielberg is the quintessential adventure film that revived the genre with such joy and skill that "Indiana Jones" quickly became its shortened definition. In addition to a fascinating treasure hunt movie. It's a hell of a lot of fun to watch and remains a prime example of filmmaking at its finest.
Robocop (1987)
DirectorStory by: Paul Verhoeven
ScreenwritersPeople: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner
CastCast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer
Much of the action movies of the 1980s, even the best ones, keep up with the cultural conservatism, over-the-top materialism, and nationalistic jingoism of the decades around it.Robocoplike the rest of Hollywood's finest workPaul Verhoeven, dares to make fun of this problematic Hollywood rush by presenting them mostly straight-faced, with about 9000% power and excess, almost making their viewers seriously addicted to them.Robocop so damn funny and so damn terrifying in equal measure, and its ultra-violent-cyberpunk-body-horror-splash sequences are greeted with a surprisingly emotional central storyline.Peter Wellerphysically impressive, like our policeman, who is a robot; in particular, his ability to find a humanity in hiding that cannot be destroyed by any neo-fascist technology or ideology. In fact, this may be the goal of Verhoeven and the writers.Edward Neumeir andMichelMiner for the entire film: even in the most elegant, most extravagant, and most problematic authoritarian ways of living and communicating, our humanity will always extend across our entire field of vision. like many bodies on car windshields. Your move, creep.
Rock (1996)
Director: Michael Bay
Writers: David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook, Mark Rosner
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsyth
On the official list of substances that are too dangerous to mix, next to entries such as "Bleach + Ammonia and Vinegar + Peroxide", you will find the names "Michael Bay + Nicolas Cage". The combination is too volatile, so the United States government only allowed it to happen once [citation needed]. The result was"Rock", the best piece of Bayham ever filmed. Every part of this movie's synopsis is to detonate another nuclear bomb in your brain. This is A) Nicolas Cage B) playing a scientist C) namedStanley Goodspeed D) in a team withSean Connery D) to stopEd Harris.F) from launching biological weapons from Alcatraz Island.
Safety last! (1923)
Directed by: Fred Nijmeyer and Sam Taylor
Writers: Hal Roach, Sam Taylor and Tim Whelan
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis and Bill Strother
Why the film is important: silent movie starsCharlie Chaplin andBuster Keaton were the titans of physical comedy, but you have to give special credit to what he didHarold Lloyd in a pioneeringLast Security!As good as Keaton's tricks were, Lloyd was a little ahead of him withSafety Last!and its spectacular tower climax. The film is about a young man (Lloyd) who tries to make it in the big city but struggles to make any money.Desperate to impress his girlfriend, he hatches a scheme (on top of the many other minor schemes that make up the first half of the film) to get a friend to climb a department store building, only to be forced to do the stunt himself. The way the film continues to find new obstacles to throw at a young man is genius, but what makes it an essential action movie is how it seamlessly blends stunt work, forced perspective and Lloyd's acting to make you believe you're looking at man. hanging dangerously from the ledge.
Seven Samurai (1954)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Screenwriter: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Isao Kimura, Daisuke Kato, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Inaba, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Kokuten Kodo, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Eijiro Too
Akira Kurosawa" sSeven Samurai is one of those movies that you'll find on any "Best Movies of All Time" list worth its salt. There's no shortage of classics on Kurosawa's resume, but this one remains the most famous for good reason - while the term is used rather willy-nilly these days, "Seven Samurai" - a true masterpiece. Epic in every sense of the word, with a run time of only three hours,Seven Samurai renowned for its impeccable screenplay, elegant framing, phenomenal use of movement, and, for the purposes of this list, Kurosawa's formidable skill at weaving narrative into plot. his scenery.
But the simplest success, too often overlooked in scientific analysis, is thatSeven Samurai" also just nice to look at. The action genre, and just about every movie on this list that has followed it, owes a lot to the cinematic language Kurosawa established here. Several favorite westerns are open riffs to Kurosawa films, and"The Magnificent Seven"beret its origin directly fromSeven samurai ", and countless great filmmakers, from Scorsese to Lucas, consider "Seven Samurai.the template from which many of their cinematic styles were born. Whether it's the beautifully woven ensemble storytelling or the way the storytelling is so seamlessly integrated into every beat of the action, from showdowns to the massive battle in the third act, "Seven Samurai" no qualifyingstage is one of the best films ever made. The one that remains the archetype to add drama to the action, and vice versa.
Shaft (1971)
Director: Gordon Parks
Writers: Ernest Tidyman and John D.F. Black
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Coffey, Christopher St. John and Lawrence Pressman
Don't judgeShaft for his modifications. There is only one realShaft, and this is the original from 1971, in whichRichard Roundtree pictured like this bad girl - Okay, I'll shut my mouth. But I'm talking about Shaft (we can get to the bottom of it) because it's really impossible to write about the history of the action genre without the blaxploitation movement. Blaxploitation's films have always been good at incorporating thrilling action into their stories as well as amplifying the influence of the Black Power movement. VShaft Detective John Shaft is hired by a Harlem gangster to save his daughter, and many ass-bustings follow. After you seeShaft, don't forget to watch other blackploitation movies likeBaadasssss Song and Coffy outsweet sweetback.
Sholay (1975)
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Screenwriter: Salim-Javed
Cast: Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan and Amjad Khan
Whether you're a Bollywood enthusiast who wants to revisit a classic once again or dive into the world's most prolific film industry for the first time,Sholay will always be a reliable choice for thrills. At just under 3.5 hours long, the epic is about two escaped prisoners who have to defend a small village from bandits led by the sadistic and psychotic Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). Singh remains one of the great action villains to this day (and it's often said that the role was wanted by several main actors), but the chemistry between our outlaw heroes, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jay (Amitabh Bachchan) is also an important element of what doesSholay such a thrill.
It's a classic western adventure setting, adapted to suit Bollywood culture and the director's prosperity.Ramesh Sippybrimming with bright splashes of rich colors, joyful moments of song and dance, stunning backdrops for spectacles, and utterly unforgettable characters. Considered by many to be the best Bollywood movie of all time, this is undoubtedly an epic action movie that every film buff should see at least once.
Speed (1994)
Director: Jan de Bont
Screenwriter: Graham Yost
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton, Alan Ruck, Beth Grant, Carlos Carrasco and Glenn Plummer
Few dare to callSpeed" the greatest action movie of all time, but perhaps my personal favorite. DirectorJan de Bont lucky to have a couple of rising movie stars inKeanu Reeves andSandra Bullock.who manage to strike up romantic chemistry on a Los Angeles city bus carrying a dangerous payload—a bomb rigged with "enough C4 to blow a hole in the world." The bomb is designed to explode when the bus reaches 50 mph, and is designed to explode if the bus falls below that mark. It's one of the most iconic action movie plots of all time, and comes with two stunning action sequences - the first elevator rescue, in which Reeves' hunch pays off, and the final subway train crash, in which the mad bomber Howard is seen. Payne (Dennis Hopper) loses his head. It may not be Hans Gruber falling off Nakatomi Tower, but the shocking scene is one of the most memorable villain deaths in action movie history.
I really want to see Reeves return to this franchise, because his Jack Traven was an absolute tough guy - he was very different from actors like John Wick and Neo in"Matrix" - but then again, you can't achieve perfection, and as long as you don't mind a few "gaps" in logic, that's an appropriate way of describingspeed. Not only did the film revive the entire action genre in 1994, but the scriptGraham Yost (with major undocumented assistanceJoss Whedon) highly quotable, frantic soundtrackMark Mancina instantly recognizable, while Hopper chews on the scenery. performance is a cackle of delight.
But the real reason thatSpeed works so well is her supporting cast, fromJeff Daniels as Traven's doomed partner, Harry Temple andJoe Morton's as their over-the-top lieutenant, to bus passengers being playedCarlos Carrasco, Beth Grant andAlan Ruck. According toGlenn Plummer, The "Tuneman" at the wheel of a Jaguar is a beautifully put together ensemble that properly represents the diversity of Los Angeles.Speed is a relentless thrill ride that has captured the action movie torch fromHard nut.and rode away with it, staying above 50 the entire journey, and as such more than deserves its place on this list. They just don't make them like that anymore.
Spiderman Across Universes (2018)
DirectorsCast: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
ScreenwritersCast: Phil Lord, Rodney Rothman
CastCast: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, Liev Schreiber
From the first frame of the filmSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" my mouth was open and there was simply no reason to close it until the movie was over."Spider-Verse" is a stunning film in which creativity is both unbridled and skillfully controlled; the rise, rise, and deconstruction of the superhero film that no other superhero film can match; incredibly interesting argument in favor ofBrad Bird animation as a medium, not a genre. You know the historySpiderman ? Peter Parker was bitten by a spider and saved New York? VSpider-Verse going onmuch more, and the speed and ferocity with which we are introduced to wild, hardcore sci-fi concepts and characters unfamiliar to many who only know Spidey from his big-screen experience is astounding. Luckily for us, all of these concepts and characters (especially Spider-PigJohn Mulaney, legend, all of us) are given to us in such an alluring manner of communication; fits the film's beautiful message of inclusion, friendship, fellowship and togetherness. And its action sequences, covered in high-octane color schemes and kinetic energy, are unstoppably cool. An absolute turning point.
Star Wars (1977)
Directed by: George Lucas (Episode IV); Irvin Kershner (Episode V); Richard Marquand (Episode VI)
Writers: George Lucas (Episode IV); Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan (Episode V); Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas (Episode VI)
Cast: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Ian McDiarmid
Not only thatGeorge Lucas “space opera epicstar Wars went on to profoundly influence the last 40-plus years of science fiction films, but it also plays an important role in the world of action movies. The first three filmsStar Wars" became a turning point in the development of the action movie. The influence of sci-fi seems pretty obvious at this point, but in the realm of action, it's hard to underestimate the impact that the inventive activity spearheaded by Lucas and his visual effects company, Industrial Lights and magic, has had.
Until its release in 1977, there was no film like "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. An exciting story that took viewers to the far reaches of space,"New Hope" showed the audience what these worlds are. can be built and what amazing action can unfold in new ways. Lightsaber fights, androids, a helmeted villain strangling victims with an invisible hand - it was all on the screen. Because Lucas' visionStar Wars" continued to develop inStar Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" and "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi., the action sequences shown within the world were stunning. The lightsaber fights got bigger, the high-speed chases with TIE fighters were as exciting as any car chase here on Earth, and the scale of those big Act 3 battles in every sequel where aliens and humans faced something big, than the life of the machine that turned the original trilogy "star wars into the marvel of cinema.
Starship Troopers (1997)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Screenwriter: Edward Neumeier
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards
I firmly decided that this annotation would be nothing more than a transcript of how I giggle all the way to my ass, because this is 100% movie "Starship Troopers». Paul Verhoeven, the least sophisticated man in film history, turned sci-fi fascist propaganda into one of the most poignant satires of paramilitary jingoism ever made. Basically, it's a story about a bunch of gorgeous 90210 teenagers sent to their deaths in an interstellar war against horrific alien bugs,"Starship Troopers" contains some of the bloodiest episodes I have ever seen. But blood and courage is very similar to Verhoeven's previous film.Robocop.is that it's all so stupid and over the top that it's infinitely more fun than awful. The performances are equally caricatured, especiallyMichael Ironside the role of a gray-haired old commander who literally chews the landscape so hard that you can see how his jaw works. It's basically a parody of a war movie, and it's such big, high-profile entertainment that you'll want to watch it again with a huge group of friends as soon as the end credits roll.
Hostage (2009)
Director: Pierre Morel
Writers: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser, John Grice, David Warshofki, Katie Cassidy, Holly Valance, Xander Berkley and Arben Bayraktaraj as Mr. Luck
Liam Neeson played a lot of tough guys beforeTaken 2008. Oskar Schindler. Rob Roy. Michael Collins. Priest Vallon inGangs of New York. Hell, even Alfred Kinsey checked into the cool scales in his own way. But all these cool performances were based on real people, and withTaken Neeson had to build a tough guy from scratch. He was about 55 years old when he first played Brian Mills, a former CIA officer who seems to relish the chance to save his daughter (Maggie Grace) and her best friend when they were kidnapped by Albanian traffickers while on holiday in France.
Mills is ready to travel abroad, leaving behind his ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) and bringing with him only a "special set of skills" that he has acquired over a very long career - skills that make him a nightmare for the bad guys. Thus, Mills is sent to the city in the company of Albanians in one of the most violent studio films in recent times. Naturally,Taken became a huge hit, spawning a trilogy of diminishing returns, but for 20th Century FoxTaken looked likeToughie without a gigantic budget and a challenging star, and the action movie it spawned filled the gap between the last two sequelsD.H..
As in "Hostel» before him, "Taken" made Americans wary of overseas travel, and the film also deserves credit for one of the greatest phone calls in film history. The entire trailer was built around the scene in which Mills promises his daughter's kidnapper that he will look for them, he will find them and kill them. The short "good luck" response is beautifully punctuated with a snap of the end of the conversation - the cherry on top of a masterful scene in a very effective and action-packed 90-minute film.Taken also launched Liam Neeson's action subgenre, which will includeunknown, non-stop, The Commuter,Run All Night and new release Honest Thief. Oh, and it also inspired Liam Neeson's favorite sketch on Key&Peele.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron and William Wisher
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Joe Morton, Earl Boen, Jenette Goldstein, Xander Berkley, S. Epatha Merkerson and Robert Patrick as T-1000
Another movie that could lay claim to being the greatest action movie of all time and, frankly, the greatest sequel of all time, but for now, we're just honoring its well-deserved inclusion on this list.James Cameron takes his 1984 creation to an entirely different level in this 1991 sequel that brings Sarah Connor back fromLinda Hamilton and presentedEdward Furlong like her rebellious son John, destined to lead humanity's battle against robots in the future. The bottom line is that while the hulking TerminatorArnold Schwarzenegger was the villain in the first movie, he's the hero sent back in time to protect John this time from the evil new model, the T-1000, played by a great cast.Robert Patrick.
To my knowledge, Cameron raised the bar for action scenes here: the shootout at Cyberdyne was amazingly choreographed and a fantastic climax that ended on a heartbreaking note.Furlong does one of my favorite childhood plays and Schwarzenegger delivers more iconic lines than Forrest Gump, but it's Hamilton who makes this film sing along as her Sarah Connor is unrecognizable from the first film. She's been called a liar and crazy for nearly a decade, and all that time she's been working in her cell, waiting for the day the Terminator comes back for her. She turns Sarah Connor into an action icon on the same level as Mad Max and Dirty Harry. I'll tell you this - The Bride could have killed me with a single move known as the Five Pointed Palm Exploding Heart Technique, but an angry Sarah Connor is the last person I would want to meet in a dark alley.
They Live (1988)
Writer / Director: John Carpenter
Cast: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster
In truth, "They are alive" - It's not a fighter. It's a satirical sci-fi game about a drifter named Nada (a former professional wrestlerRoddy Piper), who, with the help of magical sunglasses, uncovers an alien plot to rule the world. (You know,this old song.) It's poignant and smart, just as hilarious and exciting, a demolition of Reagan-era politics that, sadly, is even more relevant today. And while it's not exactly an action movie, it does have one of the greatest action scenes in cinematic history. It comes at a crucial moment when Nada is trying to convince her buddy Frank (Keith David) that his claim of an alien invasion is real. All Frank has to do is put on his glasses. Frank refuses. What follows is an almost 6-minute brawl in a filthy, trash-strewn alley where everyone strikes with a crushing blow and Frank continues to refuse to put on his magical sunglasses and see the world for what it really is - full of otherworldly yuppies! Carpenter puts the action clean and without music, which only adds to the brutality at full blast (he later said he was inspired by the fear betweenJohn Wayne andVictor McLaglen v"Quiet Man"). Both actors are great too. It took them three weeks to rehearse the fight, and it shows - every punch feels real and thoughtless, and it's littered with funny moments associated with it (like when Piper accidentally damages David's car). For this fight and this fight only"They live" remains a classic of the genre.
True Lies (1994)
Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron, Randall Frakes
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere
No modern director handles action likeJames Cameronwho almost reinvents the genre every time he gets behind the camera."True Lies" seems to be a film he will never make again (especially since for the foreseeable future he is lost in the countryAvatars), which makes it even more special - it's a light, frothy, clearly adult R-rated action movie based on a pre-existing property (1991 French comedyLa Totale!) and starring one of his oldest collaborators at the height of his superstar (Schwarzenegger). Ah, the early 90s. Schwarzenegger plays a sort of suburban James Bond; he is a deadly secret agent who poses as a mild-mannered businessman even to his increasingly annoying wife (Jamie Lee Curtis, clearly spending the time of a lifetime). When he suspects that his wife is beating him, he uses his free will against her, merging his personal and professional life in increasingly dangerous ways."True Lies" is full of unforgettable action scenes, including (but not limited to) a chase between a motorcycle and a horse, an introductory scene straight out of the 007 catalogue, and a fight between a building and a hovering jet. Sometimestrue lie becomes unwieldy, but never tip over. Cameron is a master at blending action with genuinely endearing characters, and "True lies" is a perfect example of this exceptional talent. And yet we still don't have an official HD release.
Who Killed Captain Alex (2010)
Director: Nabwana IGG
Screenwriter: Nabwana IGG
Cast: Kakule William, Sseruina Ernest, Buquenya Charles, Nakyambadde Pross
Super action movie! The fight!
What makes yoube in love cinema? Is it technical skill? How does it make you feel?Who killed Captain Alex?can be a technical mess in many ways, but it makes you feel like hellfantastic. First Ugandan action film produced by a self-funded studio, dubbed by writer/director/producerNabwana by Isaac Godfrey Geoffrey (IGG)"Vakaliwood", «Who killed Captain Alex?deploys a gunman in his village of Kampala that is so unusual that it is almost impossible to explain. Filmed with the help of a village for less than $200, edited on a computer that Nabwana built himself from spare parts, and filmed during a period of turbulent political violence in the real world, the 2010 film is low-definition and incoherent, with crappy CGI, a pan- flute onSeal song "Kissed by a Rose" and a VJ (also known as "Video Joker") who narrates throughout the movie with jokes, observations and frequent reminders that you are actually watching the movie. entitled "Who killed Captain Alex? - and it's one of the most joyful action movies I've ever seen.
One of the most fascinating things about studying a genre is watching it move through history and culture, a shared film tradition that invites filmmakers from all over the world to try their hand at the looks and trademarks of the films they love most.Who killed Captain Alex?filmed with pure love for blockbuster action movies, and what it lacks in budget and stars, it makes up for in an impressive drive to just make a damn movie. Just because you love it so much. But I'm not trying to say that I love this movie ironically or despite its flaws, it's quite the opposite. The fight scenes are truly amazing, thanks to the self-taught kung fu performers. The witticisms are unforgettable and endlessly quoted. I first met Wakalywood at a screening of their film "Bad black" at Fantastic Fest. The theater was blown away by this filmexultation. Then people couldn't shut up about it.Same year "Bad Black" received the Audience Choice Award. The enthusiasm of these films is intoxicating and so pure that it is impossible to resist them.
