![]() ![]() Sure, it’s a terrible script and nobody really gets anything to do (though Adkins’ SEAL squadmates all acquit themselves well), but a brutal last 20-minute blitz will make all but the deepest sticks in the mud scoot to the edges of their seats.- Jacob Oller There’s a lot to appreciate in the technical planning and execution here. Gamers will note the visual language of third-person shooters (or those of an FPS, extrapolated outward), as camera angles around cover or over shoulders replicate their visceral placement. With the handheld camera mostly following him tight throughout, he’s a compelling presence even when he’s not breaking arms or cutting throats. Adkins is still an exceptional workhorse, not just as a combatant but as a dramatic performer. But for the stuff that matters, the gunfights and the knifefights and the fistfights, you’ll be glad Nunn and his team trusted in the process. For some of that runtime, you wish they would learn about cutting so you didn’t have to watch someone walk across a field or down a base hallway in real time-especially as the walk-and-talk dialogue is filled with a silly terrorist plot and grating characters that’d make a Call of Duty writer note the lack of nuance. Here are our picks for the 10 best action movies of the year:įilmmaker James Nunn reunites with Scott Adkins once again for a gimmicky and often unpleasant tour around a militarized island newly under siege, all made to look like it’s one 90-minute shot. The resulting batch of actioners might feel the most eccentric of any of our genre lists this year, but they all share one thing in common: Your adrenaline will flow, your eyes will stay peeled and your knuckles might whiten as you watch. The best one of this year, the Korean Escape from Mogadishu, embeds a spectacular car chase-better than anything in F9-in its sleepy political drama. Then there are the outliers, the non-qualifiers with a great setpiece here or there. The “/action” movies where sci-fi, Westerns and comedies throw in fights or races or chases to keep our blood pumping. Naturally, we dug into this year’s DTV offerings, but then there are the blockbusters. It’s also where you’re likely to find some of the best and brashest fight choreography. This is the realm of Adkins, Jaa, Uwais and Michael Jai White. Most pure-grade action movies that aren’t entries in one of a handful of franchises go straight to streaming or DVD. ![]() Digging into the best action movies of any given year is an exercise in genre definition. ![]()
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