Actioner

Timing is everything in virtually all aspects of life, and in the case of Roland Emmerich’s White House Down, the worst thing that could have happened to the blockbuster action extravaganza was the fact it released three months after Antoine Fuqua’s Olympus Has Fallen. You wait all your life for a thinly-veiled Die Hard imitation set in the presidential abode to come along, only to get two in quick succession. As tends to be the case with any case of twin films, though, there could only be one winner; and it was Gerard…

The name Timo Tjahjanto needs no introductions to fans of hard-hitting action cinema, with the filmmaker responsible for the instant classic The Night Comes for Us, which comfortably ranks as one of the finest bone-breaking spectaculars of the last decade. He hasn’t returned to the genre since, but that’s about to change when The Big 4 comes to Netflix. While Tjahjanto has agreed to take his talents to Hollywood with a remake of Steven Seagal favorite Under Siege, we haven’t heard a word on the updated aquatic…

via STXFilms Everyone is well within their rights to enjoy movies that don’t hold the strongest of reputations in the eyes of either critics or the general public, but attempting to elevate something as terrible as 2018’s revenge-fueled actioner Peppermint onto the same pedestal as the classics is nothing short of madness. Sure enough, a Reddit thread boldly proclaiming that Jennifer Garner’s Riley North deserved to be spoken about in the same revered tones as Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley and Linda…

via Amazon Studios It’s one thing to come up with an awesome-sounding concept for an action movie, but it’s a much tougher proposition to actually deliver on the promise of unbridled ass-kicking insanity. If it wasn’t for star Kate Beckinsale, then there’d be nothing much to recommend about Jolt whatsoever, but her phenomenal performance does its best to try and drag the material up to her level. A spiritual successor of sorts to Jason Statham’s unhinged Crank duology, Beckinsale’s Lindy Lewis is a bouncer with…

via VMI Distribution B-tier action movies are dime a dozen on every major streaming service, so standing out from the pack takes a feature that stands out from the crowd, as well as a little bit of luck. Fortunately, Double Threat possesses both in spades, seeing as it’s become one of the most popular titles on a major platform. As per FlixPatrol, director Shane Stanley’s undemanding actioner debuted on the Prime Video Top 10 in the United States yesterday, and has now climbed one spot higher to ninth. Based on…

via Paramount For an actor that’s starred in a huge number of action movies dating back decades, it’s incredible to think that Mark Wahlberg has never headlined anything in the genre that’s proven popular or successful enough to spawn a multi-film franchise, with Shooter one of several notable failures. The-two time Academy Award winner has appeared in his fair share of high-octane adventures that were designed with sequels in mind, but not a single one of them managed to land a follow-up. Comedies Ted and…

via Lionsgate Some people may prefer their action movies to have some depth or substance to them, but there’s a huge number of genre fans who want nothing more than to see a grizzled badass decimate as many enemies as possible within the space of two hours in as many gruesome and inventive ways as possible. Luckily they do, otherwise Gerard Butler’s career would be in a much different place, with the star’s Angel Has Fallen becoming the latest entry from his back catalogue to blow a hole in the streaming…

via Netflix Even though Netflix’s in-house action output can always be relied on to draw solid viewership numbers, a worrying number of them aren’t exactly welcomed with open arms by critics. In the last year alone, we’ve seen Red Notice (the platform’s biggest original hit of all-time), Interceptor, The Takedown, The Gray Man, Day Shift, and many others all end up under the 60 percent threshold on Rotten Tomatoes that keeps them away from a Fresh rating, but this week’s debutant Lou has bucked the trend. Or at…

via Vertical Entertainment A hard-hitting action thriller that boasts one of the best talents of their generation in the lead role, along with a supporting cast stuffed to the brim with stellar supporting players, sounds like a fun time. Despite the promise it held on paper, though, 2020’s Ava was a crushing disappointment that experienced failure at virtually every turn. With three-time Academy Award nominee (and eventual winner) Jessica Chastain dipping her toes into the waters of ass-kicking, the film had an…

via Warner Bros. The action genre tends to work on the fairly straightforward basis of turning any decent-sized box office success into a franchise, but it’s been almost six years since The Accountant wound up earning $155 million from theaters on a $44 million budget, and yet we’re still waiting for that second installment. To be fair, director Gavin O’Connor revealed last year that stars Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal had signed on to return, but we haven’t heard anything close to a concrete update since…