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Fresh and Certified Fresh 2021 action movies ranked by Tomatometer, including Black Widow, Nobody, Gunpowder Milkshake and more!
PCU is a fertile movie, filled with the beginnings of good ideas and promising scenes. But somehow everything seems truncated; there's not the kind of follow-through that takes a funny...
- Raging Fire. When it comes to the best action film of 2021, it's not really a contest. There's more glorious action in the first 20 minutes of "Raging Fire" than in entire movies on this list.
- Wrath of Man. The experience of watching "Wrath of Man" is to wait for it to become a typical Guy Ritchie movie. It never does. Yes, some of the British director's hallmarks are there — sophomoric banter, audacious music cues — but they're downplayed and mostly absent.
- Nobody. There are multiple American dreams. One of them is suburbia. For many, the promise of a white picket fence and financial security is Elysium on Earth.
- Riders of Justice. I imagine this list already has some readers wondering what my definition of an action movie actually is, and "Riders of Justice" will only confuse the issue.
Best Action & Adventure Movies 2021. During a year when moviegoers largely stayed at home, it’s rather fitting that three of the top five Action & Adventure movies were Westerns (yes,...
- Free Guy
- CopShop
- Nobody
- No Time to Die
- Raging Fire
- The Suicide Squad
- Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Riders of Justice
- The Paper Tigers
Video games often surpass movies in the terms of the kind of wild action they can feature. However, Free Guyembraces the endless possibilities of video game worlds with its story taking place inside one. Ryan Reynolds plays a mundane everyman who realizes he is a character in a game. The movie has plenty of fun video game references to please fans ...
There have been many great action movies that take place largely in a single location and Copshopis a worthy entry into that subgenre. Frank Grillo plays a con artist who attempts to hide from a relentless assassin by getting locked up in a police station. But when the assassin is locked up as well, a tense and deadly situation unfolds. RELATED: 10...
As enjoyable as it is the see typical action heroes like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone do their thing, it is always fun to see an unexpected actor step into the genre. Such is the case with Bob Odenkirk in Nobodyas he plays a mild-mannered family man with a deadly past. Critics acknowledged that the movie sticks to the genre expectat...
Daniel Craig gets the rare opportunity to bring closure in his final outing as James Bond. The latest adventure picks up with 007 living a quiet life away from the spy world only to be dragged back in by a new threat and some dark secrets being revealed. No Time to Dieis not the most daring Bond movie in the eyes of most critics, however, as a fina...
Donnie Yen is one of the best action stars working in the genre today so it is always exciting to see what new adventure he is involved in. Raging Firehas Yen playing a decorated police officer who is faced with his most challenging case when he goes up against a skilled gang of criminals led by his former protégé. Critics pointed out that Raging F...
After the disappointing first attempt to bring Task Force X to the big screen, James Gunn's The Suicide Squad embraces the violence and weirdness of the source material for this new take. It once again finds a group of oddball villains sent on a deadly mission where they must learn to work as a team. It was Gunn's wild and distinct style that turne...
While beloved Marvel characters like Spider-Man and Black Widow got solo movies in 2021, it was a new MCU hero who surprised many with his debut. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsstars Simu Liu as the titular hero who is forced to confront his past when his villainous father re-enters his life. From the exciting martial arts action sequence...
Yet another MCU adventure ended up pleasing critics with Tom Holland's third solo movie as Spider-Man. In Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker seeks out Doctor Strange's help only for it to result in some dangerous unwelcome guests coming from the multiverse. RELATED: 10 Spin-Offs That Could Follow Spider-Man: No Way Home With plenty of crowd-plea...
Like Raging Fire, Riders of Justiceis another international action story that stood out to critics in 2021. Mads Mikkelsen stars in the Danish action-comedy as a former soldier who goes on a dangerous mission after suspecting his wife's death was not an accident. Mikkelsen continues to impress critics with his versatility as his performance was hig...
Another action-comedy that fans might have missed but that impressed most critics is The Paper Tigers. The movie follows three former martial arts prodigies who now live mundane middle-aged lives. But when their former teacher is murdered, they must attempt to revisit their old skills and balance their regular lives as they embark on a revenge miss...
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Jan 5, 2022 · The best action movies of 2021 feature everything you could possibly want, from monster battles and crazy car chases to female assassins and video game mayhem.
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Dec 25, 2021 · Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings. 2021 was a massive return for the Marvel Cinematic Universe with four new entries on the big screen alone. They covered a wide variety of genres and ...