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- 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.
Dec 1, 2022 · The 36-year gap ensured that Top Gun: Maverick was about more than just a nifty fighter pilot with a killer smile. It was about ageing and mortality, memories and regrets, holding on and...
- A Stand-Out Genre
- This Time Last Year
- Beyond The Superhero Genre
- Demand For Action Series
- The Audience of Today - and Yesterday
It has been reported that action and adventure are, by quite a significant amount, the most popular movie genres within the United States and Canada over the past two decades. The chart below shows the ten films with the most global demand over last month. The action genre, particularly superhero films, dominates this list, with Black Panther: Waka...
A similar lineup occurred over the month of November last year in terms of the most in demand films worldwide. The chart below shows the demand distribution for all films worldwide over November of 2021. The action genre made up a hundred percent of this list, with half of these being superhero films. Venom: Let There Be Carnage was at the top with...
With the huge levels of demand for the superhero genre encompassing not just the demand distribution for the action genre, but the demand distribution for all genres, it is important to consider how much demand there is for the action genre as a whole - and whether or not it is only held up by superhero films. This, however, may not be the case, if...
The chart below shows the most in demand series over the month of November. The Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon had 119.7 times more demand than the average series worldwide. Much like Game of Thrones itself, which had 117.3 times more demand than the average series worldwide, as well as a number of other series listed below, it is heav...
With superhero films, fantasy series, horror shows, and movies set in outer-space, the action genre covers a lot of ground in terms of themes and elements. This, on its own, could be the reason for the high level of demand we see for the genre from today’s global audience. After all, with so many options, there is likely something for everyone. In ...
The highest-rated action movies of the past year, to satisfy all your stunt-driving, barrel-smashing, limb-pummeling urges.
A series that began 20 years ago with a modest thriller has morphed into an gleefully OTT action-soap opera. It perfectly represents how cinema has changed, writes Kambole Campbell.
- Kambole Campbell
Mar 22, 2022 · Now, the genre's style has changed and learned new ways to draw people into its action while deepening its characters and stories. The action movies of today are a completely different beast than action movies from the 80s and 90s—and here’s how they changed.
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Dec 9, 2023 · Action movies have come in a wide variety throughout the decade, whether they are continuing films in all-time classic action franchises, or original action movies that evolve and build...
