To further complicate things, both Adams travel back to 2018 to meet with their father, Louis Reed ( Avengers: Endgame’s Mark Ruffalo), who wrote a formula to control time travel before dying in a car accident in 2011. However, Adam never makes it to 2018 and instead crash lands in 2022, where he meets his 12-year-old self ( Secret Headquarters’ Walker Scobell).Īs the two Adams bond, they are attacked by Maya Sorian ( Yes Day’s Jennifer Garner), one of the most powerful women in the world who is after Adam. In the film, Reynolds plays Adam Reed, a time pilot from the year 2050 who travels back to 2018 to save his wife, Laura ( Avatar: The Way of Water ‘s Zoe Saldaña). In 2022, Netflix released a time-traveling adventure, The Adam Project, featuring one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Ryan Reynolds ( Deadpool 3). Until then, here is, in no particular order, the 36 best action movies ever made. Here’s hoping for more John Wicks, more Raids, and more Atomic Blondes in the future. And international actors and directors are finally getting increased attention (and direction) in a Hollywood overly-saturated with slapstick cinematography and post-production punches.
If anything, the fights are becoming more brutal, more carefully choreographed, and more ambitious. And performers like Bruce Lee, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Arnold have changed to Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, and Charlize Theron. Legend action directors like Ang Lee, John Woo, Robert Clouse, and Zhang Yimou (still going strong) have given way to newer arrivals like Gareth Evans, Chad Stahelski, and Christopher Nolan. The only thing that’s changed are the names and faces. While there are obvious developments in VFX technology, which have allowed for larger set pieces and more realistic thrills, much of what makes a great acton film a great action film hasn’t changed: painstaking choreography, fearless stunt performers/actors, and clear cinematography (and not that Taken fence jumping bullshit.) If anything, we are now experiencing another golden age of ass-kicking cinema. They are the heroes and the future directors, choreographers, and performers who bring these imaginations to life.Īnd to the incredulity of your father (who insists no movie will ever top First Blood) the action genre hasn’t slipped on it’s roundhouse kick. They all want to punch, draw swords, and run toward the danger.
Why? Because no young girl or boy grows up pretending to be a damsel in distress or a sidekick. As long as there are movies, there will be action movies.
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