Action Movies & Series

Saw 'Kill' in theatres last night, had a blast!

It's set on a train, and similar to movies like 'The Raid', it was non-stop action from start to finish. The action also had The Raid and John Wick-esc vibes, it had a steadier camera and was very well shot. Lot's of fantastic hand-to-hand, and close range weapons fights. The movie also did a great job in putting you in every characters shoes, making you feel for both sides.

I cannot wait to see it again, I think I might go again next week! I definitely recommend seeing it in a theatre if you can, to support more great action/martial arts movies like this being made.

Hey ,

It just sorta hit me recently that there are a ton of movies from the 80s/90s that I wasn't allowed to watch as a kid that are probably well-worth a viewing.

Some recents include:

• Alien and Aliens

• Terminator and T2

• Heat

Randomly, I was allowed to see a lot of that Nic Cage run in the 90s, so we don't have to include those (Face/Off Con-Air, The Rock...) I think my mom had a thing for him or something.

Will take any and all recommendations, I've been loving what I've seen so far, it's been a fun ride.

I went to see Furiosa, and got a trailer for this little oddball. A 2023 TIFF selection that appeared to be nothing more than "Indian John Wick on a train." I wrote it off. So many John Wick clones, it's getting tiresome. I already thought Monkey Man was going to be Indian John Wick, and it turned out to be a pretty thoughtful picture. So Kill must be the dud, right?

Wrong again. This time, the marketing isn't as misleading as Monkey Man. It is what it says on the tin. Two Army Captains board a train taken over by bandits. However, inside this tin is hammerspace, and it contains a bounty of action, gore, drama, emotion, and character. I have nothing bad to say about this movie. I have not felt things this intensely in a movie for a long time, and in such a particular mix.

This is not a "Fun" movie. It asks you to commit to a basic setup, then pushes the pieces as far to the edge of the board as it can. It does a lot with a little. In that way, it is quite similar to "Train to Busan" mostly superficially. The movie avoids immersion breaking tropes, and ends up telling the most realistic story about how this kind of situation plays out. Even the villains have dimensionality to them

This is an 80's action movie come back to life, and if it wasn't such an amazing showcase, I'd be more upset that this wasn't coming from North America. The film is in Hindi, but the actors throw in an English word or phrase every 5 or 6 lines. I don't know what that's about, but between it and the Western pop culture name drops, it was nice to feel catered to. And that's without taking into account that this whole film is just my sociopathic fantasies with a narrative on it.

I know voting with your wallet never really works the way we want, but if you don't see the film to save Western cinema, at least see it to have a wonderful afternoon, and get the ultimate testosterone supercharge.

Every once in a while, I will rewatch the Bourne trilogy. Although the entire plot line is a little bit of cliche, but the pace, the action, the photography are so fantastic.

There are no excessive special effect, no fancy intelligent weapons like other big movies. This makes the story and character so realistic, and let audience completely immerse into it, at least I don't want to miss single second of it.

Of course, One should ever forget to mention the ending scene and music after "you look tried" Goosebumps! One of the Best ending I have ever seen

I heard that John wick director is planning on remaking this movie before it's release so I checked it out. And man the action and brutality is what you expect in John wick film but dialed to 100. It's the best action movie I've seen from South Asia since rrr (kalki was fun. Kinda like rebel moon if it has soul to it but it's not much of action) and definitely worth watching it in theatre.

My partner and I are trying to watch a fun action movie every week in theme with NSBU. I would love to hear everyone's favorites and suggestions

We recently watched Anaconda and Jon Voigt's batshit facial expressions were amazing. I think Escape From New York is our pick this week.