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Category: Action

From John Wick to Atomic Blonde, get your adrenaline rush with one of these action movies!

‘Sinners’ is the best movie of the year | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosApril 9, 2025
Michael B. Jordan in SINNERS. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.

Sinners follows a pair of infamous twins who return to their hometown to open a juke joint of their own only to find a darkness.

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Romantic sci-fi thriller ‘The Gorge’ hits its mark | movie reivew

ActionKarl DelossantosFebruary 13, 2025
Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy in The Gorge. Courtesy of Apple TV+.

Two snipers tasked with guarding the mysterious of an inexplicable gorge find themselves following in love from thousands of feet away.

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Civil War is a thriller at war with itself | review

ActionKarl DelossantosApril 11, 2024
Kirsten Dunst in Civil War. Courtesy of A24.
A group of journalists and war photographers trek from New York to Washington, D.C. while the United States is in the throes of a civil war Writer-director Alex Garland's Civil War is an all-out assault on the senses that immerses you in a war zone that isn't just close to home, it is home. When…
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Dev Patel’s Monkey Man is an action thriller with a lot on its mind | review

ActionKarl DelossantosApril 3, 2024
Dev Patel in Monkey Man. Courtesy of Monkeypaw Pictures.

Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man follows an Indian man on a mission for revenge against the people and politics that wronged him

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Dune: Part Two is an epic science fiction masterpiece | review

ActionKarl DelossantosFebruary 21, 20241
A scene from Dune: Part Two.

Dune: Part Two finds would-be messiah Paul Atreides on a revenge mission that may take him to the dark side of Arrakis

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Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ is a chopped and screwed summer blockbuster | review and analysis

ActionKarl DelossantosJuly 20, 2022
Keke Palmer as Emerald Haywood in Nope, written, produced and directed by Jordan Peele.

Nope follows two siblings that become convinced that UFOs are visiting their ranch to abduct horses. Seeing a path to fortune, they set out to capture it on video.

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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ is an action magnum opus | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosMarch 13, 20233
Keanu Reeves as John Wick in John Wick: Chapter 4. Photo by Murray Close. © 2022 Lionsgate
Keanu Reeves returns as an assassin trying to survive an onslaught from the all-powerful High Table in John Wick: Chapter 4. John Wick: Chapter 4 takes the over-the-top action it’s known for and cranks it up to the highest level. After a slow start it moves like a beast through some of the best action…
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‘Bacurau’ NYFF review — The weird western Tarantino never made

ActionKarl DelossantosSeptember 20, 2019
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Set in a Brazillian village in the near future, Bacurau follows the inhabitants as they become the victims to a sinister set of events. One-sentence review: Bacurau is a wonderfully weird western that is as funny as it is hard hitting and thrilling. Details: ? Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles // ?? Brazil //…
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‘The Woman King’ redefines the historical epic | TIFF review

ActionKarl DelossantosSeptember 15, 20221
Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, and the cast of The Woman King. Courtesy of TIFF.

Set in 1820s West Africa, The Woman King follows an all-female group of warriors as they prepare to face the rising threat from a rival kingdom

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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ review: Post-Pandora depression is real

ActionKarl DelossantosDecember 13, 2022
Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) in 20th Century Studios' AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Avatar: The Way of Water returns us to the world of Pandora where the Navi's struggle against human colonizers takes them to the water Avatar: The Way of Water reminds us that the possibilities of film are endless as it expands the world of Pandora to an impossibly stunning underwater landscape. Coupled with James Cameron's…
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