![]() ![]() Here are the 50 Best Action Movies of the 21st Century, from “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” to “ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”Ĭhris O’Falt, Ryan Lattanzio, Noel Murray, Samantha Bergeson, and Graham Winfrey also contributed to this list. ![]() ![]() Art that quickens the pulse is sometimes dismissed as lowbrow or inferior, but it doesn’t have to be that way. ![]() These are movies that have tried to show audiences something new. They’re called “motion pictures” after all, and these movies move - and couldn’t exist in any other medium. The movies below are some of the finest examples of pure cinema that this still-young century has to offer. Others opt to use action to tell more serious, human stories that just happen to feature thrilling fight sequences. Some gleefully take their action to self-consciously ridiculous extremes, from Jason Statham needing to keep his heart rate at hyper-adrenalized levels in “Crank: High Voltage” to Clive Owen and Monica Bellucci having sex while blowing away baddies in “Shoot ’Em Up,” to the endless platitudes about “family” in the “Fast” saga. That principle is what separates so many of the movies on IndieWire’s list from their weaker counterparts. James Gunn Is Tired of ‘Lazy’ Superhero Movies with ‘No Rhyme or Reason to What’s Happening’ ![]()
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