Action cinema that punches above its weight and kicks convention to the curb. This isn’t your typical explosion-fest; we’re diving into films like “John Wick” that use adrenaline as storytelling fuel, where every fight sequence serves the narrative and every chase scene reveals character.
From directors like Chad Stahelski, who understand that the best action emerges from genuine stakes, to underground gems that prove you don’t need a Marvel budget to deliver heart-stopping thrills.
Whether it’s genre-blending masterpieces like “Mad Max: Fury Road” that mix action with environmental allegory, or films like “The Raid” where violence becomes poetry and chaos becomes cathartic.
We celebrate action films that spawned their own subgenres, created iconic fight choreography that influenced an entire generation of filmmakers, and those hidden gems that remind us why we fell in love with cinema’s kinetic possibilities.
Escape Room Tournament of Champions reunites survivors in Minos Corporation’s deadly games. Adam Robitel’s sequel delivers kinetic puzzle-solving thrills but lacks visceral horror. Review by Mother of Movies (Escape Room 2)
A sci-fi action, comedy & adventure movie, The Adam Project sees a time-travelling pilot crash land into 2022 to try & save the world.
Upgrade is the most violent body horror-action movie ever. An Australian action movie you need to watch. Directed & written by Leigh Whannel
Do you need new shark movies from 2018? Only a handful exist featuring the largest ocean predator. In Deep Blue Sea 2, No-fin went right. No-fin at all.
In the Riot Girls’ apocalyptic universe adults have been wiped off the Earth. A teen-centric, violent portrayal of East versus West.
Directed by Jovanka Vuckovic and written by Katherine Collins.
Best Australian horror creature features list. Includes cult smash favorites like Bait 3D, Blackwater, and more. Which one is your favorite?
