Being a Tarantino flick it of course offers brilliant actors giving superb performances and is about as richly cinematic as movies get. Quentin Tarantino’s first western is an amazing slavery revenge pic that’s wildly entertaining. This was often imitated after it ignited a serious Western fascination with wuxia, but it’s yet to be topped. Oh and the martial arts action in it kicks serious arse and hasn’t aged badly. It’s an epic, gorgeous tale of classical heroes filled with breathtaking imagery, moving romance and beautiful commentary on the human condition.

Crank‘s absurdity and crassness were both surpassed with the even stupider sequel, but there’s still a shitload of fun to be had with this original.Īng Lee’s ode to wuxia became an instant modern classic when it was released in 2000. Cue sex, drugs and lots and lots of violence. Thanks to a cartoonish villain’s dastardly ways, the beefy Brit has to keep his adrenaline cranking to stay alive-sort of like Speed but with his body instead of a bus. Wildly over the top, stylised as if by a videogame addict with ADHD and dumb to the point of being braindead, this frenetic 2006 Jason Statham vehicle is super gratuitous B-movie goodness. And damn the storytelling is just so efficient and entertaining, it’s bloody great. This is where he got the balance right, so the camera movement adds to the excitement without obscuring too much of it. Paul Greengrass was a master of the shakey-cam action style, for good and bad, and this is his best example of it. The best of the Bourne franchise, this 2007 film is a super tight, tense, well-crafted thrill ride. It encapsulates that feeling of grooving along to music by yourself better perfectly while also delivering mint car chase action, super cool shootouts, a stellar foot chase, a supremely kick arse soundtrack and loads of hilarious, quotable dialogue. This 2017 Edgar Wright flick has about as much infectious, gleeful fun as a modern action possibly can without getting too silly. Thankfully Netflix has a bunch of Adkins movies on it, but this is the one you should start with.

In this he plays a bulky, ugly Cockney thug who beats the shit out of couple hundred guys in prison in the lead-up to one of the all-time greatest British pub fight scenes. The best movie in years from the undisputed king of modern B-grade action, Scott Adkins.

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