The grizzled good guy goes up against the coiffed bad guy. The plot unravels via multiple, escalating explosions. A high speed chase is thrown in for good measure. And let's not forget the ker-azy showdown of epic proportions. Action movies on the whole tend to follow a certain formula. We come to expect these elements when we're hunkered down on the couch, wide-eyed with the bass boost set to max. Knowing what's coming doesn't detract from our enjoyment of this balls-to-the-wall genre, though. No siree! It's savoring those bonkers moments one after the other that makes actioners suc🌌h a riot, every single time.
With action movies we get to bask in a world where Tom Cruise dangles risk-free from planes and Nicolas Cage's mullet flutters in the breeze. Yes, they might push the boundaries of realism... but boy, are they fun. Here's the very best 2🅘5 action m🌃ovies that'll get your pulse racing and your inner adrenaline junkie shrieking like you've just driven a car out of a plane at 35,000 ft.
25. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Action heroes: Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, Harry Hart
24. Atomic Blonde (2017)
Action hero: Lorraine Broughton, David Percival
The film: Lorraine Broughton is a top British agent sent into 1980s Berlin to retrieve a defector with information on a mole, as well as a list of high value operatives everyone’s trying to get hold off. It’s all relayed via recaps in a postꦜ mission debriefing, where it’s clear clear no one▨ can be trusted and there’s a reason why she usually punches first and asks questions later.
Most action-packed scene: While checking out another spies flat Lorraine is surprised by the police. She proceeds to take 10 of them down with nothing but a coil of hose pipe and George Mich🎀ael blasting from the stereo to mask the fighting as she moves from room to roo🐬m.
Gem Seddon is GamesRadar+'s west coast Entertainment News Reporter, working to keep all of you updated on all of the latest and greatest movies and shows on streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Outside of entertainment journalism, Gem can frequently be found writing about the alternative𝕴 health and wellness industry, and obsessing over all things Aliens and Terminator on Twitter.
