Jeffrey is a freelance features writer at Collider. He is an MPA-accredited entertainment journalist and a Tomatometer-approved critic based in the LA area. He graduated from the University of Texas ...

Action movies are cool. People fight, things explode, there are chases, and weapons are fired, and it’s all usually done without anyone actually getting hurt, emphasis on “usually.” Such films involve ...

The line between punches and punchlines blurs in Heads of State. Even at its most tense moments, a sense of goofy fun creeps into director Ilya Naishuller’s action thriller about a Hollywood ...

One of the main action scenes from the new film, The Wrecking Crew, has been released online. The film is now streaming on Prime Video.

Not all action movies keep things short and sweet, with some great ones, like Seven Samurai and A Touch of Zen, being more than three hours long.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook One thing most of them have universally delivered on, though, is compelling action sequences. Some ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Park Chan-wook’s 2003 masterpiece, Oldboy, is a film known for its devastating story and an ...

NPR's Megan Lim and Ryan Benk, two action sequence aficionados, discuss the elements of a great cinematic fight scene. DETROW: I think that was one of the first fight scenes that really stuck with me, ...

In the beginning, there was nothing, and then, there was action. Sort of. What is now understood as the action genre, with all its conventions and spectacle, wasn’t really a thing when feature films ...