The Wachowskis pour out a feverish brew of mythology and philosophizing as their simulated world heads for an apocalypse of glitches and programming errors. But it would also be silly to deny the action potency of this weird, crazy movie, a blockbuster sequel so ambitious they built a 1.5-mile loop of freeway to film a car chase. Yeah, I get it - The Matrix Reloaded is messy and meandering, far from the woven threads of concept, story, and style that help 1999's The Matrix still echo through culture today. Belle is the founder of the movement discipline of parkour, while Raffaelli is a stuntman and the film's fight choreographer, and their physical abilities take center stage. First-time director Pierre Morel puts them through a series of jaw-dropping foot chases up walls, across rooftops and balconies, and climbing and rolling and leaping feet-first through tiny windows without the aid of wires or digital effects.īesson showcased parkour in Taxi 2 (1998) and Yamakasi (2001), but pairing the art form with a story about the urban class war, a tension that would erupt into riots in Paris the following year, makes for a uniquely French exploitation film.
Blatantly inspired by Escape From New York, anti-hero Leïto (David Belle) teams with undercover cop Damien (Cyril Raffaelli) to find a stolen nuclear bomb in a walled-off Paris suburb. But the most purely Bessonian of his productions is B13. The Professional director Luc Besson is the mastermind behind the Taken series, the Taxi series, and the Transporter series. I think you'll find that the modern age of action has plenty to offer. cheats), this top 30 contains movies ranging from obscure straight-to-video to massive blockbuster, and originating from many different countries (but apologies to Jason Statham, an actor I love and the era's only real marquee-level action star - Transporter 2 nearly made this list). Instead, these are films with thrilling, kinetic, and objectively badass set-pieces, preferably joined with characters and stories that capture our imaginations, or even have something to say.
Also absent are "post-action" movies, i.e., action-driven stories where camera tricks obscure what used to be money shots. Nothing against caped crusaders, but you won't find movies that emphasize visual effects over stunts and choreography on this list. I'm here to declare "no," and celebrate 30 of the best and baddest two-fisted, back-flipping action vehicles that have come out since 2000. I love a good superhero flying through the air, or Liam Neeson blurrily breaking a guy's wrist with his "special set of skills," but these days, it's harder than ever to find movies that glorify actual action. Are the stunt-filled movies that evolved out of Westerns and Bruce Lee, got pumped up during the Reagan-Stallone years, and learned spin-kicks when Van Damme showed up, gone for good?
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