1975 ‧ Musical/Adventure ‧ 3h 24m
Tag: Action
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
2009 ‧ Action fiction ‧ 1 season, 64 episodes
Real Steel
I love a good boxing movie. And no doubt there are loads of em. The most clichéd story popularized by Rocky is that of the underdog fighter who can go the distance on sheer determination and take punches like no one has ever before. This movie is no different, expect that instead of Sylvester Stallone we got a robot. Good fun movie.
Lucy
Lucy is a good film. Similar to Limitless, it explores what humans can achieve by unlocking 100% of our brains. The memes on that topic from this movie are hilarious. A good watch.
The Matrix
1999 ‧ Sci-fi/Action ‧ 2h 16m
Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder is a genius comedy parody. Directed, written and acted in by Ben Stiller. The sheer amount of stars in this film is mind boggling, especially if you don’t know who all in the movie. Sorry for the hints in the tags!
Doctor Strange
I’m a big MCU fan, even though I like DC heroes better. And I’m sure most of you are MCU fans too. But just as Martin Scorsese said, he couldn’t watch them, for him its like theme parks and not real cinema. Well some people do agree with that. Others just feel those MCU movies are for children. Forget everything you think you know, and just watch Doctor Strange. I was lucky enough to watch in Imax 3D when it came out. So obviously the visuals are great, but the story and the music score is great too., Enough to make it a standalone movie, without ever knowing anything about the MCU or its full form.
300
You may know Zack Synder from the Synder Cut of Justice League. But most of us know him as the slo-mo action expert from 300. It may look like a very artistic movie with saturated colors. But I wouldn’t watch it for that, or the story. Just watch it for the action and the awesome dialogues, which have spawned countless memes.
Ip Man
2008 ‧ Action/Martial Arts ‧ 1h 48m
V for Vendetta
My Friend in college had a poster in his dorm portraying a Guy Fawkes mask with a heading “Ideas are bulletproof”. It was a dialogue from V for Vendetta. this film contains many such moving dialogues and even better action, direction and acting to go with it. The Protagonist, Guy in the mask, is Hugo Weaving, the same guy whom I absolutely loved as a villain in Matrix. The Story was so good, I actually read the graphic novel (comics). I haven’t even read any mainstream super hero comics, but I read V for Vendetta because of this movie. And I must say the movie is much more refined, polished than the comics. Many of the scenes are shot for short re-enactment from comics, and they are awesome. Must watch for everyone, quite rewatchable too.