Great action movies are supposed to grab the audience's attention right from the get-go. Think of opening movie scenes in action movies like 1999's The Matrix, which popularized the visual effect ...

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 ...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is perhaps the most ambitious franchise in modern cinema, adapting the characters and stories of Marvel Comics onto the big and small screen alike. Its live-action ...

Thirty-three years ago this month, John Woo’s crime thriller “Hard-Boiled” had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and immediately rewrote the action-movie playbook.

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 ...

Jeremy has more than 2300 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

Jeremy has more than 2300 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...