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Action is emotion.
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The Action Year in Review - 2024
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Behold! The 2024 Action Movies video recap!
An overview of the most interesting 2024 actioners: Twilight of the Warriors, 100 Yards, Life After Fighting, Baby Assassins 3, Kill, Blade of Fury, Shadow Strays, and dozens more. This time with guests!
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An overview of the most interesting 2024 actioners: Twilight of the Warriors, 100 Yards, Life After Fighting, Baby Assassins 3, Kill, Blade of Fury, Shadow Strays, and dozens more. This time with guests!
youtu.be/59XTLbybGMg
I've been trying to catch up with major releases lately, so here's my 2025 Action Films list. It's obviously still a WIP. I've found this year to be pretty rich so far, with several interesting international challengers and a few daring propositions.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I've been trying to catch up with major releases lately, so here's my 2025 Action Films list. It's obviously still a WIP. I've found this year to be pretty rich so far, with several interesting international challengers and a few daring propositions.
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Boom! Surprise Qin Pengfei flick! Here's a scene from the first 5 minutes of THE FINDER / 追踪者
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November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Boom! Surprise Qin Pengfei flick! Here's a scene from the first 5 minutes of THE FINDER / 追踪者
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The cat's out of the bag: I'm curating a V-Cinema focus program for the upcoming International Film Festival Rotterdam
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Rotterdam Film Fest Unveils Focus Program on Japanese V-Cinema Phenomenon
The direct-to-video trend that emerged in the late 1980s “left a lasting mark on contemporary film culture,” organizers said. The focus program will “feature early works by now-famous auteurs, through...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The cat's out of the bag: I'm curating a V-Cinema focus program for the upcoming International Film Festival Rotterdam
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Come ooooon, bring it to us!
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Come ooooon, bring it to us!
Unsurprisingly, I really liked the Rishab Shetty's KANTARA - A LEGEND: CHAPTER 1 (2025). A well conducted mythological epic that dwells on primordial beliefs, but is also quite funny in its first half. I probably laughed more than I should have at this moment:
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Unsurprisingly, I really liked the Rishab Shetty's KANTARA - A LEGEND: CHAPTER 1 (2025). A well conducted mythological epic that dwells on primordial beliefs, but is also quite funny in its first half. I probably laughed more than I should have at this moment:
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TIMUR Teaser Reveals Iko Uwais’ Explosive New Hostage Action Thriller
The film opens in Indonesia on December 18
The film opens in Indonesia on December 18
TIMUR Teaser Reveals Iko Uwais’ Explosive New Hostage Action Thriller
The film opens in Indonesia on December 18
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October 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
TIMUR Teaser Reveals Iko Uwais’ Explosive New Hostage Action Thriller
The film opens in Indonesia on December 18
The film opens in Indonesia on December 18
Finally, a trailer for action comedy KUNG FU, from Taiwanese director Giddens Ko (MON MON MON MONSTER, A CHOO). 😃 Taiwan's biggest production in a while and choreo from the Triple A stunt team!
KUNG FU: Skills Come At A Price In The Epic First Teaser For Giddens Ko’s Latest!
Berant Zhu, Kai Ko, and Leon Dai star in the new martial arts adventure out of Taiwan.
Berant Zhu, Kai Ko, and Leon Dai star in the new martial arts adventure out of Taiwan.
KUNG FU: Skills Come At A Price In The Epic First Teaser For Giddens Ko’s Latest!
Berant Zhu, Kai Ko, and Leon Dai star in the new martial arts adventure out of Taiwan.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Finally, a trailer for action comedy KUNG FU, from Taiwanese director Giddens Ko (MON MON MON MONSTER, A CHOO). 😃 Taiwan's biggest production in a while and choreo from the Triple A stunt team!
Did you know that Hong Kong stunt performers got the idea to use cardboard boxes to break falls from... the French?! 😳 I did not.
October 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Did you know that Hong Kong stunt performers got the idea to use cardboard boxes to break falls from... the French?! 😳 I did not.
Looking forward to Iko's directing debut!
The first official behind-the-scenes featurette is now online for TIMUR. Iko Uwais stars in his hotly-anticipated feature directing debut which follows the events of the Mapenduma hostage crisis in 1996.
Produced by Uwais Pictures, TIMUR will release in Indonesian cinemas on December 18.
Produced by Uwais Pictures, TIMUR will release in Indonesian cinemas on December 18.
September 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Looking forward to Iko's directing debut!
Li Bingyuan, the absolute madman who gave us the unhinged, exhilarating FIGHTER two years ago, is back with a wuxia pian!!!
September 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Li Bingyuan, the absolute madman who gave us the unhinged, exhilarating FIGHTER two years ago, is back with a wuxia pian!!!
For PENANCE to work as a feature film, it still needs more work. But oh boy, did I like the action. It opens on a 9-minute action scene that makes it feel like it will be unstoppable.
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FF 2025 – PENANCE: Action ex nihilo
For a little while there, it feels like Penance will be unstoppable, the perfect avatar of the heights micro-budget actioners can reach.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
For PENANCE to work as a feature film, it still needs more work. But oh boy, did I like the action. It opens on a 9-minute action scene that makes it feel like it will be unstoppable.
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ROAD TO VENDETTA isn't the action extravaganza I thought it would be; the action is just fine, actually. But its characters and visuals will no doubt prove memorable.
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FF 2025: ROAD TO VENDETTA – Action is a Flat Circle
Feels like the work of a diligent student who tries to imitate his idols.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
ROAD TO VENDETTA isn't the action extravaganza I thought it would be; the action is just fine, actually. But its characters and visuals will no doubt prove memorable.
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Fresh off its Fantastic Fest premiere, Spanish thriller LUGER delivers a reflection on the inevitability of violence, peppered with a few brutal beatdowns.
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September 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Fresh off its Fantastic Fest premiere, Spanish thriller LUGER delivers a reflection on the inevitability of violence, peppered with a few brutal beatdowns.
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DEED OF DEATH aka GERAN was a nice surprise back in 2021. Ready for more bone-crushing silat!
September 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DEED OF DEATH aka GERAN was a nice surprise back in 2021. Ready for more bone-crushing silat!
The fights start 1 min in and remain nearly constant thereafter. Koichi Sakamoto levels of action: dynamic, cheap, efficient, a bit repetitive but with cool acrobatics. Paid less than 3€ to rent; easily worth 5 times that. To say you get your money's worth would be a euphemism.
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The fights start 1 min in and remain nearly constant thereafter. Koichi Sakamoto levels of action: dynamic, cheap, efficient, a bit repetitive but with cool acrobatics. Paid less than 3€ to rent; easily worth 5 times that. To say you get your money's worth would be a euphemism.
Really digging this new trailer for Lu Yang's fantasy drama actioner A WRITER'S ODYSSEY 2. The first installment from 2021 comes highly recommended!
September 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Really digging this new trailer for Lu Yang's fantasy drama actioner A WRITER'S ODYSSEY 2. The first installment from 2021 comes highly recommended!
IKATAN DARAH, one of the two films from Iko Uwais' new production company, will have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest. 😎
No reason to expect anything other than total kinetic insanity.
No reason to expect anything other than total kinetic insanity.
September 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
IKATAN DARAH, one of the two films from Iko Uwais' new production company, will have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest. 😎
No reason to expect anything other than total kinetic insanity.
No reason to expect anything other than total kinetic insanity.
Oooh, first teaser for GAUA, the new film from Basque filmmaker Paul Urkijo Alijo. I really liked his previous features (ERREMENTARI and IRATÌ). Ready for more pagan cinema!
September 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Oooh, first teaser for GAUA, the new film from Basque filmmaker Paul Urkijo Alijo. I really liked his previous features (ERREMENTARI and IRATÌ). Ready for more pagan cinema!
My review of THE FURIOUS, where I reflect on why the film might be of lasting importance to the action genre:
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The Furious – Virtuoso Body Spectacle as Vector of Syncretism and Innovation
The combined powers of Kenji Tanigaki and Kensuke Sonomura are synonymous with perpetual motion, an ability to command attention, stir up emotions, and provoke physical reactions in the audience.
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September 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
My review of THE FURIOUS, where I reflect on why the film might be of lasting importance to the action genre:
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I had never seen anything quite like THE FURIOUS before. Unrelenting, generous, precise, virtuoso. Accutely aware of the genre's past while forging a way forward. Some action design ideas are pretty unique.
September 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I had never seen anything quite like THE FURIOUS before. Unrelenting, generous, precise, virtuoso. Accutely aware of the genre's past while forging a way forward. Some action design ideas are pretty unique.
Hey, Toronto! What's up?
Just visiting for a couple of days. I heard there's a cool film playing tomorrow at midnight. 😎
The things I do for action movies... 😅
#TheFurious #TIFF50
Just visiting for a couple of days. I heard there's a cool film playing tomorrow at midnight. 😎
The things I do for action movies... 😅
#TheFurious #TIFF50
September 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Hey, Toronto! What's up?
Just visiting for a couple of days. I heard there's a cool film playing tomorrow at midnight. 😎
The things I do for action movies... 😅
#TheFurious #TIFF50
Just visiting for a couple of days. I heard there's a cool film playing tomorrow at midnight. 😎
The things I do for action movies... 😅
#TheFurious #TIFF50
Recently watched ALAPPUZHA GYMKHANA from director Khalid Rahman (THALLUMAALA) and it's a breath of fresh air in the sports drama genre. Doesn't reinvent the wheel, but relies on great character interactions and energetic camera work during boxing scenes.
September 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Recently watched ALAPPUZHA GYMKHANA from director Khalid Rahman (THALLUMAALA) and it's a breath of fresh air in the sports drama genre. Doesn't reinvent the wheel, but relies on great character interactions and energetic camera work during boxing scenes.
I love Timo's work, but I cannot abide the destruction of an Iron Maiden pinball machine in NOBODY 2. Sorry, line crossed. 😔
Kidding, the film's a lot of fun! Ideal mid-budget actioner that wastes no time.
(Hope they played it before breaking it. Killer game design from Keith Elwin!)
Kidding, the film's a lot of fun! Ideal mid-budget actioner that wastes no time.
(Hope they played it before breaking it. Killer game design from Keith Elwin!)
August 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I love Timo's work, but I cannot abide the destruction of an Iron Maiden pinball machine in NOBODY 2. Sorry, line crossed. 😔
Kidding, the film's a lot of fun! Ideal mid-budget actioner that wastes no time.
(Hope they played it before breaking it. Killer game design from Keith Elwin!)
Kidding, the film's a lot of fun! Ideal mid-budget actioner that wastes no time.
(Hope they played it before breaking it. Killer game design from Keith Elwin!)
First clip from Kenji Tanigaki's THE FURIOUS, featuring Tse Miu and Brian Le.
I'm ready (or maybe I'm not, and that's the point).
I'm ready (or maybe I'm not, and that's the point).
New clip from THE FURIOUS just debut via Deadline featuring Xie Miao in action. The movie is directed by Kenji Tanigaki and premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival in September!
August 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
First clip from Kenji Tanigaki's THE FURIOUS, featuring Tse Miu and Brian Le.
I'm ready (or maybe I'm not, and that's the point).
I'm ready (or maybe I'm not, and that's the point).