action movies

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Oldboy - (2013 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321511/
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/oldboy

An everyday man's is kidnapped to make amends for past wrongs he couldn't guess at.

I can see it was trying, but boy is it inconsistent action without real underlying substance.



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Lucy - (2014 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872732/
was lucymovie.com

A simple woman is tricked into smuggling for a one-week boyfriend, and does drugs to save herself.

I happen to like it a lot.



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Ghostbusters (1984) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/
https://www.ghostbusters.com/

Failed-scientists begin a ghost capturing service, and the need for their services grows, threatening all of New York city.

I don't have a lot of movies anything like this which I could consider listing as mandatory, so this one gets in pretty easily.



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World War Z - (2013 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
worldwarzmovie.com
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/

During a zombie apocalypse, a guy with a past gets selected for his skills to pursue a cure.

Pretty good all around. I like the realism.



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John Wick꞉ Chapter 4 - (2023 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366206/
https://johnwick.movie/film/john-wick-4

John Wick returns to alternately ruin and end his friends lives in the hopes of leveraging an obscure rule to free himself from .. whatever their assassins society is called.

It's adequate, but has nowhere near equality: I think one unimportant woman dies on-screen and then the body vanishes, another gets hurt, and this has to be the most brutally misandrist movie I've ever seen. Feminist approved!



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the-matrix-1999

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/matrix

A hacker learns reality is not as it appears.

A sci-fi ripoff of elements of Lucid dreaming, with elements taken from the Neuromancer/Shadowrun "cyberpunk" genres.

A pioneering movie for special effects, which have held up quite well, and its general pot and atmosphere. Technically not original for science fiction fans, but great nonetheless.

One of my favourites, although I really wish the actor playing Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) was good looking.

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The Equalizer 3 - (2023 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17024450/

A man with particular skills find himself among honest townsfolk gripped by criminals.

Simple and reasonably entertaining. Recommended especially for the people who like gritty low-tech spy-superhero movies.

  • Trailer
  • Set in Italy, so there is some spoken Italian.



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The Animatrix - (2003 movie) image

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The Matrix - (1999 movie) >

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328832/

A series of non-cannon short animated films inspired by The Matrix - (1999 movie).

Better than the main series in some cases. I rather love every one of these short films.

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Mechanic꞉ Resurrection - (2016 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3522806/
http://www.mechanic.movie/

An assassin let others think he was dead, but he was found and reactivated by his enemies.

It's pretty good!



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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - (2023 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6791350/
https://www.marvel.com/movies/guardians-of-the-galaxy-volume-3

A mad scientist comes to collect an animal experiment, but it is sentient and has friends.

Pretty good. I feel like I missed a couple of movies explaining what the hell was going on with some of it, but it's still watchable.



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