Action/Adventure

Dominated by male bravado and heroism (and often a short attention span) the Action genre gets physical with conflict, while Adventure pursues the big quest…

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Nobody (2021): Dir. Ilya Naishuller
Feat. Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen…; Another enjoyably badass actioner from the director of HARDCORE HENRY (and Derek Kolstad, screenwriter of the JOHN WICK series) about a bystander who intervenes to help a harassed woman who then becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord.
High Ground (2020): Dir. Stephen Johnson
Feat. Jacob Junior Nayinggul, Simon Baker, Callan Mulvey…; Set against the stunning landscapes of 1930s Arnhem Land, this confronting Ozzie Western (also affectionately known as "Meat Pie" Westerns) chronicles a young Aboriginal man who, in a bid to save the last of his family, teams up with a white ex-soldier to track down the most dangerous warrior in the Northern…
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947): Dir. Robert Hamer
Feat. Googie Withers, John McCallum, Jack Warner; Overlooked masterpiece of British crime noir which blends kitchen sink realism with the poetic sensibilities of 30's French cinema. An escaped convict hides out in his ex-lover's family bomb shelter, disrupting her claustrophobic domesticity, while a detective closes in on him. Based on the novel by Arthur…
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000): Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi…; A fantasy-fuelled, Chinese feudal melodrama laced with jaw-dropping combat sequences (arguably the best ever staged), this represents a new high watermark for Asian cinema both artistically and commercially (now the highest-grossing foreign-language film of all time). While indebted to a long tradition…
Legend of Baron To'a, The (2020): Dir. Kiel McNaughton
Feat. Nathaniel Lees, Uli Latukefu, Nathaniel Lees…; Ridiculously bad-ass action comedy set in South Auckland where a displaced Tongan man discovers the championship wrestling belt that was a priceless family heirloom has been stolen, and is hell bent on it's retrieval. Combining his analytical skills with his deceased father's wrestling techniques, he decides…
Ford v Ferrari (2019): Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal…; Handsomely-mounted standard issue Hollywood biopic of how the Ford motor company entered the motor-racing game to try to topple Ferrari's supremacy at the famous Le Mans championship in 1966. Unlike RUSH (2013), and perhaps contrary to marketing expectations, the two leads do not face off against one…
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019): Dir. Kriv Stenders
Feat. Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh…; Australian war film set in a Vietnamese rubber plantation in 1966, where 108 inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting against 2500 Vietnamese soldiers.