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Here are 25 action movies I recommend (in no particular order) for you to watch:
Warrior (2011)
Synopsis: The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he’s trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother.
End of Watch (2012)
Synopsis: Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.
IP Man (2008)
Synopsis: A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun.
Act of Valor (2012)
Synopsis: An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.
The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
Synopsis: Daniel accompanies his mentor to Okinawa who is off to see his dying father and confront his old rival, while Daniel inadvertently makes an enemy of his own.
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Synopsis: Hitman “El Mariachi” becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
The Crow (1994)
Synopsis: A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée’s murder.
Thor (2011)
Synopsis: The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
Snatch (2000)
Synopsis: Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
Synopsis: The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization’s name.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
Synopsis: The cyborg who once tried to kill Sarah Connor is dead, and another T-101 must now protect her teenage son, John Connor, from an even more powerful and advanced Terminator, the T-1000.
Top Gun (1986)
Synopsis: As students at the Navy’s elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young flyer learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Synopsis: After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
True Grit (2010)
Synopsis: A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father’s murderer.
Braveheart (1995)
Synopsis: When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier whom tried to rape her, a commoner begins a revolt and leads Scottish warriors against the cruel English tyrant who rules Scotland with an iron-fist.
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Synopsis: After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending USA ideals.
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Synopsis: An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Synopsis: 123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.
Highlander (1986)
Synopsis: An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled “Prize”.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Synopsis: The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.
The Untouchables (1987)
Synopsis: Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.
Face/Off (1997)
Synopsis: A revolutionary medical technique allows an undercover agent to take the physical appearance of a major criminal and infiltrate his organization.
XXX (2002)
Synopsis: Xander Cage is an extreme sports athelete recruited by the government on a special mission.
Drive (2011)
Synopsis: A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor.
IP Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster (2010)
Synopsis: Centering on Ip Man’s migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts.
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