ACTION MOVIES of 2022
March 10, 2024
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Action movie is a genre in which the protagonist is put into a series of events that usually have violence, physical actions, explosions, and bloody fight scenes. The genre is usually about a resourceful hero fighting against overwhelming odds, with life-threatening situations, villains, and an unending chase which usually ends in victory for the hero.

Action movies became cheaper and easier to make as computer-generated imagery (CGI) evolved. Action sequences and other visual effects that needed stunt crews were more expensive in the past. Reactions to action movies with a large amount of CGI have been mixed. Some movies use CGI to create events that are not realistic and are unbelievable. Action has been a part of movies for a long time but the "action movie" genre did not start until the 1970s along with the increased use of stunts and special effects.

AGENT GAME

In this riveting spy thriller, no one is safe. Harris (Dermot Mulroney), a CIA interrogator at an Agency black site, finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for an interrogation gone horribly wrong.

As the team tasked to bring Harris in begins to question their orders -- and each other --Olsen (Mel Gibson), a senior intelligence officer, and his subordinate, Visser (Annie Ilonzeh), raise the stakes. Now, it's up to Harris and some newfound allies to uncover the truth and turn the tables.

ALL THE OLD KNIVES

When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham (Chris Pine) is assigned to root out the mole from among his former officemates at the agency's Vienna station.

His investigation takes him from Austria to England to California, where he is reunited with his one-time colleague and ex-lover Celia Harrison (Thandiwe Newton). The pair are forced to blur the lines between profession and passion in this riveting tale of global espionage, moral ambiguity, and deadly betrayal.

AMBULANCE

Over one day across the streets of L.A., three lives will change forever. Decorated veteran Will Sharp (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn't--his adoptive brother Danny (Jake Gyllenhaal)

A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million. With his wife's survival on the line, Will can't say no. But when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate brothers hijack an ambulance with a wounded cop onboard.

THE BAKER

A quiet, solitary man whose estranged son suddenly comes back into his life with a granddaughter he never knew existed. When his son disappears on a shady business opportunity, the baker must do everything he can to find his son and protect his granddaughter from the mob hitmen sent to find her.

The non-stop action that ensues and truly endearing relationship between the baker and his granddaughter is sure to thrill audiences. In addition to Perlman, the cast includes Elias Koteas), Joel David Moore, and Harvey Keitel.

THE CONTRACTOR

Chris Pine plays Special Forces Sergeant James Harper, an elite agent with a bum knee who gets discharged from the U.S. Army and watches the bills pile up with his wife Brianne (Gillian Jacobs). That’s when his former squadmate and good friend Mike (Ben Foster) reaches out with a proposal.

Mike has been doing off-the-books operations for a veteran named Rusty Jennings (Kiefer Sutherland). The money is good, the jobs are quick, and it will give James purpose again while providing for his family. As Mike says, “We’re all just mercenaries in the end."

THE GRAY MAN

When the CIA's most skilled operative, whose true identity is known to none, accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.

Six, a highly-skilled assassin in the deep-cover Sierra program of the CIA, is the agency's best merchant of death. However, a mission goes bad and now Six is on the run from the CIA with sociopathic former agent Lloyd Hansen hot on his trail, aided by agent Dani Miranda and handler Donald Fitzroy.

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