Tony Scott directs the slick conspiracy cyberthriller but Gene Hackman owns it as the veteran NSA agent gone underground who takes on the new blood with old school skills.
Category: Action
Last chance: Wong Kar-Wai’s ‘The Grandmaster’ on Netflix
Tony Leung stars as martial arts master Ip Man in this lush, romantic take on the martial arts action genre.
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ – Tom Hardy is the post-apocalyptic road warrior on HBO Max
George Miller’s long-awaited sequel was the most visceral, thrilling, and intelligent action film of 2015. Charlize Theron is superb as Imperator Furiosa.
‘Grosse Pointe Blank’ on Hulu and Paramount+
John Cusack stars as an assassin who goes to his high school reunion in this satire of 80s nostalgia and 90s values.
What to stream: ‘News of the World’ on HBO Max, the women of ‘Kate’ and ‘On the Verge’ on Netflix, a new ‘Doogie’ on Disney+
Plus ‘Come From Away’ on Apple TV+, ‘LuLaRich’ on Amazon, ‘The Father’ on Starz, ‘Malignant’ on HBO Max, the final season of ‘Lucifer’ on Netflix, and more…
‘District B13’ – Stunning stunt action on Amazon Prime and free on Kanopy
Pierre Morel’s twist on ‘Escape From New York’ set in a near-future Paris is a lean, clean, B-movie action machine fueled by adrenaline and indignation.
‘The Wire: Complete Series’ on HBO Max
“Follow the drugs, and you’ll find dealers and users. Follow the money, and you have no idea where the case will take you.” This epic series set the high water mark for television drama.
‘Wind River’ – Frontier justice on Netflix
Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen star in the lean, stripped down crime thriller set in the Wyoming wilderness, written and directed by Taylor Sheridan (creator of ‘Yellowstone’).
‘Sucker Punch’ – Zack Snyder’s film maudit on Hulu
Incoherent, absurd, confused, and strangely fascinating, this bizarre adventure is Grimm fairy tale, Gothic thriller, twisted film noir, wacked-out madhouse melodrama, modern video game, and cheesecake spectacle directed with pulp and fantasy imagery overkill.
‘Exiled’ – Johnnie To’s gangster odyssey on Amazon Prime
A simple hot becomes a buddy crime odyssey in Johnnie To’s elegant genre exercise reuniting the stars of his gangster classic ‘The Mission.’