![]() Sam Mendes’ World War I movie came from a place of love and perhaps duty. Seriously, if you haven’t seen RRR yet, get on that. RRR is wholly sincere in its classical storytelling sensibilities, but ultra slick with its modern use of high-octane action sequences. What an action movie it is, too! Directed with the speed ramping flourishes of Zack Snyder, but none of that American filmmaker’s brooding self-seriousness, RRR is a celebratory film in which the action is designed to wow-just wait until you see the second scene of a man versus a tiger-but it is also never couched in the other current American trend of self-effacement. Rama Rao Jr.) and Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) we have the perfect anti-colonialist fantasy flick since both Bheem and Raju were actual historical revolutionaries and martyrs… who never really met and we have a toe-tapping, and room-shaking, musical with the best dance sequence you’ll see this year. As a consequence, we now have the ultimate bromance movie between Komaram Bheem (N.T. ![]() The film is maximalist filmmaking done with total conviction and splendor. Rajamouli’s RRR, the Indian Telugu-language action epic that has become a major event in the world of international cinema. It is safe to say that you have never seen something quite like S.S. Between them is a rope that they’ll use like a magical pulley system to swing and meet in the middle where a child dangles in danger-and oh yeah, the two communicated this plan entirely through hand gestures half a minute ago. So stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a history-defining friendship begins when two men spontaneously plan an elaborate rescue operation in which one will jump off a bridge while riding a motorcycle in one direction, and the other will do the same except riding a horse in the other direction. Yes, The Dark Knight is amazing, but we already have it at the top of several other lists for your reading pleasure. *Editor’s Note: Due to the abundance of superhero movies dominating similar lists-be it science fiction or summer blockbuster spectacles-we have opted to not include capes in this list. We here at Den of Geek have thus put our heads together, polled you dear readers, and figured out what are the very best action movies from the last decade and a half. And in the last 15 years, there have been some mind meltingly excellent action movies. ![]() But if you updated his idea to a man or woman on a motorcycle, runaway train, or some other type of speeding vehicle, with the sunset in their hair and a trail of baddies in their wake, and the assertion still holds true.ĭespite the continued indifference of the Academy toward the bedrock importance of stunt work in the moviemaking industry, the daring sights of madmen, and sometimes even madder movie stars, hanging from the sides of planes or riding that fabled horse past walls of fire is as pure a distillation of visual entertainment as you can get. If that concept sounds a bit antiquated, you must forgive the legendary filmmaker for coming of age in Hollywood during a time where Oaters were all the rage. John Ford was wont to say that there is no image more cinematic than a man on a horse.
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