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The top 20 action movies to watch on Netflix right now
Spectacular stunts, ambitious set-pieces, down and dirty fights – we’ve got them all covered.
06 May
Daniel Rutledge
When not watching and writing about film, Daniel's time is consumed by being an avid video game enthusiast, dolphin rights supporter and 80s thrash metal aficionado.
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The new Doctor Strange is a fun Sam Raimi movie but a weak MCU film
This is the worst example yet of an MCU film requiring you to have a lot of prior knowledge to understand what’s going on in it.
04 May
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Trippy neo-western Outer Range has arguably the best use of Josh Brolin yet
Not only does it honour the western genre, it’s also a work of super trippy science fiction.
13 Apr
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Wobbly wintery war pic Black Crab can’t skate by on a few good ideas
Cool ideas are let down by many problems in yet another very forgettable streaming release.
23 Mar
features
Retrospective: All the President’s Men is the greatest film about journalism ever made
It’s now 2022 and it’s OK to not know much about what the Watergate scandal actually was, by the way.
21 Mar
news
Joseph Gordon-Levitt gets 5 stars for charm in Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
When a villain’s made as big an impact on the world as this, it’s a story definitely worth watching.
25 Feb
features
Spotlight on Temuera Morrison: the best roles of the man who became Boba Fett
As The Book of Boba Fett wraps up, see the other highlights of Tem’s superb career.
10 Feb
features
The 10 most exciting action films of 2022 you don’t know about yet
Ten action-packed movies, packed with hundreds of fists, bullets and blades.
24 Jan
features
The most addictive shows on Netflix
The addiction is real. Side-effects may include binge-watching and butt-numbness.
03 Jan
reviews
Season four of Cobra Kai serves up more sweet crane-kicking goodness
“I still can’t believe this show is awesome, but it consistently is.”
28 Dec
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Demons, cults and violence in Hellbound make Netflix’s new Korean sensation worth a look
It’s still a novel luxury to get super violent Korean TV shows at the same time as the rest of the world.
26 Nov
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The Night House is a wonderfully scary haunted house horror
Delivers the thrills and chills you’d expect while also subverting expectations.
17 Nov
news
Has life in lockdown made the whole world more like Larry David?
Curb is coming back to a world that’s now even more full of Larryisms.
26 Oct
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V/H/S/94 is hit and miss, even by horror anthology standards
The build-up of each segment is fun, even if the payoffs don’t all deliver.
06 Oct
features
Enjoy the gunplay and action thrills of Counter Strike pros from the comfort of your couch
Thrill to the best of the best at esports waging war against one another.
05 Aug
features
Start getting ridiculously excited about The Last of Us TV show
This could be the TV show of the decade.
30 Jul
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Airborne Netflix action-horror Blood Red Sky boasts savage violence and interesting surprises
Plenty of horror and action thrills, and some super bloody deaths.
26 Jul
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Black Widow is an MCU also-ran that only kinda works
With better action thrills or emotional oomph we wouldn’t nitpick – but…
07 Jul
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F9 is a mid-tier entry into the series that still provides a few thrills
“There’s an unfortunate emphasis on magnet-based vehicle action which, for the most part, is not cool.”
17 Jun
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Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead is nowhere near as fun as it should be
The script is mostly garbage, and mostly not in the enjoyable kind of way.
24 May
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Without Remorse should be trashy action-thriller fun, but is mostly a disappointment
It’s hard to believe this script comes from the guy who wrote Hell or High Water and Sicario.
03 May