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32 underrated action movies

Action die-hards, add these to your watchlist

Total Film

32 American movie and TV remakes that are actually good

Hollywood gets it right, sometimes

Total Film

30 Years Later, The Most Iconic Action Classics Are Finally Getting The Upgrade They Deserve

John Woo's early Hong Kong action films were once lost media — but they'll soon be getting a major upgrade.

Inverse

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: omni-movement is a literal game changer

This seemingly minor addition allows players to sprint and dive in every direction so crunch moments can feel like a ridiculously fun John Woo shootout

The Guardian - UK

Peacock Just Quietly Released the Most Unnecessary Crime Thriller of the Year

John Woo’s remake of his 1989 Hong Kong action classic 'The Killer' is not a disaster. It’s not great. It just exists.

Inverse

The Killer review – John Woo’s John Woo remake is a low-stakes fun time

The director revisits his 1989 classic with a Paris-set update that doesn’t attempt anything all that daring but reconfirms his action credentials

The Guardian - US

What to stream: Sabrina Carpenter gets cheeky, 'Furiosa' fights and Adam Sandler yucks it up

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from Lainey Wilson and Sabrina Carpenter, George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” hits Max, and Adam Sandler offers his first comedy special since 2018

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New on Peacock August 17-23: our expert picks 5 new TV shows and movies coming to Peacock

Our expert picks 5 new shows and movies coming to Peacock during the week of August 17-23.

WhatToWatch

New on Peacock in August 2024 — all the movies and shows to watch

Here's everything coming to Peacock in August 2024, including a Stephen Curry comedy and John Woo's 'The Killer'

Tom’s Guide

Alien? Mission: Impossible? Toy Story? What is the greatest movie franchise ever?

With new chapters in the worlds of Mad Max and Planet of the Apes out now, Guardian writers have picked their favourite big screen franchises to date

The Guardian - US

If Fallout games were films, who'd direct them and which one would be best?

Why stop at the Fallout TV show?

PC Gamer

The 32 greatest '80s movies characters

With big hair and bigger attitude, these are movie's greatest heroes and villains in the 1980s

Total Film

5 new to Paramount Plus movies with 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes

Paramount Plus has these well-received new movies this month

Tom’s Guide

Silent Night review – wordless festive action extravaganza from John Woo

The lack of dialogue in the veteran director’s film about a bereaved father out for revenge speeds things up but makes for clumsy storytelling

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Silent Night review – John Woo’s US comeback is a minor exercise

The action film-maker’s first American film since 2003’s Paycheck is a solid, almost entirely dialogue-free revenge thriller that fails to bring us anything new

Inverse

'Silent Night' is More Than Just Its Dialogue-Free Gimmick, Star Joel Kinnaman Says

The Silent Night star reveals what it’s like to work with an action legend like John Woo.

WhatToWatch

How to watch Silent Night

Is John Woo's Silent Night streaming or in movie theaters? Here's what to know on how to watch Silent Night right now.

The Guardian - US

The return of John Woo: ‘I still know what I’m doing’

The legendary 77-year-old action director is making his first US movie for 20 years, the almost totally dialogue-free Silent Night

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Chicago Sun-Times

‘Silent Night’: Joel Kinnaman is no talk, all action in brutal, dialogue-free thriller

Chatter’s hardly needed when director John Woo is crafting his trademark stylish, over-the-top violence.

Inverse

2023's Most Misguided Action Thriller Tanks a Legendary Director's Return

A dialogue-free revenge flick that fumbles its ambitious gimmick, 'Silent Night' is not the long-awaited comeback vehicle John Woo deserves.

WhatToWatch

Silent Night review roundup: what critics are saying about the John Woo Christmas movie

We take a look at the Silent Night reviews, from the movie’s Rotten Tomatoes score to specific quotes, to gauge the overall reaction to the new John Woo movie.

The Guardian - AU

Face/Off is Woo, Cage and Travolta at their most bonkers – and it is a riot

If John Woo has ever heard the phrase ‘less is more’, this wonderfully insane 1997 film about two men stealing each other’s faces suggests he never took it to heart

Cinemablend

Silent Night Has Screened, And Critics Are Split On John Woo’s Christmas Revenge Thriller

John Woo's revenge thriller, Silent Night, is heading to theaters, and critics are not in agreement over the new Christmas movie.

Total Film

Director John Woo weighs in on the superhero movie debate: "I prefer Martin Scorsese's movies"

"I like old-fashioned movies, you know? Real cinema"

Tom’s Guide

7 best new Christmas movies for 2023 — and where to watch them

If you don't fancy rewatching Elf for the fifth time over the holiday — here's the best new Christmas on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus and more.

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