# Action Cinema 2020 - 2029 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cinephile Shodown\ **Created:** [January 1, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592 "2020-01-01T18:03:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dracko](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/dracko/32/56252_2.png) [@Dracko](http://selectbutton.net/u/Dracko)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:18am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/23 "2020-03-27T10:18:38Z")
> **[Hollywood’s Biggest Movies Are Stuck in Limbo as Start Dates Remain Uncertain](https://variety.com/2020/film/news/hollywood-productions-limbo-coronavirus-1203543478/)** > > From "The Matrix 4" to "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," it's uncertain when films in limbo will be able to resume production. > “Mission: Impossible 7” had been about to start in Venice, but filming was pushed back after Italy was hit hard by the coronavirus. Much of the movie is said to unspool in the European country, making it difficult for the production to move shooting elsewhere. > > Other major movies were fairly far along when the virus began to intensify. “The Matrix 4” had finished shooting in San Francisco and was about to begin production in Berlin, “The Batman” had completed nearly seven weeks of filming in London, and “Red Notice” had been in the works for two months in Atlanta. There’s an outside chance these films might even make their original release dates, although it is more likely they will be moved back. > > Development slates at the studios are also in flux. Most executives don’t expect things to get back to normal for several weeks, though a few are taking video and phone meetings as they try to game out films they hope to greenlight in the next 12 months. Director George Miller, for instance, has been meeting with names including Anya Taylor-Joy for his “Furiosa” spin-off, which he hopes to start shooting in 2021. > > Of course, Miller is making concessions to coronavirus — those auditions have taken place via Skype. ---
**Author:** ![Sleazy](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/sleazy/32/559_2.png) [@Sleazy](http://selectbutton.net/u/Sleazy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/24 "2020-04-07T17:27:40Z")
man there are a handful of really solid and creative takes in this like the camera zooming into the skidding car or the one take jump off the roof that let you know this was directed by a stunt coordinator (the captain america elevator fight guy) ---
**Author:** ![u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/u_u/32/46086_2.png) [@u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/u/u_u)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/25 "2020-04-07T18:25:30Z")
the other way you can tell it was directed by a stunt coordinator is because the protagonist is an operator with an undercut and aviator glasses, who is chill but serious ---
**Author:** ![shrug](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/shrug/32/123345_2.png) [@shrug](http://selectbutton.net/u/shrug)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/26 "2020-04-11T21:19:32Z")
that’s just movies now ---
**Author:** ![shrug](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/shrug/32/123345_2.png) [@shrug](http://selectbutton.net/u/shrug)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/27 "2020-04-11T21:27:15Z")
I mean the Men’s Adventure Fiction trope of Current-or-Ex-Special Operations Motherfucker protagonist became increasingly de rigueur for action movies through the 80s/90s until the protracted War on Terror gave a concrete, recent anchor point for them to hook the archetype to/use as a more specific basis. Meanwhile there’s a lot more of these dudes around and public and willing to consult on your mid-budget military action production and there’s a whole internet full of keyboard verisimilitude arbiters ready to push their glasses up their nose and write 2000 words to reddit about how the following five details of the weapon handling took them completely out of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/u_u/32/46086_2.png) [@u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/u/u_u)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/28 "2020-04-11T21:37:52Z")
it is so wild that even though ‘find a basically handsome but goofy guy from a sitcom and turn him into a shredded action maniac’ is the current trend for casting action movies, the ultimate archetype for all these guys is a totally bland slab granite with sunglasses and an expensive haircut. it’s so depressing. jim from the office transforming into tom clancy’s avatar of death is a symbol of our era. i caught a random clip from beverly hills cop on youtube the other day and it just made me depressed. i mean i know eddie murphy is kind of one of a kind but if any of these chris pratt looking mother fuckers had like an ounce of his talent/attitude movies wouldn’t be so fuckin boring these days edit: just realized where our timeline diverged. we have somehow forgotten that the judge reinhold character in beverly hills cop is supposed to be the square dork in the buddy equation, not the hero. ---
**Author:** ![VastleCania](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/vastlecania/32/346113_2.png) [@VastleCania](http://selectbutton.net/u/VastleCania)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/29 "2020-04-11T21:47:52Z")
> [@u\_u](#): > > jim from the office transforming into tom clancy’s avatar of death and yet, the guy most likely to be a weird libertarian with fantasies of violently murdering people through extralegal means and then becoming president is definitely Kinda Cute Smirky Guy At The Office Who Harasses The Engaged Front Desk Lady Until She Marries Him ---
**Author:** ![u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/u_u/32/46086_2.png) [@u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/u/u_u)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/30 "2020-04-11T21:48:54Z")
judge reinhold the person would make a better comedic action star than the judge reinhold archetype ![Screen Shot 2020-04-11 at 3.48.03 PM](http://selectbutton.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/7/1744daaaf20a15e1d84c4fc53d782a9f60fad0e8.png) “i’m on medicine that makes me unable to not sass cops” is a mood ---
**Author:** ![shrug](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/shrug/32/123345_2.png) [@shrug](http://selectbutton.net/u/shrug)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/31 "2020-04-11T22:18:29Z")
> [@shrug](#): > > a whole internet full of keyboard verisimilitude arbiters ready to push their glasses up their nose and write 2000 words to reddit about how the following five details of the weapon handling took them completely out of the movie I want to make sure everybody knows I know they know how much I’m owning myself with this statement ---
**Author:** ![Father.Torque](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/father.torque/32/1013_2.png) [@Father.Torque](http://selectbutton.net/u/Father.Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/32 "2020-04-11T23:38:46Z")
It’s so cliche it’s getting kind of boring though isn’t it Like we got Heat and Spartan and Haywire and it’s like, they’re not going to get any better than this, are they. Time to go back to Woo again or something I guess this is what the action DTV renaissance is for, but somehow there seem to be fewer of those now that Netflix has invaded the space ---
**Author:** ![iguferon](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/iguferon/32/365313_2.png) [@iguferon](http://selectbutton.net/u/iguferon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 3:19am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/33 "2020-04-20T03:19:18Z")
they should make Haywire again but just drop all the pretenses and have it be about Gina Carano killing guys for 90 minutes straight instead of whatever half that movie is ---
**Author:** ![lasa](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/lasa/32/20073_2.png) [@lasa](http://selectbutton.net/u/lasa)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/36 "2020-07-23T17:59:40Z")
![EdnTIY9WAAEe_hG](http://selectbutton.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/4/9410ea72ed785770b73da4b6e3d5b1640db9decb.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![parker](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/parker/32/271747_2.png) [@parker](http://selectbutton.net/u/parker)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 2:03am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/37 "2020-07-24T02:03:27Z")
that would look great next to my max payne statue ---
**Author:** ![HoboSupportAct](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/hobosupportact/32/255599_2.png) [@HoboSupportAct](http://selectbutton.net/u/HoboSupportAct)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 3:25am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/38 "2020-07-24T03:25:53Z")
This film was 90 glorious minutes of Cockney goons getting fixed ---
**Author:** ![u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/u_u/32/46086_2.png) [@u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/u/u_u)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 3:42am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/39 "2020-09-17T03:42:46Z")
jackie chan is making another police story movie ![](http://selectbutton.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/8/2/827fdb82b02cac393a16bd8c833099ff53d42557.jpeg) at first this sounds cool, but then you think about what [jackie chan](https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/kung-fu/article/3022936/jackie-chans-comments-hong-kong-protests-spark-social) making a movie about heroic hong kong cops is gonna look like in 2022 ---
**Author:** ![Sleazy](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/sleazy/32/559_2.png) [@Sleazy](http://selectbutton.net/u/Sleazy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 4:21am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/40 "2020-09-17T04:21:01Z")
i wish this was set in the world of the original movies instead of yet another gritty reboot like police story '04 and '13 but i’m not holding out hope ---
**Author:** ![u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/u_u/32/46086_2.png) [@u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/u/u_u)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 4:30am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/41 "2020-09-17T04:30:06Z")
![policestory10](http://selectbutton.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/5/b593f34c327524ee3da41b8a11082637df06c24e.jpeg) feel like pure shit just want him back ( if you feel like revisiting this amazing scene from the original police story i feel i need to warn you that the jokes in the dialogue are ridiculously tasteless, but the slapstick holds up) ---
**Author:** ![Father.Torque](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/father.torque/32/1013_2.png) [@Father.Torque](http://selectbutton.net/u/Father.Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/42 "2020-09-17T22:14:57Z")
Isn’t Jackie Chan like 95 years old ---
**Author:** ![Sleazy](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/sleazy/32/559_2.png) [@Sleazy](http://selectbutton.net/u/Sleazy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/43 "2020-09-17T22:40:09Z")
did anyone catch that weird movie from this year where he fights schwarzenegger and they both have outageous mustaches and also rutger hauer is there? i still haven’t watched it. it feels one of those things where a weird billionaire got them for a couple days to film a scene and just inserted it into a movie franchise to make it more internationally sellable and it has 18% on rotten tomatoes so it sounds exactly like my shit ---
**Author:** ![parker](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/parker/32/271747_2.png) [@parker](http://selectbutton.net/u/parker)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/action-cinema-2020-2029/9592/44 "2020-10-04T23:18:21Z")
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