All good things come to an end, but the end has truly come too soon for AMC’s “Into the Badlands”. The 20 best boxing movies by mishrust | created - 22 Aug 2013 | updated - 03 Nov 2015 | Public Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc Based on the acclaimed graphic novel series, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” dropped in 2015 as a loving, albeit thoroughly R-rated, send-up of the James Bond franchise, it delivered the same magic again with its 2017 sequel, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle”. Based on Yukito Kishiro’s acclaimed manga and anime series “Gunnm”, “Alita: Battle Angel” is the long-gestating pet project of James Cameron. With that kind of action movie royalty now bearing membership cards to The Continental, “Parabellum” most assuredly has the skills to pay the bills! I see that it’s likely that Cinemax is likely to shut down this year. Ong Bak legend Tony Jaa brings the threat in Triple Threat. The duo portray a pair of Special Forces soldiers tasked with transporting a group of Iraqi civilians along Baghdad’s “Highway of Death” and into the safety of the Green Zone. Faced with the prospect of teaming up after their previous adversarial relationship in “Furious 7”, Hobbs and Shaw respond exactly as you’d expect them to. Even better, with its use of mo-cap to bring Alita to life, the film looks to be pushing the boundaries of superhuman martial arts action to the next level, as you can clearly see below! It can truly be said, “The Art of Self-Defense” is this generation’s “Fight Club”. The daredevil car chases and stunt work that are the series’ calling card are as thrilling as ever while upping the ante for how much the series can continuously top itself, while the increasingly centralized role of martial arts action is kicked up to a whole new level. Martial arts fans would be advised to mark the date for what is sure to be one seriously grand finale! And after blindsiding the world with two of the best action films of the last decade, “John Wick: Chapter 3” clearly aims to do just that. However, what truly brings the movie together is Alita herself, with Rosa Salazar’s captivating performance at once channeling a girl with the purest of hearts and a warrior with the most furious of fists. “Parabellum” only gets crazier from there on in with a battle in Morocco alongside Halle Berry’s ‘Sofia’, a sword-battle aboard speeding motorcycles that homages 2017’s “The Villainess”, and a final showdown in the de-consecrated Continental with Mark Dacascos, Yayan Ruhian, and Cecep Arif Rahman (watch out for 87eleven Action Design alumnus, Jon Valera here, as well!). The Korean Bruce Khan pulls off a stunner in Revenger. Terms of Use. Cookies However, he’s really dug into the deep end of action filmmaking in the last two years with “Savage Dog”, “Accident Man”, “The Debt Collector”, and the aforementioned “Triple Threat”. Once again helmed by returning director and stunt veteran Chad Stahelski, the third chapter in the “John Wick” saga carries the subtitle “Parabellum” – Latin, for “Prepare for War”. Awash in the neon lighting of “John Wick”, “Furie” puts Hai Phuong through the same battery of, well, battery as Jackie Chan was subject to in the early days of his career, and pushes her to her physical and emotional limits in her efforts to rescue her daughter from a human trafficking ring. The “Kingsman” franchise frankly has as much of a tenuous relationship with reality as “Austin Powers”, and that’s just what makes it so endearing. These cookies do not store any personal information. Compounding that, is the fact that martial arts action on the small screen has skyrocketed to new heights in recent years, to the point where many action-laden series unquestionably deserve a place at the table alongside their big screen counterparts. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. For Jackie, however, the heated battle of a war zone is completely new territory, but his recent efforts to show off his versatility have made for perhaps the most fascinating chapter of his decades-long career. Neither had we! Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. When a timid accountant named Casey is mugged, he steps into the dojo of the perpetually stoic ‘Sensei’ to learn how to defend himself and strengthen his sense of self-worth. Parting will certainly be such sweet sorrow for “Into the Badlands”, as the show has not only re-imagined the Chinese classic “Journey to the West” as a post-apocalyptic adventure, but also delivered some of the best martial arts action ever seen on the small screen.