Epic battles, superheroes, and alien warfare dominate our list of Maxs many action offerings.
Heroes and antiheroes run rampant, taking both names and care of business.
What that entails can require anything from high-stakes heists to surviving a date night.
Michelle Yeoh in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’; Timothée Chalamet in ‘Dune: Part Two’; Vin Diesel in ‘Fast & Furious’.Credit:Chan Kam Chuen/Sony Pictures Classics/Courtesy Everett Collection; Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection; Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
Ultimately, action movies are about escapism, pure and unadulterated.
But we’re more than happy to live vicariously through our capable action heroes.
Ready for a mental vacation?
The cast of ‘Birds of Prey’.Claudette Barius/Warner Bros.
Here are EW’s picks for the 24 best action movie offerings onMax.
Production on the film was also a fight: The project contended with pandemic filming restrictions and strike delays.
Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain) find their mission interrupted by severe weather.
Michelle Yeoh in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’.Chan Kam Chuen/Sony Pictures Classics/Courtesy Everett Collection
For 22-year-old musician Scott Pilgrim, the answer is very.
When US pilot Capt.
Christian Bale in ‘The Dark Knight’.Everett Collection
Ryan Reynolds in ‘Deadpool’.20th Century Fox
Timothy Olyphant in ‘Deadwood: The Movie’.Warrick Page/HBO
Timothée Chalamet in ‘Dune’.Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures
Zendaya in ‘Dune: Part Two’.Warner Bros. Pictures
Michelle Yeoh in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’.Allyson Riggs/A24
Vin Diesel in ‘Fast & Furious’.Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
Anya Taylor-Joy, Tom Burke, and Chris Hemsworth in ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’.Jasin Boland/Warner Bros.
Toshiro Mifune in ‘The Hidden Fortress’.Everett Collection
Martin Freeman in ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’.Everett Collection
‘Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox’.Warner Bros.
Sean Astin and Elijah Wood in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’.Pierre Vinet/New Line
Katy O’Brian and Kristen Stewart in ‘Love Lies Bleeding’.Anna Kooris/A24
Matt Damon in ‘The Martian’.Aidan Monaghan/20th Century Fox
Keanu Reeves in ‘The Matrix Resurrections’.Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett
‘Princess Mononoke’.Everett Collection
Caesar in ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’.Everett Collection
Peter Weller in ‘RoboCop’.Orion/Courtesy Everett Collection
Michael Cera in ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’.Everett Collection
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in ‘Speed’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Margot Kidder and Christopher Reeve in ‘Superman’.Everett Collection
Gal Gadot in ‘Wonder Woman’.Clay Enos/Warner Bros.
