Remake of 'Die Hard'-Style '90s Action Classic Suddenly Shoots to Success on Streaming

Action movie icon Michael Jai White takes the lead in this remake of an underrated Jean-Claude Van Damme action flick, ...
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John Woo's 'Hard-Boiled' is the best action-crime film ever made. Fight me.

Thirty-three years ago this month, John Woo’s crime thriller “Hard-Boiled” had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and immediately rewrote the action-movie playbook.
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33-Year-Old Action Masterpiece That Puts 'Die Hard' to Shame Is a Massive Hit Following American Streaming Debut

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...
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Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled' and ‘The Killer' Get Another Shot With Audiences

We take it for granted today, but John Woo has one of the most recognizable visual signatures of any living filmmaker. Back in the mid-1980s, what started in Hong Kong reverberated around the world, ...
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Fans Are Flocking To Watch John Woo’s Classic Action Masterpiece That Recently Debuted on Streaming

Makuochi Echebiri is a News Writer for Collider. He has been interested in creative writing from as far back as high school, and he would consume pretty much anything that’s film or TV. However, his ...
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This Hunger Games sequel is one of the HBO Max action movies you need to watch (August 2025)

Action movies are hard to define but easy to recognize. It’s a genre that can encompass everything from franchise fare to director-driven work, but at the end of the day, a great one will leave you ...