Best Action Movies of 2023


20 Sisu

Sisu

During the last desperate days of WWII, a solitary prospector crosses paths with Germans on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the Germans steal his gold, they quickly discover that they have just tangled with no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word “sisu”, this legendary ex-commando will embody what sisu means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. And no matter what the Germans throw at him, the one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold back – even if it means killing every last German in his path.

Director: Jalmari Helander
Writer: Jalmari Helander
Starring: Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan
Box office: $14 281 000

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19 The Creator

The Creator

Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war-and mankind itself.

Director: Gareth Edwards
Writers: Chris Weitz, Gareth Edwards
Starring: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan
Budget: $80 000 000
Box office: $104 272 000

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18 The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die

The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die

Britain, early-10th century AD. Edward, King of Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia has died, creating a power vacuum in the kingdom. Vying to be king are Aethelstan and Aelfweard, both sons of Edward but with the claim of Aethelstan, the eldest, in dispute. Aethelstan has fallen under the influence of Ingilmundr, a half-Dane, half-Saxon, who appears to have prophetic powers. The Saxons’ enemies – the Danes, Scots and some smaller kingdoms – see Edward’s death as a chance to invade. Sitting between the two forces is Northumbria, ruled by Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

Director: Edward Bazalgette
Writers: Martha Hillier, Bernard Cornwell
Starring: Mark Rowley, Pekka Strang, Zoltan Andrasi

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17 The Equalizer 3

The Equalizer 3

Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia.

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Richard Wenk, Michael Sloan, Richard Lindheim
Starring: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea
Budget: $70 000 000
Box office: $191 067 000

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16 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order.

Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies
Starring: Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett
Budget: $50 000 000
Box office: $48 983 000

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15 The Killer

The Killer

A man solitary and cold, methodical and unencumbered by scruples or regrets, the killer waits in the shadows, watching for his next target. And yet the longer he waits, the more he thinks he’s losing his mind, if not his cool. A brutal, bloody and stylish noir story of a professional assassin lost in a world without a moral compass, this is a case study of a man alone, armed to the teeth and slowly losing his mind.

Director: David Fincher
Writers: Andrew Kevin Walker, Alexis Nolent, Luc Jacamon
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell
Box office: $294 000

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14 Extraction 2

Extraction 2

Mercenary Tyler Rake has accepted his next mission which is a challenging one. He has to rescue the family of a crime syndicate leader from a prison complex .With the help of his two associates Tyler launches the rescue operation overcoming strong resistance from adversaries.

Director: Sam Hargrave
Writers: Joe Russo, Ande Parks, Anthony Russo
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Tornike Gogrichiani

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13 GOK (ГОК)

ГОК

Businessmen from China are offered to sell the Kazakhstan Mining and Processing Plant (GOK). Oligarchs, minor officials, timid judges – each of them gets their share of the deal, however, one of them asks questions rare for an official: “Why sell the Motherland?” and “How much is it worth?”

Director: Olzhas Bayalbayev
Writer: Mark Tancuev
Starring: Zhan Baizhanbayev, Yerkebulan Daiyrov, Sergey Ufimtzev

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12 The Three Musketeers – Part I: D’Artagnan (Les trois mousquetaires: D’Artagnan)

Les trois mousquetaires: D'Artagnan

D’Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King.

Director: Martin Bourboulon
Writers: Mathieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière, Alexandre Dumas
Starring: François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris
Budget: €36 000 000
Box office: $31 779 000

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11 Plane

Plane

Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island – only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. In order to rescue the passengers, Torrance will need Gaspare’s help, and will learn there’s more to Gaspare than meets the eye.

Director: Jean-François Richet
Writers: J.P. Davis, Charles Cumming
Starring: Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Tony Goldwyn
Budget: $25 000 000
Box office: $74 515 000

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