The action genre is no longer made up of movies strictly meant to dominate the summer box office. Now they're released year-round, and they still dominate the box office—but they're also getting smarter, are more sophisticated, and are attracting Oscar-caliber actors who want to flex their talents and get big payouts. This year has seen new installments in beloved action franchises, some timely and gritty reboots, and the requisite superhero movies. But while these will all appeal to those looking for thrills and explosions, they manage to be superbly made as well.
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[post_ads_2] Yes, it's another Spider-Man movie. But this one skips the heavy-handedness of Sam Raimi's original trilogy (and whatever happened in the Andrew Garfield-starring reboot, did you even see that?) and instead makes our neighborhood hero and precocious teen who has to fight bad guys and puberty all at once. And because it's a Marvel movie, there's a lot of Tony Stark, too.
No one needed (or frankly asked for) this new King Kong feature. But it's a rollercoaster ride of action, adventure, and legitimate comedy. Just after the Vietnam War, a government-led expedition seeks to explore a mysterious island that has surfaced on satellite imagery in the South Pacific. But their exploration is cut short when the crew discovers it's inhabited by one giant ape—and he's not the only massive creature who's roaming about.
It's not your parents' campy Planet of the Apes franchise, and the third installment in the latest reboot of the series has come a long way from the first (a silly origin story starring James Franco). Here we have Andy Serkis doing some of his best motion-capture work as Caesar, the ape who leads an army against his human enemies. It's dark, brutal, and smartly written, and features a knockout performance from Woody Harrelson as the cold and obsessive man hell-bent on destroying the apes.
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[post_ads_2] Yes, it's another Spider-Man movie. But this one skips the heavy-handedness of Sam Raimi's original trilogy (and whatever happened in the Andrew Garfield-starring reboot, did you even see that?) and instead makes our neighborhood hero and precocious teen who has to fight bad guys and puberty all at once. And because it's a Marvel movie, there's a lot of Tony Stark, too.
No one needed (or frankly asked for) this new King Kong feature. But it's a rollercoaster ride of action, adventure, and legitimate comedy. Just after the Vietnam War, a government-led expedition seeks to explore a mysterious island that has surfaced on satellite imagery in the South Pacific. But their exploration is cut short when the crew discovers it's inhabited by one giant ape—and he's not the only massive creature who's roaming about.
It's not your parents' campy Planet of the Apes franchise, and the third installment in the latest reboot of the series has come a long way from the first (a silly origin story starring James Franco). Here we have Andy Serkis doing some of his best motion-capture work as Caesar, the ape who leads an army against his human enemies. It's dark, brutal, and smartly written, and features a knockout performance from Woody Harrelson as the cold and obsessive man hell-bent on destroying the apes.
Source:www.esquire.com
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