Nothing beats a good action movie. Fistfights, explosions, Tom Cruise running in a straight line —what else can you ask for after grabbing a $20 bucket of popcorn at the theater? 2024 was one hell of a year for the genre, but 2025 is shaping up to be even bigger, and dare we say, better.

While superheroes have found some solid ground again with movies like Thunderbolts * , The Fantastic Four: First Steps , and James Gunn's Superman , action movies are still defined by everyman heroes who don't have CGI superpowers. Films like Nobody 2 , Den of Thieves 2: Pantera , and Ballerina: From the World of John Wick come locked and loaded with an old-school mindset, and we wouldn't have it any other way.

This year, we've seen sequels and spin-offs as much as we've seen

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