What would you consider to be the greatest action movie of the 2000s so far?
What would you consider to be the greatest action movie of the 2000s so far?
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In some kind of rough order from those I've seen:
- Kung-fu Hustle
- Blade II
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Battle Royale
- Hero (2002)
- Tokyo Gore Police
- Old Boy (2003)
- House of Flying Daggers
- Shanghai Noon
- Versus
- Minority Report
- Kill Bill 1 and 2
- Hellboy
- Serenity
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
- Equilibrium
- Spider-Man (2002) and the other Raimi offerings
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico
- Smokin' Aces
- Ong Bak
- IP Man
- Banlieue 13
- District 9
- Batman Begins and other Nolan Bat films
- Meatball Machine
- Machine Girl
- Night Watch (and Day Watch)
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Children of Men
- V for Vendetta
- Resident Evil
- Iron Man
- Sin City
- Crank
- Shaolin Soccer
- Hot Fuzz
- Zatoichi (2003)
- Underworld
- Æon Flux
- Zebraman
Worst:
- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- House of the Dead 2 - I had to bump up my rating for House of the Dead so I could give this the lower rating
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they’re all bangers
My criteria was if I had some free time and the film came to mind, would I go "hell yeah, get that on!".
they cover many genres and styles
Which made it tricky picking one favourite as they are very different. I gave Kung-fu Hustle the top slot because it is so good but it is a bit niche and some of the others make better recommendations to people depending on their taste in films. Versus is probably got a higher position than most people would give it but I was obsessed with the film when it came out and it would lead, by circuitous routes, to the films I describe as New Japanese Gore (Tokyo Gore Police, Meatball Machine and Machine Girl make this list too).
you’re the only one so far who understands that the 2000’s are a decade.
Yeah, I was a bit confused by that "2000s" is a decade but "so far" suggests they meant "of the 21st Century" or "since the Millennium". However the list was big enough already so I stopped there.
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Kung Fu Hustle is so good! I still think about some of those fights randomly sometimes.
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