Action rating: from natural massacre to a new classic of the genre

Traditionally, everything is known by comparison, and in the film industry this common phrase takes on special significance, determining the rating of the motion picture.

The rating of militants is a measure of popularity, rating, prioritization and even classification. It is established by interviewing an impressive target group of viewers or more modest experts.

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From the moment the films belonging to the category “movie-action movie” appeared, and until the last high-profile premieres, the most authoritative and well-known publications, prestigious film awards have been trying to determine the best film. The fact is that not always high-profile premieres, created by masters of cinema and awarded prestigious awards, occupy leading positions in the tabloids of popularity and audience sympathy. Therefore, when a rating of militants is compiled, many parameters are taken into account: box office, number of movie awards, high-profile events and high-profile scandals associated with the filming process and, of course, the audience’s assessment and love. Absolute winners, that is, the best action films, are considered those that more often than others fall into the top 9 major world publications, such as Time and Movies, Variety, Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Associated Press, etc.

Absolute winners (veterans)

Making up a rating of fighters, among leaders more often than others name:

1. The Beginning (2010). Christopher Nolan’s ingenious idea tells about traveling through dreams. Just a brilliant picture of a wonderful world with such a dashing ending that turns the whole story upside down. And the dynamics of the picture are provided by a masterfully selected acting ensemble, high-class special effects and pompous dramatic music.
2. The Gladiator (2000). Director Ridley Scott presented the viewer with an amazing historical action movie of unprecedented magnitude. This is a grandiose epic project in which everything is not only picturesque, but also insanely brutal.
3. The Matrix (1999). The original New Age directors of the Wachowski brothers was a huge success. The picture is filled with powerful and masterfully executed action scenes, and the episode with the coolest shootout in the office is still considered a reference.
4. The Dark Knight (2008). And again, Christopher Nolan makes the film, which becomes the fourth film in the world, which has earned more than one billion. This is a spectacular and quite realistic movie, not a movie comic.
5. “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (1991). The rating of veteran fighters would not have been complete without this successful and clever continuation of the fantastic action movie of the same James Cameron. The film was deservedly awarded four Oscars and was enthusiastically received by the audience.

New action classic

To some regret, the adherents of a well-aimed shot and a good hook are replaced by natural action by new action pictures - fierce, reactive, insane and inconceivably beautiful, like an injection of adrenaline in the heart. Popular tabloids have blown up films of recent years that promise to become the new classic of the action genre. Here is a list of several:

1. In the first place, the 2015 film “Mad Max: The Road of Fury” confidently balances. This is a real cinema lightning - a brutal and wonderful movie at the same time. Director Miller turned out to be the undisputed genius in the field of choreography of car chases.
2. The "Edge of the Future" by Doug Lyman has been named one of the best projects of the season and an ideal product for the mass audience, involving not only inexorable action and dizzying special effects.
3. Sometimes modern blockbusters use template plots, run-in and simple tricks, but their creators manage to make them graceful. Moreover, grace is not determined by an innovative approach, but by processing even the template structure of the film, its variations and the ability to beat situations. Among such paintings: "Rage", "John Wick", "Kingsman: The Secret Service", "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", "The Expendables 3", "RoboCop".

We have something to be proud of

Russian films of the genre "action movie" is a movie that is focused on the domestic audience and tailored exclusively to the Russian mentality. It has the same chases, fights and shootings, but close to ours, sometimes sad reality. A distinctive feature of domestic film projects is that directors pay more attention to the plot, revealing the image of the main characters, rather than distracting special effects. For the most part, all the films belong to the mixed genre of "action-crime", only those action tapes whose plot is connected with the events of the Second World War or peacekeeping operations (Afghanistan, Chechnya, etc.) are separately isolated. Noteworthy films are:

1. Brother (1997). One of the best works of Alexei Balabanov, the value of which only increases over time. The picture may seem old-fashioned, but only to those film fans who are accustomed to pseudo-battles that are played in pavilions against a green screen.
2. No less significant are the brutal “Boomer” and “Shadow Boxing”, “The Brigade” (TV series, Russian action movie), the sensational futuristic action movie “Inhabited Island” by Fyodor Bondarchuk, “Paragraph 78”, “9th Company”, “War”.

What should be the best action movie?

Also, do not disregard the technological moment. The best action movie is a priori filmed in high technological terms in terms of the quality of shooting, sound and costumes. The narrative style should be classic, without any experimental innovations. The story should be simple and understandable to all viewers, regardless of their country of residence, for example, about a person who is striving to achieve his goal by all means and ways.

Increasingly, even in the "action" genre, attention is drawn to high-quality and good cinema, in which the relationship between the main characters is brought to the fore. Acting is important in any picture, because all the emotions and feelings that the viewer needs to feel are transmitted using facial expressions, gestures and the timbre of the voice of the actors. A masterpiece is obtained when the director feels and knows how the character should behave in a particular situation and what it should be like.