8 Best Action Movies of 2024 (So Far)

April 30, 20243 Mins Read

The Fall Guy (In Theaters May 3)

Finally, some appreciation for the stuntman. Starring Ryan Gosling, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emily Blunt, and Winston Duke, The Fall Guy follows a stuntman (Gosling, of course) who inexplicably ropes himself into a conspiracy on a film set for the sci-fi movie MetalStorm.

Monkey Man (In Theaters)

In Monkey Man, star (and first-time director!) Dev Patel creates his own John Wick–type hero who is on a mission for revenge across India. Inspired by the tales of Hanuman, Patel’s bloody and violent action flick is easily one of the best films of the year so far.

Road House

It’s hard to top a masterpiece like Patrick Swayze’s Road House. So Jake Gyllenhaal and Co. didn’t even try to re-create the magic of the original ’80s classic. Instead, the new Road House is a slugfest between a ripped Gyllenhaal and an often butt-naked Conor McGregor. What more can you ask for?

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The Beekeeper

The Beekeeper is built on an incredibly odd premise. Jason Statham plays a beekeeper who is actually part of a clandestine organization called the Beekeepers. Everyone in the Beekeepers isn’t necessarily a beekeeper in real life, but the complexities of The Beekeeper’s world-building fade away the second that Statham threatens to burn a whole building to the ground … and then does exactly that. Plus, he’s surrounded by real bees.

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Boy Kills World (In Theaters)

Bill Skarsgård sets out on a Deadpool-esque rampage of violence in Boy Kills World. The action-comedy also stars H. Jon Benjamin (Bob’s Burgers), as the internal voice for our deaf-mute hero. Inspired by the art of video games and graphic novels, Boy Kills World will satisfy anyone’s need for fast-paced action.

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Badland Hunters

Badland Hunters is a stand-alone sequel to last year’s Concrete Utopia, following survivors of a zombie apocalypse as they attempt to escape a post-earthquake Seoul. Produced in Korea, Badland Hunters stars Ma Dong-seok (Train to Busan) performing some of the year’s best fight choreography so far.

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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (In Theaters)

It’s not a hot take to say that Guy Ritchie movies are very hit-or-miss. Often the problem with his films is that his eccentric characters don’t really have a mission—other than driving each other crazy. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (mouthy title!)fixes all of that. Why? Because Henry Cavill, Reacher’s Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, and the rest of their ragtag bunch of soldiers are out to kill Nazis. Classic.