As a cultural commodity, action movie is in a changing state. At one end of this range, you can see such a huge public spectacle that engulfs the world as Avengers 4: the final battle. It is not only the best-selling blockbuster last year, but also a real pop culture phenomenon; On the other hand, small crime thrillers and adventure films, once the heart and lifeblood of such films, have now been reduced to relatively low-key streaming media platforms and on-demand services. With the exception of rare successful series such as "fast detective", the middle class of action movies seems to have been hollowed out.

Still, for fans of movies about car explosions and people kicking each other in the throat, the current moment is still a fascinating moment. Like last year's list, the goal of this list is to celebrate the best action movie on the big screen and streaming media platform in 2019, which may mean superhero epic, foreign language boxing, and it is likely that there will be at least one film starring former professional wrestlers. As the monitor with gray hair and smoking in the action film might say, we guys are together again.

John wick: Chapter 3 - parabola

Release date: May 17

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Haley berry, Lawrence Fishburn, mark dakascos

Director: Chad stahelski (chase 2)

What to watch: whether it's hitting the enemy with a book in the library or avoiding stray bullets while riding down the streets of Manhattan, John Vick always keeps calm. The killer, who has been on the run, returns in the third film of this amazing resilience series, showing weakness, pain and even vulnerability, but no weapon can pierce the static armor Reeves brings to the character. His performance is the reason why these films are so exciting. The story is mainly stupid - the core is declared "excommunicado" assassin. In the order he once belonged to, he must find old allies around the world, but Levi and his collaborators, including series director stahelski and first-class stunt team, never lose the core elements of vision to make the wick. Even if the myth became more complex, the cast expanded and introduced characters with funny names, such as the adjuster (played by billionaire Asia Kate Dillon) or the director (played by Angelica Huston). The fight became more complex and Reeves appeared repeatedly in the film. Even though some of the ruggedness of the original underground world has faded and replaced by the wear-free comic book like richness and whisky business atmosphere, the series is still committed to simple fun. Wick is still the best action hero in Hollywood compared with Ethan hunt, who is played by Tom Cruise.

Sparrow Bay confrontation

Release date: January 18

Cast: James badge Dale, Brian Geraghty, Patrick Fischer, happy Anderson

Director: Henry Dunham

Reason worth seeing: the confrontation in sparrow Bay is a film that understands the value of restraint. After the mass shooting at the police funeral, a militia group in Michigan gathered in a warehouse to check the status of their large stocks of deadly weapons, including a batch of AR-15. It turned out that one of the guns was missing - Radio confirmed that the gunman was using an AR-15 pistol - and only one man could have held the gun. Soon, the "drowning dog" plot evolved into a rap and soul stirring detective story. Gannon, a violent former policeman played by James badge Dale, interrogated his conspiracy minded accomplices. Most of them were played by talented actors, which had room to show, Trying to find the killer before the whole group is accused. But are any of these shadow characters credible? This is not the era of white male anger Infowars studied or discussed by right-wing paranoid Donald Trump's Anthropology - the specific details of all these people believe and hope to obtain considerable firepower are vague, but Dunham made his debut to focus on the personality and attitude of people attracted by these marginalized groups. He'll tell you what made them do it. Then he embarrassed them.