http://dir.salon.com/topics/action_movies/?source=rss&aim=action_movies en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/08/22/death_race/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/08/22/death_race/index.html?source=rss Spectacular crashes, thunderous explosions, heads split open like watermelons -- and one killer body. By Rebecca Traister Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/12/16/menopause/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/12/16/menopause/index.html?source=rss The menopausal romance "Something's Gotta Give" beats "The Last Samurai" at the box office. Do chick-flick fans dare hope that the tide of guns, honor and big-ass boats is ebbing? By Charles Taylor Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/09/12/so_close/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/09/12/so_close/index.html?source=rss Luscious superstar Shu Qi and action expert Corey Yuen prove that Hong Kong movies can still deliver the goods Hollywood can't. By Sheerly Avni Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/07/21/yorick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/07/21/yorick/index.html?source=rss I finally got the kick-ass girl action movie I've been waiting for my whole life. Too bad it's a comic book -- and stars a guy. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/05/02/x2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/05/02/x2/index.html?source=rss This snazzy sequel to Bryan Singer's comic-book smash "X-Men" is sleek and sexy, filled with delicious characters and effects. Just don't compare it to the original. By Jeff Stark Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/04/04/man_apart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/04/04/man_apart/index.html?source=rss Yes, Vin Diesel still rocks. But you wouldn't know it from this dreary, predictable sub-"Traffic" action flick. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/03/07/tears_sun/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/03/07/tears_sun/index.html?source=rss Can Bruce Willis save Africa from the Africans? Not in Antoine Fuqua's overwrought, blood-drenched fable of bogus Hollywood heroism, he can't. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/11/30/enemy_lines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/11/30/enemy_lines/index.html?source=rss Sometimes empty stylish flashiness can be fun, but then why bother using a great actor like Gene Hackman? By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/06/08/evolution/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/06/08/evolution/index.html?source=rss Hollywood cranks out an all-new monster -- a mutant amalgamation of other, better summer movies. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/05/25/pearl_harbor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/05/25/pearl_harbor/index.html?source=rss Today, May 25, 2001 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Hollywood. Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/05/11/knights_tale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/05/11/knights_tale/index.html?source=rss Leave my rock 'n' roll out of your Ren Faire! By David Lazarus Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2001/01/09/gone/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2001/01/09/gone/index.html?source=rss Super-producer Jerry Bruckheimer on his genius: "I do it to entertain people." So where are all the car chases? By Charles Taylor Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2000/12/20/xmen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2000/12/20/xmen/index.html?source=rss Why is this smart, handsome mutant movie so good? Director Bryan Singer says it's because he took the superhero story seriously. By Michael Sragow Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/12/08/proof/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/12/08/proof/index.html?source=rss Russell Crowe, all ironclad irony and bedrock honesty, makes competence look sexy in this intriguing action movie. By Charles Taylor Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/12/08/vertical_limit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/12/08/vertical_limit/index.html?source=rss The mountain-climbing actioner thinks it's a dizzy, precarious thrill ride. If you ask me, Herbie the Love Bug was just as exciting. By David Lazarus Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2000/12/04/shanghai_noon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2000/12/04/shanghai_noon/index.html?source=rss In his best American movie, Jackie Chan finally meets his match. By Bill Wyman Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/2000/12/01/mi2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/2000/12/01/mi2/index.html?source=rss John Woo explains the extraordinary process behind his bone-crushing action shots -- but where the hell is Tom Cruise's wire? By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/11/10/men_of_honor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/11/10/men_of_honor/index.html?source=rss Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. remember a time when men were men, girls were cute and pencil-necked Poindexters stayed out of your damn face. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/09/08/way_of_gun/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/09/08/way_of_gun/index.html?source=rss A new entrant in the scuzzbags - with - guns genre limps onto the screen in a disappointing directorial debut from the writer of "The Usual Suspects." By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/08/25/art_of_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/08/25/art_of_war/index.html?source=rss A surprisingly enjoyable grade-B blockbuster, part Hong Kong action blowout and part philosophical potboiler. By Joyce Millman Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/06/20/glow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/06/20/glow/index.html?source=rss Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, June 20, 2000 By Charles Taylor Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/05/24/mission/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/05/24/mission/index.html?source=rss Director John Woo's pyrotechnics and the spark between Tom Cruise and Thandie Newton can't redeem a strangely impersonal actioner. By Charles Taylor Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/04/21/u571/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/04/21/u571/index.html?source=rss Damn the torpedoes! Damn the formulaic modern American action movie! By Jenn Shreve Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/12/06/arnold/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/12/06/arnold/index.html?source=rss Film critics struggle to review "The End of Days" and still retain their indie cred. Plus: The AIDS crisis in Africa and one writer's desperate attempt to get a job at Maxim. By Charles Taylor Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/11/19/world/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/11/19/world/index.html?source=rss God save James Bond.