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The 10 best action scenes of 2023
27.12.2023 - 20:34 / polygon.com / Best
After a 2022 that gave us RRR, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Top Gun: Maverick, it was hard to imagine this year could match that level of action excellence. But 2023 came through.
Mainstay action franchises like John Wick and Mission: Impossible released scintillating new entries, long-running genre auteurs like Michael Mann and Guy Ritchie breathed new life into their evolving style, and nations around the world contributed their own depictions of kick-ass cinematic violence. Even television stepped its game up this year, with a bevy of exciting action series.
I love action movies, and spent much of this year catching up on them. This list isn’t the best action movies of the year (although many are included), but rather the best action scenes of the year — including both movies and TV. If you want the best action movies of the year, you can find them among the best movies of the year.
This list only includes movies that had theatrical or at-home releases in the US in 2023 (so festival releases like Mayhem! aren’t eligible, but will be next year). It was incredibly difficult to narrow it down to 10, so I’ve included some honorable mentions at the bottom. I also haven’t seen Napoleon yet, which likely has strong contenders, and the brilliant Mayhem! is technically a 2024 release, so it is unfortunately not eligible here.
Here’s our list of the standout action and fight scenes of the year for you to enjoy at home. We’ve got the 10 best at the top (in no particular order), followed by some top honorable mentions and others for you to consider. Where possible, we’ve included a link to watch the scene. Let’s get into it.
Where to watch the movie: Starz, or for digital rental/purchase
OK, I said no specific order, but we have to start here, because no movie was more committed to non-stop action in 2023 than John Wick: Chapter 4. As a result, this was the hardest movie to choose one scene from, because theoretically all of John Wick: Chapter 4 could count as the year’s best action sequence.
For me, though, it all comes back to the Arc de Triomphe car sequence. It’s a mesmerizing display of choreography, camera work, danger, and the tremendous amount of work Keanu Reeves has put in to be the action star he is today. But I’ll also add a special shoutout to the Sacré-Coeur steps sequence — Lionsgate made a 10-hour version of Keanu falling down the stairs
Where to watch the movie: Prime Video, free with a library card on Hoopla, or for digital rental/purchase
Bad City is a down-and-dirty throwback to Japan’s direct-to-video V-cinema era, starring former V-cinema star Hitoshi Ozawa (Yakuza 0), but that’s not the main selling point. The main selling point is matching director Kensuke Sonomura’s hyperkinetic
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