Genre
Action Movies
Films where physical spectacle is the primary text. The craft question is legibility: can you tell what is happening, to whom, and why it matters.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Die Hard
John McTiernan · 1988
Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller · 2015
Hard Boiled
John Woo · 1992
John Wick
Chad Stahelski · 2014
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