The best action movies of 2022: everything worth waiting for and watching
Miscellaneous / / January 31, 2022
New work from Marvel and DC, as well as action from Michael Bay and Guy Ritchie.
1. Uncharted: Not on the cards
Uncharted
- USA, 2022.
- Action, adventure.
- Premiere: 10 February.
Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer is releasing a film based on the Uncharted series. The plot tells about two treasure hunters who go in search of the greatest clade. In parallel, one of them is trying to figure out the reasons for the disappearance of his brother.
The main roles in the project will be played by Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, and the image of the villain went to Antonio Banderas.
2. Batman
The Batman
- USA, 2022.
- Action, thriller, drama.
- Premiere: 3 March.
The next version of the adventures of Batman releases Matt Reeves. This picture will not be part of the DC Universe. The protagonist, as always, restores order in his hometown of Gotham and fights the evil Riddler. But now Batman is done Robert Pattinson You also have to deal with your mental problems.
3. Operation Fortune: The Art of Winning
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
- USA, China, 2022.
- Action, thriller, comedy.
- Premiere: 17 March.
Jason Statham to star in longtime friend's film Guy Ritchie. Now the actor got the image of a scout who is trying to stop the supply of dangerous weapons. To do this, the lone hero will have to not only cooperate with colleagues, but also team up with a Hollywood star.
4. lost city
The Lost City
- USA, 2022.
- Action, melodrama, comedy.
- Premiere: 7 April.
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum starred in an action-adventure in the spirit of "Romancing the Stone." The plot tells about a famous writer who is taken hostage during a tour of jungle. A male model, who starred for the covers of her novels, is sent to save the heroine.
The company of the actors will be Daniel Radcliffe, who got the image of the villain - an eccentric billionaire, confident that the writer knows the secret of the lost city.
5. Ambulance
ambulance
- USA, 2022.
- Action, thriller, drama.
- Premiere: 7 April.
The director of "Transformers" and a lover of explosions and shootings Michael Bay will please the audience with another action movie. Former military man played by Jake Gyllenhaal gets involved in a robbery to get money for his wife's treatment. But everything does not go according to plan: the hero and his friend have to steal an ambulance and take a doctor and a wounded policeman hostage.
6. Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick
- USA, China, 2022.
- Action, drama.
- Premiere: 26 May.
Tom Cruise has been trying to release a sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun (in the original also Top Gun) for two years now. He again returns to the image of military pilot Pete Mitchell, nicknamed Maverick. Now his hero is preparing a new group of pilots and meets the son of a deceased comrade.
For filming in the film, Cruz really learned how to fly a fighter jet. So in the Top Gun: Maverick tape there will be real records of the actor's flights.
7. Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder
- USA, 2022.
- Action, fantasy, comedy.
- Premiere: 7 July.
The fourth solo picture about the god of thunder will be directed by the director of the third part - comedian Taika Waititi. Jane Foster, Thor's lover, will reappear in the sequel. She will probably play an important role in the development of the plot.
8. Faster than bullet
โโBullet Train
- USA, 2022.
- Action, thriller.
- Premiere: 14 July.
Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Michael Shannon will team up in the film adaptation of the novel "Killer Train" by Japanese writer Kotaro Isaki. According to the plot, five killers collide in a high-speed express train. They are trying to figure out who and why they collected them.
The film is directed by the director of the second "Deadpool" and "Explosive Blonde" David Leitch (not to be confused with David Lynch), so you can expect a good production of action.
9. Black Adam
Black Adam
- USA, 2022.
- Action, fantasy.
- Premiere: 28 July.
Dwayne Scala Johnson will play the anti-hero Black Adam in the next chapter of the DC Universe. This character languishes in prison for several thousand years, but then breaks free.
Subsequently, it is Black Adam who will become the main opponent of Shazam from the film of the same name.
10. The Expendables-4
The Expendables 4
- USA, 2022.
- Action, adventure.
- Premiere: 4 August.
The series of classic action movies in the spirit of 80s films continues. This time, the plot will focus on the character of Jason Statham, who is likely to face another villain.
In addition to the regular members of the franchise, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and others, the cast was joined by Megan Fox and Tony Jaa.
11. Mission: Impossible - 7
Mission: Impossible 7
- USA, 2022.
- Action, adventure.
- Premiere: 29 September.
In addition to the film "Top Gun" Tom Cruise should release a new part of the famous movie series. The director is again Christopher McQuarrie, and the actor returns to the image of special agent Ethan Hunt, who, along with his team, saves the world from terrorists.
12. Flash
The Flash
- USA, 2022.
- Action, fantasy, adventure.
- Premiere: 3 November.
After the eventsjustice leagueThe DC Universe's fastest superhero gets a solo story. Barry Allen, aka The Flash, goes back in time to save his mother from death. But his act affects events around the world.
Two Batmans will appear in the film at once: Ben Affleck, who played this role in recent films, and Michael Keaton, a friend from work Tim Burton.
13. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- USA, 2022.
- Action, fantasy, adventure.
- Premiere: 10 November.
The continuation of "Black Panther" will again tell about the fictional state of Wakanda and its defender in an unusual costume. Unfortunately, due to the death of Chadwick Boseman, the authors will have to change the main character.
14. Aquaman 2
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
- USA, 2022.
- Action, fantasy, adventure.
- Premiere: 15 December.
Director of the firstaquamenaยป James Wan also directed the film's sequel. In the sequel, the main character Arthur Curry will already take the throne of the king of Atlantis, but will face new enemies.
15. Avatar-2
Avatar 2
- USA, 2022.
- Fantasy, thriller, adventure.
- Premiere: 15 December.
James Cameron is wrapping up years of production on a sequel to one of the most box office films in history. The action of the new part of "Avatar" will again unfold on the planet Pandora, where the unusual Na'vi people live.
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Since the early 2000s, I have been writing about films and series. Author and host of the podcast "Watcher". I follow all the premieres, studied, disassembled and fell in love with the filmography of Tarkovsky, Lynch, Tarantino, Wright and Snyder. I do my best to help readers get acquainted with different films without restrictions on complexity, release date and genres.