Best action movie of the last decade? Edge of Tomorrow vs Fury Road (and others)

[skrskg]

So what was the best action movie of the last decade?

For me, it's down to Edge of Tomorrow vs Fury Road. And having rewatched both recently, I have to say that Edge of Tomorrow gets my vote. It's such a great movie, it's Groundhog Day in a sci-fi setting with one of Tom Cruises best performances going head to head with one of the all-time great female action heroes portraid perfectly by Emily Blunt.

There was, of course, other action movies during the last ten years. Some really good ones, too.

But this is about the best.

 

[Kalentan]

I'm conflicted. I love Fury Road and I suppose objectively it might be the better movie but I also really really love Edge of Tomrorow... But John Wick is also really good... Ugh. I can't decide.

 

[Ramala]

I mean everyone's going to vote Fury Road, and rightly so, but the past couple MI's have been insane.

My *personal* favorite might be EOT.

 

[Mona]

its fury road hands down

that shit is god tier and unlike anything released since the 80s

 

[Rogue74]

I picked Mission Impossible.

 

[kai3345]

i initially voted edge of tomorrow, but now im thinking its fury road only because the last act of edge of tomorrow is kind of a wet fart

 

[dark_prinny]

Fury Road by a mile

 

[LewieP]

Haywire deserves a nod.



I like a lot of the ones you already listed though.

 

[kvetcha]

It's Fury Road, but Edge of Tomorrow, the John Wicks, MI, the Raid, etc are all fantastic.

 

[Meauxse]

I'm sorry but how are we glossing over the raid here?

Fury is great, but as a pure action movie, Raid should mop this category.

 

[Violet]

deal with it nerds

 

[Poutine]

The Raid 1 and 2 , without a doubt.

 

[Chivalry]

John Wicks, for unrelentless action.

 

[duxstar]

For some reason forums like this have a hard on for Fury Road, it was pretty boring , and i've rewatched it like 4 times trying to figure out what everyone loved about it; and I'm a huge action movie nerd

I voted for Edge of Tomorrow, then John Wick series, then MI

 

[Rocket Man]

The Raid 1 and 2 , without a doubt.

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Yup

 

[lobdale]

Fury Road no contest

Not only the best action movie of the last decade but in the running for best movie of the last decade period

 

[Meg Cherry]

It's The Raid 2 and this isn't even a competition.

 

[BringBackSonics]

Damn that is tough. Mad Max vs Mission Impossible. dunno

 

[PostModernMaybe]

I voted for Fury Road but honestly Edge of Tomorrow is really underrated. Also the MI movies, The Raid 2, and the John Wick series should all get honorable mentions

 

[oledome]

The first John Wick has everything in that list beaten with Raid 1 close behind.

 

[Emwitus]

where is Mission Impossible: fallout? Heck where are the other mission impossibles.

 

[Mest08]

John Wick and it's not particularly close. Only bad thing about those movies is that they call him Jonathan, so it should be Jon Wick.

 

[Pirateluigi]

I love Edge of Tomorrow. Easily one of my favorite films of the decade and it's the one I always recommend to people that haven't seen it.

But the answer is clearly Fury Road.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Fury Road. The love story shit ruined EOT.

 

[Pariah]

Fury Road might be the individual best; I still voted for Mission: Impossible as a series, which had three good to great entries during the decade, ending at a very high point with Fallout. It's no small feat in this business, to show such a level of consistency.

Not included above, I'd also say Inception; it's far from a regular action flick, but it contains all the same a remarkable number of set pieces.

 

[Dest]

The Raid 1 and 2 , without a doubt.

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This is it.

 

[StrangeRoboMemory]

Fury Road is the total package, insane action, brilliant worldbuilding, sharp characterization. It's not close.

 

[Disco]

Mad Max
Raid movies
MI6
Inception
John Wick trilogy
Edge of Tomorrow
MI 5

in that order for me

 

[Scullibundo]

It's Mad Max, and OP definitely chose the wrong Cruise film. It's MI6 for Cruise.

 

[Doc Laserstein]

It's The Raid.

 

[Indelible]

Definitely Dredd for me, some pretty intense action scenes.

 

[bill crystals]

Insulting that these movies are listed alongside Fury Road. The Raid films are a distant 2nd.

 

[WillyFive]

Fury Road is a masterpiece, but I think I'd recommend Edge of Tomorrow to more people.

 

[DJ_Lae]

That's a damn hard choice to make.

Edge of Tomorrow is probably the best movie of those, although I would place its action scenes behind Mad Max (and Mad Max's quieter moments are still great).

The Raid and Raid 2 have some incredible action scenes, although the movie part surrounding them is mediocre at best (at least in the case of the second movie - the first doesn't really have a story). John Wick is similar in construction as well, and I still prefer the first of those movies.

The Mission Impossibles have at least one mindblowing setpiece stunt/action scene each and some solid action in and around that. They also have some humour, which is nice (Edge of Tomorrow does too).

I'd probably go with Mad Max just because Edge of Tomorrow does not end all that strong.

 

[Meg Cherry]

Hot take - I'd take at least two recent Fast & Furious movies over Fury Road.

 

[Vulcano's Assistant]

I think it is Fury Road, but Edge of Tomorrow is a solid technical choice too on top of a good premise.

 

[Mr.Deadshot]

It's the RAID. That movie is pretty much perfect. It has a simple promise executed and paced perfectly.
The second movie fucks up the pacing a bit, but the action is still just as good. Maybe even the best car chase scene ever made.

 

[Grenchel]

i honestly never got into the Raid Hype. It's got a glutton of action scenes, but they the direction /staging can't hold a candle to a lot of the great action movies imo.

 

[Scullibundo]

Whilst not a shadow of the first film, The Incredibles 2 deserves a mention just for how amazingly staged its action scenes are. It's a shame that the disappointment with that sequel will see Bird's expert eye for action in that film forgotten.

 

[HStallion]

I think I would have loved Edge of Tomorrow if I had not read the original story first. The lack of battle axes bigger than the characters wielding them would have been visually awesome. That and the bittersweet ending was a lot more effective.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

The Raid 1 and 2 , without a doubt.

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Aww yeah.

 

[Deleted member 2109]

It's Fallout.

 

[Xagarath]

Dredd.
Not in pure action scenes by themselves; but in overall dialogue, storytelling, consistency, and recreation of the source material.

 

[Shrikey]

Fury Road is by far the best movie out of all of those, no contest. Hell, Fury Road is a contender for best movie, period. It's sublime.

The Raid movies and John Wick certainly raised the bar on action direction, but neither comes anywhere close to being the full package in the way Fury Road is.

 

[3bdelilah]

I came in ready to vote Mad Max, but the poll reminded me about the John Wick films and all three were excellent action films. Now I feel conflicted.

 

[MickeyKnox]

The Raids and JW have incredible action scenes and stunt work but everything outside of that is mediocre to terrible.

Fury Road is just fantastic fucking film.

 

[ArjanN]

Fury Road is probably the best overall movie, just going by the action it's the Raid.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

It's Fury Road, perfect in every way

 

[SeanMN]

My opinion for best action movie of the last decade, unordered:

• Mission Impossible 4, 5, and 6
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Dredd
• Inception
• Captain America: Winter Solider
• Jack Reacher
• Fast Five
• Baby Driver
• The Dark Knight Rises

 

[Deleted member 48897]

The Raid has great action but I agree it has the same problem with John Wick in that the story it's trying to tell over its action sequences just isn't as interesting as Fury Road. Edge of Tomorrow and Looper are also great picks though neither one really reaches the intensity and thrills of Fury Road, but all three are very good at using their action to strongly support the stories they're trying to tell.