THE BEST Action

(NSFW, Gore) It looks like Michael Bay could win the hearts of doubting moviegoers before Transformers 4 is released. This action comedy based on a true story is looking more and more promising.

(NSFW: Language) Kick-Ass is ripped, Col. Stars and Stripes thinks crime fighting is fun and just when Hit Girl thought she was out, they pull her back in in the new trailer for Kick-Ass 2.

(Spoilers) If you’re already sold on G.I. Joe: Retaliation, then don’t watch this clip. It’s that good. It’s really for folks who are on the fence or are not interested in seeing the whole movie.

(NSFW: Language) Jim Carrey looks beefed up as Colonel Stars and Stripes in Kick-Ass 2, but is it enough for him and the self-made crusaders to battle against a reinvented Red Mist? We shall see.

(Spoilers) This featurette for the upcoming action flick G.I. Joe: Retaliation focuses on the Cobra ninja Storm Shadow. Featuring interviews with actor Byung-hun Lee and director Jon M. Chu.

Best described as “Die Hard in the White House,” Gerard Butler channels John McClane as a decommissioned Secret Service agent who must save the President from a bunch of evil Asians.

(NSFW: Language) The latest trailer for Ariel Vromen’s The Iceman, based on Anthony Bruno’s book about Richard Kuklinski, a loving family man who led a double life as a mob hitman.

The sequel to the surprisingly fun RED, with Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker (oh, how we miss Weeds), Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Helen Mirren ready to kick ass again.

(NSFW: Language) Johnny Knoxville blows a guy in half, a car rail grinds and Ahnold’s day off is ruined as he guards the Mexican border in this trailer for Kim Jee-Woon’s lighthearted, but violent action flick.

From the jokers that brought us Magicka comes The Showdown Effect, a sidescrolling multiplayer game featuring 80’s and 90’s action hero stereotypes. It’s like PvP Contra, if it had more clichés in it.

Michael Bay’s less over-the-top than usual Pain & Gain is about Miami’s Sun Gym Gang, a group of muscleheads who turned to a life of crime. It’s based on a series of articles by Pete Collins.

The Joes get knocked down (and they get up again), the U.S. President is a shape-shifting Smurf and London is dealt a fiery death from above in the latest trailer for the delayed G.I. Joe: Retaliation.

We’re sure hoping that Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot is as dark and epic as it looks from this dramatic trailer. One can only hope this is The Dark Knight of Superman. (Thanks Larry!)

The 2nd trailer for Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger shares more of Johnny Depp’s Tonto, and Armie Hammer as the Ranger. Looks much less over-the-top than Pirates, and that’s a good thing.

An awesome, action-packed short film based on the Grand Theft Auto series featuring a thrilling chase which has Niko Bellic hunting down his latest mission objective. Directed by Gevorg Karensky.

The extreme bad-asses of Nitro Circus defy the odds every day, pulling off incredible stunts on their bikes, trikes, cars, skateboards and motorcycles. And sometimes they fall down. (Thanks Dallin!)

Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t going to let his old buddies hog the spotlight (and the cash). This new trailer reveals just how silly The Last Stand is. Now all that’s left is a new Chuck Norris movie.

John McClane travels to Russia to find his son John, who seems to be in bad company. But the two generically-named McClanes end up forming an impromptu tag team in A Good Day To Die Hard.

The new trailer for Zero Dark Thirty puts faces on the members of Navy Seal Team 6 who took down Osama bin Laden. Stars Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke and Chris Pratt.

The action flick Gangster Squad is a fictionalized take on the LAPD’s efforts to catch Brooklyn-born mobster Mickey Cohen in 1949. Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.

Instead of slapping an add-on camera onto headgear, the iON is an 8mp/1080p HD camera built into a slick pair of impact and fog-resistant goggles. Its controls work through thick gloves too.

(NSFW:Language) Awesomer reader Dennis Liu and friends Ryan Condal and Jonathan Hsu made this sci-fi film about a convenient, yet privacy-invading tech which tracks our movements to reduce crime.

A Cinemax original series from X-Files producer Frank Spotnitz about a private intelligence operative who finds herself the target of an attempted hit. Learn about her security firm here.

Ever wondered what happened to Hansel & Gretel after they escaped from the gingerbread house? Neither did we. But Hollywood is telling us anyway. Apparently the two became crossbow enthusiasts.