Awesome Action

The recent Polar Vortex may have frozen half the nation, but it made for the ultimate battleground during Red Bull’s off-road race of 900hp Pro 4 Trucks on the snow- and ice-covered slopes of Maine’s Sunday River Resort. More here.

(Gore) The first full trailer for martial arts action film The Raid 2: Berandal lays out its plot. It unfolds shortly after the events of the first film and seems to be filled with even more brawls and crazy stunts.

The retirement home of action stars gets a dose of young blood. Stallone’s character clashes with the co-founder of The Expendables – an arms dealer played by Mel Gibson – and is forced to add new members to the group.

From director Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle, CJ7) comes a comedic re-telling of the legendary Chinese novel Journey to the West. The movie portrays the tale’s hero as a pacifist demon hunter.

The guys from Sneaky Zebra find themselves under siege from a team of hostile enemies. Fortunately, Freddie Wong is on the task – back in top gun-totin’ form, ready to blow away every baddie in his path.

Action cam maker Replay XD shows off the prowess of their compact high-definition video cameras, giving us thrilling perspectives on sprint car racing from the vantage points of driver, steering wheel, tire, and track.

“Your Earth is a very small part of a very large industry.” Mila Kunis plays a lowly human who discovers that she may be the next leader of the universe in the Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending. Also starring Channing Tatum and Sean Bean.

If you’re not feeling JCVD’s cheesy comedy flick maybe this cheesy action flick will be more to your taste, in which he plays a nutball drug lord. We guess you could say Jean-Claude has a… split personality. YEEEEAHHHH

A gritty action flick in which women are held in an underground prison and forced to fight each other in hand-to-hand combat to the death to save their families above ground. It’s like grindhouse meets The Hunger Games.

A live-action depiction of Ubisoft’s upcoming open world action adventure game Watch Dogs. Despite sometimes dodgy acting, Infectious Designer did a great job with the short. Aiden Pearce is the 21st century teenager’s idol.

Remember the old Nintendo game Excitebike? Red Bull/KTM Factory motocross riders Ryan Dungey and Marvin Musquin do their best to recreate the game IRL as they run side-by-side down a straight 1/2 mile course with no turns.

Impressive concept footage for a WWII story about the B17 pilots who battled Nazi Germany’s swarms of Luftwaffe. Story by Kurt Johnstad (300, Act of Valor) and directed by Rick Jacobsen (Spartacus: War of the Damned). VFX by Hydraulx.

The latest trailer for the new Robocop flick gives us hope that the reboot could actually be good. If nothing else, it’s got Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, and a ton of cool VFX. Bonus points: It’s NOT in 3D.

(Gore) Beyond Outrage is a Japanese action film about two yakuza clans taking their power struggle to a national scale. Starring, written by and directed by the legendary Japanese entertainer Takeshi “Beat” Kitano.

The latest clip from YouTube action juggernaut Devin Supertramp takes us first to the side of a bridge, then to the basket of a hot air balloon and drops us straight off with only a parachute and a GoPro to cushion our falls.

Chris Pine plays an inexperienced Jack Ryan, the protagonist created by the late Tom Clancy. Shadow Recruit sees Ryan go from analyst to field operative when he uncovers a Russian plot to wreak havoc on the U.S. economy.

The story of Frankenstein’s monster gets an action-packed modern update in this story that takes place some 200 years after his creation. Based on the Darkstorm Studios graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux.

Driver Peter Pyzera takes on Dave Barlia in the Swiss Alps as his 370Z Nismo zips under the wingsuit-clad athlete. We’re not sure exactly what it proves or doesn’t, but it sure is purty to look at. Behind the scenes footage here.

59-year-old Jackie Chan still deals out the blows in his latest flick (released in China last year) – which sends Chan on a mission to recover 12 bronze animal heads of the Chinese zodiac. Haven’t we seen that suit somewhere before?

Another Mortal Kombat tribute by Mike Diva which digs up the original Sub-Zero and Noob Saibot for a fight sequence that looks like it could have been plucked straight from the video game. Oh, and how about that fatality?

So you’ve got a problem. Two bad guys are getting away, and you’ve got just one bullet in your gun to take them down. What do you do? If you have a knife like the guy in this Filipino movie, your problem has a simple solution.

(NSFW: Language) An extensive look at the world and the mechanics of Watch Dogs. The player’s hacking ability is very powerful and would be better described as high tech telepathy. But you’re not the only one who wields it.

Mario and Luigi find themselves in an underground Fight Smash Club, Princess Peach carries Donkey Kong, and for the last time, his name is Link, not Zelda in the latest episode of Beat Down Boogie’s Mario Warfare.