THE BEST Action

Richard Gere stars as a retired CIA operative paired with a FBI agent to unravel the mystery of a senator’s murder, with all signs pointing to a Soviet assassin, in Michael Brandt’s The Double.

Gary Ross’ The Hunger Games tells the tale of teenage pawns who must fight with one another until one survivor remains, relying on raw instinct and making impossible choices. (Thanks Simon!)

Gunfire, explosions and tanks – what’s not to like? Check out the intense 64-player vehicle warfare – including jets – from this impressive Battlefield 3 multiplayer Caspian Border map. Looking good.

A young man must figure out a way to bring down a system where time is money – literally – and is forced to go on the run from a corrupt police force known as time keepers, in Andrew Niccol’s In Time.

Steven Soderbergh’s action-thriller follows the trail of Mallory Kane, a government security operative who uses her black-ops military training to kick the asses of the agency that unexpectedly betrays her.

The primates from Rise of the Planet of the Apes have a score to settle, and from the looks of this footage released for Comic-Con this week, they’re not going down without a major fight.

Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion is an action-thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. Coming 9/2011.

WALL-E’s Andrew Stanton directs his first live-action film, the story of John Carter and his mysterious journey to the planet of Barsoom – the native word for “Mars” for the Martians living there.

D’Artagnan’s suave fighting is the least absurd thing in this trailer. Paul W.S. Anderson’s wild version of the classic tale is like Pirates of the Caribbean with less water and more mustaches.

If you haven’t seen the oddly ageless Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) very upset in a while, check him and his crew of rogue operatives out in this teaser for the latest MI installment, coming December 2011.

A man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank tries to protect the teller whom he secretly loves in Rob Minkoff’s Flypaper, with Ashley Judd and Patrick Dempsey.

Watch Daniel Craig go toe-to-toe with spaceships, exchange witty banter with Harrison Ford and shut up an annoying cellmate like a boss in the latest trailer for Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens.

Written and directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga, Viva Riva!, which swept the 2011 African Academy Awards, is the vibrant tale of a fuel crisis in Congo that ignites a brutal gasoline gangster war.

Freddie Wong’s protege Jayson Floyd pulls out the big guns and deals out the punishment to save Eliza Dushku from her captors with Freddie’s usual effect and action-packed consequences.

Olivier Megaton’s Colombiana stars Zoe Saldana as a woman who witnesses her parents’ murder as a child, and grows up to be a stone-cold assassin, determined to get to the mobster who killed them.

The first full trailer for the updated classic(?) warrior tale stars a bunch of people with weird names that you’ve never heard of, the evil guy from Avatar – and the smokin’ hot Rose McGowan.

The latest trailer for Martin Campbell’s Green Lantern reveals some good new stuff, including a scrimmage with Sinestro, words with Kilowog, emerald swords and a badass flamethrower.

Michael Bay takes wraps off the full trailer for Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon, revealing more than ever as the Decepticons take on the Autobots (and mankind) and make a mess of Chicago.

We’re still excited about this quirky action pic with unlikely foes in an unlikely setting and an unlikely cast. Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde star. The only thing missing: zombies.

A group of unemployed samurai must help stop an evil Lord and save the country from the rule of tyranny in this martial arts epic. We didn’t know there was such a thing as unemployed samurai.

Freddie Wong is back, taking on all comers thanks to a handy set of claymore mines, a bunch of the Action Factory stunt team flying through the air, and the requisite Freddie dose of After Effects.

Warner Bros. released this action-packed four-minute reel from the Green Lantern, after showing a ten-minute version that wowed fans at WonderCon. Consider our curiosity piqued.

Created by Yuen Woo Ping, the man behind the incredible wire-fu in The Matrix, Kill Bill and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, this epic martial arts flick explodes onto screens on May 13.

We just saw the teaser, and now we have the first full trailer, with much more of the birth of the first Avenger (and a tiny bit more Red Skull.) There’s just something cool about a superhero with a gun.

Photographer Dylan Pfohl doesn’t just show off his cinematographic prowess in this dynamic showreel, he also showcases some awesome feats by BMX and FMX riders, snowboarders and drivers.