THE BEST Action

Robert Rodriguez’ classic, bloody trilogy makes its way to Blu-ray and high-def for the first time ever. If you never saw these, get out the popcorn and chain yourself to the couch – then watch Machete.

After a few teasers that showed us just barely a clue as to what this action/sci-fi flick might hold, we finally get to see how our planet meets its demise when the aliens attempt to colonize Earth.

Ross Ching’s 3 Minutes, starring Harry Shum Jr. (aka Mike Chang from Glee) and Stephen “tWitch” Boss, is a mysterious thriller that’s jampacked with lots of action, you know, for a three minute film.

We can always rely on Freddie Wong to deal out insane amounts of violence in his clips. Here Freddie compiles every action shot from his 2010 vids, and boils them down to under 2 minutes.

Starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett, Joe Wright’s Hanna tells the story of a seemingly good teenage girl who’s been trained to be the perfect assassin. Out 4/11. (Thanks Mason!)

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of all-stars from every chapter of the F&F franchise for Fast Five; Dwayne Johnson joins returning favorites for this ultimate high-stakes race.

We still rue the day that President Palmer left to do Allstate commercials, but we enjoyed all 8 seasons of Bauer Power enough that we’d still like the box set – all 57 discs of it. Don’t fight it.

The first trailer for this explosive sci-fi/war blockbuster looked pretty thrilling. Now see some of the back-story that leads up to the great L.A. alien invasion of 2011.

Freddie Wong is up to his gun-slinging again – with bullets and blood once again flying across the small screen. Wong claims this 2 minute clip is from a 90 minute film that they lost the first 88 minutes of.

Stallone, Statham, Lundgren, Rourke, Willis, Li and even the Governator himself blow the roof off the place in this blockbuster action flick. The 3-disc set is loaded with bonus footage and special features.

A man wakes up in the body of a stranger, and it turns out he’s actually in a program which lets him live the final minutes of a person’s life, and is there to figure out who blew up the train he is on.

We just got our hands on the first full-length trailer for Zach Snyder’s explosive, imaginative, over-the-top, action-chick-flick, out March 2011. We’re hoping it lives up to its incredible looks.

If you missed Nimród Antal’s thrilling Predator reboot when it hit theaters earlier this year, now’s your chance to see it. The disc offers tons of bonus footage, plus a digital copy for your computer.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson takes on all comers in this bloody, violent trailer for this upcoming thriller. After his brother’s death, he’s got a score to settle, and he’s cooking up a big bowl of revenge.

Awesomer fan fave Freddie Wong cranks out another one of his fantasy gun fights, this time with 90210’s Shenae Grimes by his side, who’s also not too shabby with her weapon skills.

EA has revealed this action-horror game, made by a veritable who’s-who of Japanese game creators. If you like slashing and shooting your way through rooms full of demons, this game is for you.

(NSFW) A 15 minute time investment here rewards you with a fluidly written, at times brutal, tightly directed 15 minute short film about a lottery ticket by the talented Dan Brown. (Thanks Duncan!)

(NSFW) It started as a two-minute concept trailer, and now it’s a full length flick. Blade Runner’s baddie Rutger Hauer is back on the big screen in this B-movie bloodbath.

Freddie Wong is back with another fun weapon and effect-laden video. What better way to take out your foe but by propelling yourself into the air with an RPG, then blowing them up mid-flight?

James Franco stars in Danny Boyle’s survival movie 127 Hours. The film is based on the story of American mountain climber Aron Ralston, who got stuck between two canyon walls for five days.

Not only does this box set offer 5 of Bruce Lee’s greatest martial arts masterpieces, the collection is entirely on Blu-ray, with 1080p HD transfers and tons of bonus features. Region A only.

Directed by Zack Snyder (of 300 and Watchmen), Sucker Punch is looking awesome. The action-fantasy is described as “Alice in Wonderland with Guns.” Sounds good to us. Opens 3/2011.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hasn’t been the very selective with his scripts lately, but this return to tough-ass action form for the former pro-wrestler actually looks like it could be halfway decent.

Thought the GoldenEye remake was the only Bond game to look forward to? Keep an eye out for this 007 actioner from Bizarre Creations. It looks a lot like Uncharted 2 to us – and that’s a good thing.

After a few false starts with bootlegged trailers getting ripped down from the Interwebs, we finally have an official sneak preview for Robert Rodriguez’ controversial Grindhouse spin-off.

Whoa. Get ready to cut at will in the latest installment of Metal Gear Solid, entitled Rising, which looks seriously badass and deeply satisfying at the same time. Kojima rules. (Thanks Sterling!)