55 action movies of 2022

Release date: May 18, 2022
Country of origin: South Korea

Director: Sang-yong Lee
Writers: Ma Dong-seok, Min-Seong Kim, Sang-yong Lee
Stars: Ma Dong-seok, Sukku Son, Gwi-hwa Choi

Followed by Ma Seok-do, who heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect. However, he discovers additional murder cases and learns about a killer who had committed crimes against tourists for many years.

Release date: May 20, 2022
Country of origin: Vietnam

Director: Dung Luong Dinh
Writer: Dung Luong Dinh
Stars: Jessica Minh Anh, Anh Tuan Hac, Alexandre Nguyen

A container truck driver, Hung, lives an idyllic life with his little daughter, An. The father and daughter become the closest companions in every journey with their orange container truck. Life goes on like that until An has to leave her father to go to school. One day, Hung is informed that An is suffering from severe depression.

Release date: May 23, 2022
Countries of origin: United States

Director: Grant S. Johnson
Writers: Mike Langer, Tyler W. Konney
Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Adan Canto, Mel Gibson

A CIA officer finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for the death of an interrogation subject.

Release date: May 27, 2022
Countries of origin: United States

Director: Joseph Kosinski
Writers: Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Peter Craig
Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller

After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN’s elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.

Release date: June 3, 2022
Countries of origin: United States

Director: Jesse V. Johnson
Writers: Jesse V. Johnson, Erik Martinez, Katharine Lee McEwan
Stars: Bruce Willis, Lorenzo Antonucci, Lincoln Brown

An ex-marine enforcer must battle his conscience and code of honor when he is forced to do things for the mob.

Release date: June 3, 2022
Countries of origin: Australia, United States

Director: Matthew Reilly
Writers: Matthew Reilly, Stuart Beattie
Stars: Elsa Pataky, Luke Bracey, Aaron Glenane

One Army captain must use her years of tactical training and military expertise when a simultaneous coordinated attack threatens the remote missile interceptor station she is in command of.

Release date: June 23, 2022
Countries of origin: Malaysia

Director: Syamsul Yusof
Writers: Shahruddin Dali, Syamsul Yusof
Stars: Adi Putra, Beto Kusyairy, Fattah Amin

The film is inspired by the epic Malaysian historical figure Mat Kilau who had fought against the British colonists in Pahang before independence.

Release date: June 24, 2022
Countries of origin: United States

Director: Patrick Hughes
Writers: Robbie Fox, Chris Bremner, Jason Blumenthal
Stars: Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Jasmine Mathews

The world’s deadliest assassin and New York’s biggest screw-up are mistaken for each other at an Airbnb rental.

Release date: July 1, 2022
Countries of origin: United States

Director: Jon Keeyes
Writer: Matthew Rogers
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Jaime King, Tommy Flanagan

Caleb, a former government assassin in hiding, who resurfaces when his protege, the equally deadly killer known as Banshee, discovers a bounty has been placed on Caleb’s head.

Release date: July 10, 2022
Countries of origin: United States

Director: Colin Trevorrow
Writers: Emily Carmichael, Colin Trevorrow, Derek Connolly
Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern

After surviving the destruction of Isla Nubla, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing took in young Maisie Lockwood. They’ve been living under the radar to protect Maisie, but she feels like a prisoner. When Maisie goes missing, Owen and Claire set out to find her, and eventually confront Lewis Dodgson, owner of Biosyn.