55 action movies of 2022

best action movies 2022

Warriors of Future

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Release date: August 25, 2022
Country of origin: Hong Kong

Director: Yuen Fai Ng
Writers: Ho-Leung Lau, Chi-Leung Law, Tin Shu Mak
Stars: Louis Koo, Ching Wan Lau, Carina Lau

A meteorite brings an extraterrestrial life to the earth. When powerful alien creatures threaten humanity, Commander Sing Lee’s elite forces are almost wiped out, and the surviving soldier Tai Loi discovers an even bigger conspiracy.

Samaritan

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Release date: August 26, 2022
Country of origin: United States

Director: Julius Avery
Writer: Bragi F. Schut
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton, Pilou Asbaek

A young boy learns that a superhero who was thought to have gone missing after an epic battle twenty years ago may in fact still be around.

Confidential Assignment 2: International

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Release date: September 7, 2022
Country of origin: South Korea

Director: Seok-hoon Lee
Writers: Seong-Soon Im, Seok-hoon Lee, Im Seong-soon
Stars: Hyun Bin, Im Yoon-ah, Hae-Jin Yoo

The film depicts an unpredictable global cooperative investigation by South Korean, North Korean, and American detectives who have come together for their own purposes.

Wolf Pack

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Release date: September 9, 2022
Country of origin: China

Director: Michael Chiang
Writer: Michael Chiang
Stars: Jin Zhang, Aarif Rahman, Luxia Jiang

During one of the missions, of the Wolf Pack squad led by Lao Diao who are engaged in overseas security work for a long time discovers that foreign terrorist forces have extended their reach into China’s energy lifeline.

Medieval

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Release date: September 9, 2022
Country of origin: Czech Republic

Director: Petr Jakl
Writers: Petr Jakl, Petr Jakl Sr., Petr Bok
Stars: Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe, Michael Caine

The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

Blackout

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Release date: October 1, 2022
Country of origin: United States

Director: Sam Macaroni
Writer: Van B. Nguyen
Stars: Josh Duhamel, Abbie Cornish, Omar Chaparro

A man wakes in a hospital with no memory, and quickly finds himself on the run in a locked down hospital with the Cartel on his tail. He scrambles to find his true identity in the most vicious way.

Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday

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Release date: October 14, 2022
Country of origin: United Kingdom

Directors: George Kirby, Harry Kirby
Writers: Scott Adkins, Stu Small
Stars: Scott Adkins, Ray Stevenson, Perry Benson

The Accident Man, is back and this time he must beat the top assassins in the world, to protect the ungrateful son of a mafia boss, save the life of his only friend and rekindle his relationship with his maniacal father figure.

Black Adam

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Release date: October 21, 2022
Country of origin: United States

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Writers: Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods–and imprisoned just as quickly–Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

Blade of 47 Ronin

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Release date: October 25, 2022
Country of origin: United States

Director: Ron Yuan
Writers: Aimee Garcia, A.J. Mendez, John Swetnam
Stars: Anna Akana, Mark Dacascos, Teresa Ting

Ancient Japanese Ronin warriors set 300 years after 47 Ronin, in a modern-day world where Samurai clans exist in complete secrecy.

The System

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Release date: November 4, 2022
Country of origin: United States

Director: Dallas Jackson
Writer: Dallas Jackson
Stars: Jeremy Piven, Tyrese Gibson, Terrence Howard

When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.