Top 7 Adrenaline-Pumping Action Movies That Surprised Us All

You may not be an action movie fan, but you still watch them sometimes. Some are good and exciting start-to-finish, others lose you somewhere along the way, and you can’t figure out what the hell you’re watching anymore. They’re definitely a “hit-or-miss” for most movie-goers. But there are times when a movie is almost certainly going to flop, judging from the promo materials, but when you see it on the big screen, you just can’t look away. Like, who thought that the Jumanji movie with Dwayne Johnson would be so good?

Here are 7 action movies that surprised us all!

1. “Edge of Tomorrow” (2014)

Remember how cool the movie Groundhog Day was? Woah, time loops! Infinite Possibilities! Imagine all that plus weird aliens and Tom Cruise instead of Bill Murray. To put it bluntly, people thought it was going to be a regular Tom Cruise action movie, nothing special. I guess they should have read up on the source material. Edge of Tomorrow was based on an incredible manga – Live. Die. Repeat. And if there’s one thing a mangaka knows how to do is craft a story. In the end, we got one of the best movies of 2014!

2. “Dredd” (2012)

Judge Dredd is an outstanding piece of comic book fiction, and the old movie 1995 with Sly Stallone instantly became a cult classic. So when the news about a reboot hit the streets, everyone immediately jumped on the hate wagon. Turns out, they were dead wrong, because the 2012 version lives on to be one of the most underrated action movies ever.

3. “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015)

George Miller’s old Mad Max trilogy is still considered a cult classic these days. Still, the franchise has never been as popular, as when the Fury Road movie with Tom Hardy hit the theaters in 2015. They used as few CG effects as possible, which gave the movie its gritty, authentic look. Now we foolishly expect other creators to follow Miller’s example, but so far, CGI-heavy films win 10 to 1.