Hardcore Henry (2015)

Hardcore Henry (2015) is a unique cinematic experiment as an amalgam of the science fiction film, combined with the aesthetics of the First-Person Shooter (FPS) video game. Shot entirely from the optical point of view of Henry, the cyborg protagonist, the film aligns the viewer with Henry’s perspective as he pursues goals that are more akin to gaming level progression than character development. With an unprecedented 87% action-to-story ratio, the film also claims the title of the most action-packed film analyzed on this website.

Nobody (2021)

One of the ways that action films make themselves distinctive is by defamiliarizing the genres on which they are based through unique genre combinations. Nobody (2021) does so by combining elements from the espionage film with that of the gangster movie, a sub-genre of the crime film. This combination assumes its primary shape through the film’s protagonist-antagonist structure.