(Updated 04/18/2024)
The slate of 2024 action movies got off to a hard-hitting startm and there is so much more on the way. Major standouts include THE FALL GUY, starring Ryan Gosling, and FURIOSA, the prequel to MAD MAX: FURY ROAD from series creator George Miller.
Let’s take a look at what’s in store for fans — here are the new action movies to watch in theatres.
New Action Movies Playing in Theatres Now
The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Based upon recently declassified files of the British War Department and inspired by true events, THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE is an action-comedy that tells the story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials including author Ian Fleming. The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis using entirely unconventional and utterly “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques. Ultimately their audacious approach changed the course of the war and laid the foundation for the British SAS and modern Black Ops warfare. Read more about THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE here.
Civil War
An adrenaline-fueled thrill ride through a near-future fractured America balanced on the razors edge. Read more about CIVIL WAR here.
Monkey Man
Dev Patel's feature directing debut is an action thriller about one man’s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless. Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him. Read more about MONKEY MAN here.
New Action Movies Coming to Theatres Soon
And now, here are the new action movies that will be on the big screen in the weeks and months to come.
Boy Kills World
A dystopian fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination, played by Bill Skarsgård. When Boy's family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death. [April 26]
The Mummy 25th Anniversary
The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead. [April 26]
The Fall Guy
He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right? From real life stunt man and director David Leitch, the blockbuster director of BULLET TRAIN and ATOMIC BLONDE. Read more about THE FALL GUY here. [May 3]
Furiosa
George Miller’s next chapter in the Mad Max story is a prequel focused on the rise of Charlize Theron’s character Furiosa. In this outing, Furiosa is played by Anya Taylor-Joy of THE MENU and THE WITCH. Read more about FURIOSA here. [May 24]
Bad Boys Ride or Die
BAD BOYS FOR LIFE directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah return to make the fourth movie in the series, with Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, and Paola Núñez all returning to their roles from the previous movie. When their late police captain gets linked to drug cartels, wisecracking Miami cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett embark on a dangerous mission to clear his name. Read more about BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE here. [June 14]
Twisters
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell star as opposing forces who come together to try to predict, and possibly tame, the immense power of tornadoes. Kate Cooper (Edgar-Jones) is a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Anthony Ramos) to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew. The more dangerous the better. As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler, and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives. Read more about TWISTERS here. [July 19]
The Crow
Soulmates Eric Draven and Shelly Webster are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Draven returns to seek bloody revenge against the killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right. [August 23]
Kraven the Hunter
Villains aren’t born. They’re made. Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film. Read more about KRAVEN THE HUNTER here. [August 30]
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
More than two hundred years before the events of THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, the King of Rohan, Helm Hammerhand, must defend his lands from vicious attacks by men called the Denlendings. This anime explores an unseen chapter in Middle-Earth's history, and features the voices of Brian Cox and Miranda Otto. Read more about THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM here. [December 13]
We'll let you know about more new action movies as they are scheduled!
All images courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.