Movies in the Science Fiction/Action genre

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Mad Max

The Mad Max trilogy is pure adrenaline - a quality that was not lost when the franchise received an injection of American money for its third installment. The essential formula is straightforward, and involves a lot of fights and chases. The film...

Run Time: 1:33
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: George Miller
Cast: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, ...
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

The Mad Max trilogy is pure adrenaline - a quality that was not lost when the franchise received an injection of American money for its third installment. The essential formula is straightforward, and involves a lot of fights and chases. The film...

Run Time: 1:34
U.S. Release Date: 1982-05-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: George Miller
Cast: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Mike Preston, ...
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome

The Mad Max trilogy is pure adrenaline - a quality that was not lost when the franchise received an injection of American money for its third installment. The essential formula is straightforward, and involves a lot of fights and chases. The film...

Run Time: 1:47
U.S. Release Date: 1985-07-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: George Miller, George Ogilvie
Cast: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, ...
Matrix Resurrections, The

It’s unusual for a series lasting four movies to follow the consistent downward trend evidenced by The Matrix cycle. The first movie, 1999’s The Matrix, started things off with a bang. Sadly, the first sequel, 2003’s The Matrix Reloaded, was...

Run Time: 2:28
U.S. Release Date: 2021-12-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Lana Wachowski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Christina Ricci, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, ...
Maze Runner, The: The Death Cure

If I knew definitively what the plural was for the term deus ex machina, I’d apply it here. Rarely can I remember a movie filled with so many miraculous rescues and associated contrivances. The Death Cure represents the final chapter in a mo...

Run Time: 2:22
U.S. Release Date: 2018-01-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Wes Ball
Cast: Dylan O’Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Barry Pepper, ...
Meg 2: The Trench

When The Meg was released in 2018, it did strong enough international business to warrant a sequel. Although not entering blockbuster territory, it crossed the $100M mark in both the United States and China, reassuring producers that the multinati...

Run Time: 1:56
U.S. Release Date: 2023-08-04
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Sophia Cai, ...
Meg, The

In a way, I feel like the victim of a bait-and-switch scheme.  The movie I saw isn’t the one advertised in the trailers. As marketed, The Meg looks like a breezy, campy monster movie that supersizes Jaws with an infusion of Jurassic Park. I...

Run Time: 1:53
U.S. Release Date: 2018-08-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: Jason Statham, Page Kennedy, Robert Taylor, ...
Men in Black International

If I used words like “tiresome” and “lazy” to describe this pointless remake/reboot, it wouldn’t be sufficient to express the apathy I feel for Columbia Pictures’ sad attempt to exhume a franchise that was pronounced dead by the ti...

Run Time: 1:54
U.S. Release Date: 2019-06-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani, ...
Minority Report

On those rare occasions when a great motion picture reaches multiplexes, the film critic must add another aspect to his or her job description: that of cheerleader. It is incumbent upon those of us who routinely dissect movies to applaud the arriv...

Run Time: 2:31
U.S. Release Date: 2002-06-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence, Drugs)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Colin Farrell, ...
Oblivion

We don't get many idea-based science fiction films these days so, when one comes along, it represents a welcome change of pace from the fantasy space opera that has co-opted the genre. Despite being tarted up with enough action to stave off boredom...

Run Time: 2:06
U.S. Release Date: 2013-04-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Cast: Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, ...