THE 7 BEST

HOLLYWOOD ACTION
MOVIES OF 2021
1. MORTAL KOMBAT

Release Date: 23 April 2021

Director: Simon McQuoid
Box Office: $83.6 million
Story By: Oren Uziel, Greg Russo
A B O U T: H u n t e d b y t h e f e a r s o m e w a r r i o r s u b - z e r o, M M A f i g h t e r c o l e y o u n g f i n d s s a n c t u a r y a t
t h e t e m p l e o f l o r d r a i d e n . Tr a i n i n g w i t h e x p e r i e n c e d f i g h t e r s l i u k a n g , k u n g l a o a n d t h e r o g u e
m e r c e n a r y k a n o, c o l e p r e p a r e s t o s t a n d w i t h e a r t h ' s g r e a t e s t c h a m p i o n s t o t a ke o n t h e e n e m i e s
f r o m o u t w o r l d i n a h i g h - s t a ke s b a t t l e f o r t h e u n i v e r s e .
2. BLACK WIDOW

Release Date: 9 July 2021

Director: Cate Shortland
Box Office: $378.3 million
Story By: Jac Schaeffer, Ned Benson
A B O U T: N a t a s h a R o m a n o f f , a f o r m e r K G B s py, i s s h o c ke d t o f i n d o u t t h a t h e r e x - h a n d l e r,
G e n e r a l D r e y ko v, i s s t i l l a l i v e . W h i l e e v a d i n g c a p t u r e b y Ta s k m a s t e r, s h e i s f o r c e d t o c o n f r o n t h e r
dark past.
3. ZACK SNYDER'S
JUSTICE LEAGUE

Release Date: 18 March 2021

Director: Zack Snyder
Box Office: $200 million
Story By: Chris Terrio, Zack Snyder, Will Beall
A B O U T: B r u c e Way n e a n d D i a n a P r i n c e t r y t o b r i n g t h e m e t a h u m a n s o f E a r t h t o g e t h e r a f t e r
t h e d e a t h o f C l a r k Ke n t . M e a n w h i l e , D a r k s e i d s e n d s S t e p p e n w o l f t o E a r t h w i t h a v a s t a r my t o
subjugate humans.
4. THE ICE ROAD

Release Date: 25 June 2021

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Box Office: $1.9 million
Story By: Jonathan Hensleigh
A B O U T: A f t e r a r e m o t e d i a m o n d m i n e c o l l a p s e s i n t h e f a r n o r t h e r n r e g i o n s o f C a n a d a , a n i c e
d r i v e r l e a d s a n i m p l a u s i b l e r e s c u e m i s s i o n o v e r a f r o z e n o c e a n t o s av e t h e l i v e s o f t r a p p e d
m i n e r s d e s p i t e t h aw i n g w a t e r s a n d a t h r e a t t h e y n e v e r s e e c o m i n g .
5. FAST & FURIOUS
9

Release Date: June 2021

Director: Justin Lin
Box Office: $716.6 million
Story By: Justin Lin, Alfredo Botello, Daniel Casey
A B O U T: D o m To r e t t o i s l i v i n g t h e q u i e t l i f e o f f t h e g r i d w i t h L e t t y a n d h i s s o n , b u t t h e y k n o w
t h a t d a n g e r a l w ay s l u r k s j u s t o v e r t h e p e a c e f u l h o r i z o n . T h i s t i m e , t h a t t h r e a t f o r c e s D o m t o
c o n f r o n t t h e s i n s o f h i s p a s t t o s av e t h o s e h e l o v e s m o s t .
6. THE TOMORROW
WAR

Release Date: 2 July 2021

Director: Chris McKay
Box Office: $8.1 million
Story By: Zach Dean
A B O U T: T h e w o r l d i s s t u n n e d w h e n a g r o u p o f t i m e t r av e l l e r s a r r i v e f r o m t h e y e a r 2 0 5 1 t o
deliver an urgent message: thir ty years in the future , mankind is losing a global war against a
deadly alien species.
7. ARMY OF THE
DEAD

Release Date: 21 May 2021

Director: Zack Snyder
Box Office: $1 million
Story By: Dody Dorn
A B O U T: A f t e r a z o m b i e o u t b r e a k i n L a s Ve g a s , a g r o u p o f m e r c e n a r i e s t a ke s t h e u l t i m a t e
g a m b l e b y v e n t u r i n g i n t o t h e q u a r a n t i n e z o n e f o r t h e g r e a t e s t h e i s t e v e r.