"10 things": #6 - The greatest action movie ever made

After a year in which the big studios failed to produce anything to rival The Dark Knight and perhaps the year’s most enjoyable film (The Hangover) was a comedy, 2010 promises what looks to be, on paper at least, a solid group of cinema offerings. Pushing aside the shocking number of re-makes slated for release this year, here are three films you may or may not have heard of that should be worth seeing:

1. Robin Hood (May 14)
Ok, so maybe one re-make. Ridley Scott directs Russell Crowe in a revisionist story about an archer who becomes a legend. Read: Alien, Blade, Runner, Gladiator, Robin Hood. The prospects look good.

2. Inception (July 16)
It’s set within “the architecture of the mind,” which is a little trippy, but know this: the framework is exceptional. Christopher Nolan directed The Dark Knight, a movie which certainly didn’t suck, and his cast this time out includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine, and 500 Days of Summer star Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Not much is known about the plot, but I’m not sure it matters. At this point, it's a must-see film.

3. The Expendables (August 20)
Sly Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Stone Cold Steve Austin star as mercenaries headed to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator. I shit you not. COED Magazine says "your balls might explode from a surge of testosterone." If that doesn't make this a great action movie, then I don't know what would.


Get yo’ popcorn ready.