And, as if the amazing slate of movies weren't enough, a lot of the most anticipated action movies of the year feature-or, even better, straight-up star-strong, kick-ass women (and it's about damn time, TBH). The result: 2021's action movie slate is stacked, and a lot of the titles on it are ones we've been dying to see for so long now that 'highly-anticipated' doesn't even begin to cover it. In 2020, for example, we saw that 'any time during a pandemic' was definitely not when studios wanted to release their big action movies. With many theaters across the country (and the globe, for that matter) closed and movie ticket sales down even when theaters happened to be open (because people-understandably and responsibly-weren't jazzed about sitting shoulder-to-shoulder in a dark room packed with strangers for two hours amid a pandemic), many studios opted to delay the release of their biggest and most potentially lucrative titles. One of the year’s very best movies, worth seeing more than once. Because these movies tend to have big budgets and rake in hundreds of millions of dollars (sometimes even more-it's not super uncommon for a tentpole action movie to bring in upwards of a billion dollars), movie studios are pretty picky about when to release them. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. From superhero movies to spy sagas to epic franchises like The Fast and the Furious (opens in new tab) , action movies are a Hollywood staple, especially during the spring and summer (a.k.a.

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