Making a film popular with a story, and a great actor is lots of work.
In the era of sequels, long before new movies came along, movies like Creed, Blade, Equalizer and even Fast & Furious are received with generally warm reception.
Michael B Jordan (Creed)
The epic story of Creed continues as Michael B. Jordan brings the hit franchise to the big screen.
Creed is an American sports drama directed by Ryan Coogler. It is the first remake of and is the seventh installment in the Rocky film series. It stars Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew, and Graham McTavish.
Jordan stars as Adonis “Donnie” Creed, son of former heavy boxing champion Apollo Creed. Adonis is trained and inspired by Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), the former rival turned friend of his late father.
Jordan proved he could carry an entire boxing franchise on his shoulders with Creed. Year’s went by and a directorial debut to add to his versatile list, it’s clear that Adonis Creed is becoming a career-defining role for the actor.
Michael shows his versatility, sense of ownership that allows him to arc and caliberate his performance in the franchise “Creed” thrice and now directing himself in the role in Creed III. Creed shows a series of emotional vulnerability in his home with wife and daughter, allowing Jordan to take on a range of emotions and display them each rigorously.
Denzel Washington (Equalizer)
Denzel Washington has appeared as Robert McCall in three films of the The Equalizer franchise.
The Equalizer is a 2014 American action film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Richard Wenk. It is the first installment of The Equalizer trilogy and loosely based on the 1980s TV series of the same title. The film stars Denzel Washington.
Robert McCall, a former U.S. Marine and DIA officer, now lives a quiet life in Boston, where he works at a hardware store. He helps his colleague Ralphie train to become a security guard. Unable to sleep, Robert often spends late nights reading at a night diner.
A intense and steep performance from Denzel Washington as one of theatre best acted action heroes is what makes THE EQUALIZER franchise stand out from the crowd.
The execution and performance of Denzel is what makes this film excel. Not your regular action filled movie, but when the action hits hard and heavy, without shying away from violence meted out to the villains.
Wesley Snipes (Blade)
A Marvel Hero, Blade is an American superhero film by Stephen Norrington. It is the first installment of the Blade franchise. The film stars Wesley Snipes as the titular character. This Blade is a human with vampire strengths but not their weaknesses, who fights vampires.
A pregnant woman is attacked by a vampire, causing her to go into premature labor.The Doctors were able to save her baby, however the woman dies.
Thirty years later, the child has become the vampire hunter, Blade, who is a human-vampire hybrid that possesses the supernatural abilities of the vampires without any of their weaknesses, except for the requirement to consume human blood.
Snipes in his performances as Blade projects a mentality and guarded interior life as only a nuanced actor could. As the
“Daywalker,”
a legendary half-human vampire on a crusade to eradicate his fellow bloodsuckers, he creates the contradictory impression of an antisocial human.
Blade is not the default Wesley Snipes persona. His shit-talking ways are deployed only in strategic scenes, punctuating his wordless action scenes.
Dwayne Johnson (Fast&Furious)
Fast & Furious is a franchise around a series of action films that are largely concerned with street racing, and family. The film’s franchise includes short films, a television series, toys, video games, live shows, and theme park attractions.
Johnson’s character, Luke Hobbs, first arrives in the 2011 film Fast Five. Johnson stars in Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7, and The Fate of The Furious in the franchise’s mainline as well as being the lead actor in the spinoff Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw with Jason Statham.
Johnson’s inclusion in Fast Five skyrocketed the franchise to brand-new heights and into the bombastic action franchise we now know. His impeccable bravado and epic one-liners is where the franchise shines.
Since performing with Statham, the chemistry between them is infectious, seeing the two hurl insult after insult at one another is quite entertaining, we are here for the bromance. We are so glad to see Johnson return to the franchise after his long feud with Vin.
#Clique, what are your thoughts on this, which of these films would you like to see again?
