More often than not, action movies are… Well, quite action-packed.

This abundance of thrills and high-adrenaline set pieces is precisely what makes the genre so easy to enjoy.

However, not all action movies are as combat-focused as one might believe.

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Still, if done right,slow-burn action can be outstanding, and these brilliant movies prove it.

Still, it’s mostly romance movies that have earned him his fame.

It’s all thanks to a terrific script and committed direction byS.

A man in attack position under the rain in The Grandmaster

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After helping his neighbor’s husband rob a pawn shop, he gets in trouble with the mob.

But among this sea of long-anticipated successors,Blade Runner 2049stands tall as perhaps the best.

Though the film starts slow, it gradually gets more and more intense until it all boils over.

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The focus ofHeatisn’t the action, though, but the characters and their fascinating dynamics.

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A close-up of Hugh Glass with wounds on his face and snow hitting in ‘The Revenant’

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The Driver in a car, moonlighting as a getaway driver in Drive.

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Tom Stall aiming a gun at someone in his bar in A History of Violence (2005) (1)

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A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.

Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle standing in front of armed men with his hand raised in The French Connection

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Officer K, played by Ryan Gosling, walking away from a car and into a dilapidated city in Blade Runner 2049

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A man holding another man covered in blood in The Wages of Fear.

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Rick Deckard standing in the rain pointing a gun at someone off camera in Blade Runner

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Neil McCauley and Chris Shiherlis wielding guns in traffic in Heat

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