What would Hollywood be today without action movies?: It is possibly your favorite genre and it will continue to be so in the year 2023, with a large number of films that aspire to climb to the top of the box office. We barely enjoy the best romantic comedies anymore and occasionally the box office bursts with some of the best horror movies (be careful, next year the most anticipated horror movies of 2023 will try), but the movies that are always present and never lacking are action movies: superheroes, shootings, martial arts, explosions, cosmic battles, chases by road (or by air, or by sea, or by outer space), rescues, impossible robberies… All roads lead to action , and in 2023 there will again be options for all tastes,

It doesn’t take a fortune teller to know that next year’s Marvel movie schedule will be in full swing.. Superhero movies continue to be a constant in theaters today and the future does not look any different, based on the enormous success that they usually collect at the box office and the popularity they have achieved in the last decade among the public. Thus, we will see new superhero adventures like Ant-Man and Captain Marvel, so we will have to be very clear about the chronological order of Marvel movies and series so as not to get too lost. It’s getting harder and harder to keep track of the dozens of heroes the franchise has introduced, now also expanding through Marvel’s series on Disney+, but we’re excited to see what routes the franchise continues to grow. And, above all, how Kevin Feige and company are going to continue surprising us when we already know all the tricks.

Now, action movies are not just superhero movies, to the relief of many viewers . The action is also in such acclaimed sagas as ‘John Wick’, which has been characterized by its brutality in the fights and its brilliant choreography, and also another classic that is not missing every year such as ‘Fast and Furious’, which began with races of cars and now you’ve reached the convoluted levels of ‘Mission Impossible’. By the way, we will also see Tom Cruise again after his success with ‘Top Gun Maverick’, because Ethan Hunt is still a long way from retiring and he still continues to improve with each installment to shake the foundations of our ranking of ‘Top Gun Maverick’ films. Mission Impossible’.

If you have already reviewed the serial part of what is coming next year (that is, the most anticipated series of 2023, the most anticipated series of Netflix in 2023 and the most anticipated series of HBO Max in 2023), that’s nothing! ), it is time to specifically review the action film proposals that the next season will bring us: a set of action films that will be released in 2023 to make us vibrate in the armchair or in the living room at home . Will more than one join our select list of the best action movies of the 21st century?

 ‘Shotgun Wedding

Release date : January 27, 2023 (Amazon Prime Video)

This Prime Video exclusive release has blown our minds: it starts as a romantic wedding comedy with Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel (both well versed in the genre) and ends up becoming a slutty action movie with gunfights and explosions that reminds us of the style of ‘The Lost City’.

Release date : February 17, 2023

They were key to saving the world in ‘Avengers: Endgame’, and now Ant-Man and the Wasp are back in an adventure that will surely disrupt the multiverse and the future of the MCU. Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michelle Pfeiffer and Michael Douglas star in ‘Ant-Man: Quantumania’ and be careful who is joining the story: Jonathan Majors, whom we saw in the series ‘Loki’ in the role of Kang, the next great franchise villain.

‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’

Release date : March 3, 2023

The first role-playing game in history, which began in the 70s and with which we have seen the children of ‘Stranger Things’ enjoy, jumps to the big screen with this action film by John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein (responsible for the great ‘Game Night’). The story follows a charming thief and a band of adventurers who go on an epic heist to recover a lost relic . The cast promises (Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Rege-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Hugh Grant, Sophia Lillis) and the action might be all we need to kick off spring next year.

‘Shazam! The fury of the gods’

Release date : March 17, 2023

The second installment of Shazam, titled ‘Shazam! The fury of the gods’ arrives next year and we recommend that you watch ‘Black Adam’ before going to the cinema, because the superheroes played by Zachary Levi and Dwayne Johnson could see their faces very soon. For now, we are content to see Shazam in action again in an adventure directed by David F. Sandberg, and surely he will continue to combine fast-paced action with a lot of comedy.

Release date : March 24, 2023

Keanu Reeves will load his guns once again in the fourth installment of the John Wick saga, which managed to resurface from the direct-to-video release of its first installment and has become one of the best action sagas of the moment. In 2023 we will meet the hit man again after the success of ‘John Wick 3: Parabellum’ , and he is accompanied by Rina Sawayama, Bill Skarsgard, Donnie Yen, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane, Natalia Tena and more.

Release date : May 5, 2023

Marvel’s funniest superheroes return for a third adventure after the cataclysmic events of the Infinity Saga and after making a brief appearance in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillian and the voices of Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel reunite to continue their adventures across the galaxy in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3’, again under the command of James Gunn, with new signings such as Will Poulter and Maria Bakalova.

Release date : May 19, 2023

Ready for more engine roar? ‘Fast and Furious’ also returns in 2023 with its (eye) tenth installment, in which we will meet again with the usual cast (Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sung Kang, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Charlize Theron) and we will also enjoy of exciting new signings (Brie Larson, Jason Momoa, Daniela Melchor and Rita Moreno, among others) under the direction of Louis Leterrier.

Release date : 2023

With a script by Joe Russo (half of the Russo brothers who have signed the biggest Marvel movies), the sequel to ‘Tyler Rake’ (‘Extraction’ in English) recovers once again the character played by Chris Hemsworth . We expect adrenaline, explosions, shootings and one of the best action movies on Netflix, or at least at the level of intensity of the first installment. The cast also includes Adam Bessa, Tinatin Dalakishvili, Patrick Newall, Dato Bakhtadze, Rayna Campbell and Tornike Gogrichiani.

‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’

Release date : June 9, 2023

The Transformers are back! Six years after ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’, the franchise returns with a new adventure that, for the first time, will not be directed by Michael Bay. We don’t know what that will mean for the aesthetic or proposal, if perhaps it will be more like the ‘Bumblebee’ spin-off, but we can’t wait to see it. At the moment we know that history will show that the battle on Earth is no longer just between Autobots and Decepticons, but that the Maximals, Predacons and Terrorcons will join the war .

‘Spider-Man: Crossing the Multiverse’

Release date : June 16, 2023

There is great expectation to enjoy the sequel to the Oscar winner for Best Animated Film, ‘Spider-Man: A New Universe’ and considered the best Spider-Man movie. ‘Spider-Man: A new universe 2’ promises more animated adventures with the stamp of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (who act as writers and producers) and the characters created within Marvel (but this is not UCM, mind you).

Release date : June 23, 2023

Ezra Miller’s public redemption is underway, but we’re not too clear that it’s going to save ‘The Flash’ from bankruptcy. At the moment, Warner Bros. keeps it on the 2023 calendar with a summer premiere that wants to continue expanding the universe converted from DC Comics with the fastest superhero in the franchise and Maribel Verdu as her mother in fiction.

Release date : June 30, 2023

Yes, ‘Indiana Jones 5’ will also arrive in 2023 to show that Harrison Ford is still in shape. Although at first it was going to be directed by Steven Spielberg, it was finally James Mangold who took charge of the project. Not much is known yet about the details of its plot, but it is speculated that, due to Indy’s age, it should be set between the 60s and 70s. We also know that Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the star signing of the film (and what about the replacement for Ford?) and Mads Mikkelsen plays the villain.

‘Mission Impossible 7: Deadly Judgment – Part 1’

Release date : July 14, 2023

‘Mission Impossible: Fall0ut’ was the highest grossing installment of the franchise, and Tom Cruise continues for bingo: Ethan Hunt returns in a seventh installment even more ambitious than the previous ones, and that will also have a second part in the form of a diptych under the title ‘Deadly sentence’. ‘Mission Impossible 7: Deadly Judgment – Part 1’ is directed by Christopher McQuarrie (regular of the latest installments of the saga) and will see the return of Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa, Simon Pegg as Benji, Ving Rhames as Luther, Vanessa Kirby as Alanna and, be careful, Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge, the one who was head of the IMF in the first installment of the saga.

Release date : July 28, 2023

What was going to be ‘Captain Marvel 2’ has ended up becoming a meeting of powerful and great superheroines presented in recent years in the franchise: Kamala Kahn from ‘Ms. Marvel’ and Monica Rambeau from ‘Scarlet Witch and Vision’ will join Carol Danvers to, we suppose, save the world. Don’t they always? Brie Larson, Iman Vellani and Teyonah Parris will make an incredible team on ‘The Marvels’.

Release date : August 4, 2023 (USA)

Originally titled ‘The Meg 2: The Trench’, this film serves as a sequel to ‘Megalodon’, released in 2018 , and aims to be as intense and spectacular as its predecessor. At the moment it has the same hero, Jason Statham, and a great director, Ben Wheatley, although the story is still a mystery.

Release date : August 11, 2023 (USA)

‘Gran Turismo’ wants to compete with the big action franchises in the summer of 2023. It has good credentials: directed by Neill Blomkamp (responsible for the acclaimed ‘District 9’) and stars David Harbor (‘Stranger Things’), Orlando Bloom and Darren Barnet. Based on a true story, the story follows a teenager whose driving skills in a video game offer him the chance to become a true professional racing driver.

Release date : September 2023

It seems that Denzel Washington has not yet tired of being an action star : the third installment of the saga ‘The Equalizer’ will be released in 2023 with new shootouts, criminal plots and heroic rescues by this fascinating character. Antoine Fuqua is once again in command of the direction, as in the previous two, and the cast includes Dakota Fanning and David Denman.

Release date : September 22, 2023 (USA)

With the incredible original title of ‘Expend4bles’, this can only be the best action movie of 2023. This is the fourth installment of the ‘Expendables’ saga, which has taken eight years since the previous one to reach our screens . Let’s hope the wait was worth it, and the iconic cast certainly bodes well: Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture and Sylvester Stallone reprise their roles , joined by Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, Megan Fox, Andy Garcia, Tony Jaa, Jacob Scipio, Iko Uwais, and Levy Tran.

Release date : October 6, 2023

It seems that Sony Pictures’ spidery universe has already fully merged with Disney’s MCU, not only through Tom Holland’s Spider-Man but also through cameos like Venom’s. We don’t know if there will be a total symbiosis, but for now the projects are going ahead with this film centered on one of the villains of Spider-Man, Sergei Kravinov, known as Kraven the Hunter. He is played by Aaron Taylor Johnson, who is joined by Russell Crowe and Ariana DeBose in the cast.

Release date : December 2023

The DC Comics universe may be in a mess and mired in scandals, but that doesn’t mean we’re looking any less for Jason Momoa’s return as Aquaman in Aquaman 2′. The synopsis reads: “When an ancient power is unleashed, Aquaman must forge an uneasy alliance with an unlikely ally to protect Atlantis and the world from irreversible devastation.”