Summing up the results of action cinema 2021: nominations

December has burst into our calendar, and we are breaking into the first stage of summing up the results of action films for 2021! We think you will have something to offer in the presented categories, since many potential hits of 2020 have been postponed to 2021.

Yes, we provide the opportunity to nominate nominees a month before the end of the year, despite the fact that several major releases on our topic are planned for December. Well, we are not asking you to cover the entire list of nominations at once. Write first what comes to mind first, then add to it.

As last year, the FFI editors have prepared for you material, which highlights 2021 movie releases you might have missed. This will help you form a clearer opinion on each category.

Summing up will take place in three stages:

Stage one. Proposal of nominees.

Traditionally, the FFI team publishes a list of nominations, in each of which site visitors and VK groups will be able to propose one or more options. It would be great (for everyone) if you gave reasons for the choice.

Stage two. Vote.

Just before the New Year, when all the belated releases come out and we have collected the maximum number of options for each category, we will launch a phased voting on the website. We remind you that votes can be cast for three nominees in every category!

Stage three. Article analytics.

After each voting stage (five nominations per week), the site’s editors will collect all the results, after which the painful, but at the same time interesting stage of analyzing the winners in all nominations will begin. Our articles will be published on the website fight-films.info.

Nominations for summing up the results of action films for 2021

And here are the nominations with explanations to make it easier to choose candidates.

ATTENTION! We offer and evaluate only those films that reached Russian audiences in one form or another in 2021, but the year of their release may be different. Examples: "Born a Champion" (2020) "City of Fists" (2019) "Jade Dynasty" (2019) "CONSPIRACY" (2020), etc.

MAIN NOMINATIONS:

Martial arts movie 2021

– in this nomination films of any genre are offered, where much attention is paid to hand-to-hand combat and martial arts in general.

Blockbuster 2021

– this category offers large expensive and theatrical projects in which the emphasis is on action.

Best Screen Fight 2021

– this category offers scenes of hand-to-hand combat or combat with melee weapons.

Best action movie 2021

– this category offers films where the main emphasis is on shootouts, chases, stunts and hand-to-hand combat.

Best Action Film Actor 2021

– in this category, you are offered your favorite actors in combat or action films in one or more roles for 2021.

Best Action Film Actress 2021

– in this category, you are offered your favorite combat or action movie actresses in one or more roles for 2021.

Combat disappointment in 2021

- action films of any genre that had certain hopes, but which were never realized, as well as films within the genre that you disliked the most.

SECONDARY NOMINATIONS:

Asian Action 2021

– this category offers films produced in Asian countries (China, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, etc.), in which the emphasis is on action, both with and without hand-to-hand combat.

Historical, fantasy or wuxia film 2021

– this category offers genre films that focus on historical and fantasy action, including hand-to-hand combat.

Sports drama 2021

– this category offers films in which martial arts are presented as sports or semi-sports disciplines framed by a dramatic plot.

Independent martial arts film 2021

– this category offers films made without the participation and support of large or commercial film studios, films outside of full or limited theatrical release, fan films or films with public funding (Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, etc.).

Short Action Film 2021

– this category offers short films of any genre up to 50 minutes, in which much attention is paid to action scenes, both with and without hand-to-hand combat.

Action series 2021

– this category offers series of any genre from the 2020-2021 season, in which much attention is paid to action scenes, both with and without hand-to-hand combat.

Comeback of the Year

– this category offers actors of combat and action films who returned to filming after a long absence from the screens or played a significant role after a long period of secondary and faded roles.

2022's most anticipated film of the year

– this category offers films that you are looking forward to next year.

Dear community members, this thread is intended ONLY to provide options for nominations. This is still NOT VOTING! Any offtopic will be mercilessly deleted!

If you are interested in the results for previous years, here are the links: 2016201720182019, 2020.

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20 comments

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    Asian Action 2021
    Fable 2
    Crossfire
    Sanak

    Historical, fantasy or wuxia film 2021
    Vagabond Kenshin Beginning/Ending
    Last duel

    Independent martial arts film 2021
    Paper Tigers
    Hydra

    Short Action Film 2021
    Penance

    Action series 2021
    Playing squid... just kidding, I just didn't throw anything this year

    Comeback of the Year
    Ridley Scott...I understand, but... The Last Duel...he just made a really cool movie
    And so let it be Michael Shannon Jenkins (Paper Tigers) haven’t seen him for a hundred years, handsome guy keeps in shape

    2022's most anticipated film of the year
    Accident 2
    High-speed train
    Havok
    Tyler Rake 2

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      Alex Ship,

      Did “Hydra” appear in Russian translation?

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    Martial arts movie 2021
    Fable 2
    Sanak
    Crossfire

    Blockbuster 2021
    Shang Chi
    Vagabond Kenshin Beginning/Ending
    Mortal Kombat

    Best Screen Fight 2021
    Sub-Zero vs Scorpio (MK)
    Knight's Duel (The Last Duel)
    Fight on the Bus (Nobody)
    Stealth action rolling gun fight (One shot)
    Fight using sports equipment (Sanak)
    Final battle (Hydra)
    Final fight (Crossfire)

    Best action movie 2021
    No one
    One shot
    Хtremo

    Best Action Film Actor 2021
    Joe Taslim
    Junichi Okada
    Scott Adkins
    Vidyut Jamwal
    Donnie Yen
    Nicholas Tse

    Best Action Film Actress 2021
    Somehow no one stood out in any way, there was hope for the Yakut Princess, but alas...

    Combat disappointment in 2021
    Mortal Kombat
    Red Notice
    Snake Aes
    Anger Human
    Matrix 4
    The Last Mercenary

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    Best on-screen fight - Onishi VS Kenshin in the finale of "Vagabond Kenshin. The End."

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    Asian Action 2021
    Sanak
    Crossfire
    Samurai X. The final

    Historical, fantasy or wuxia film 2021
    Actually not my genre, so let it be
    Samurai X. The final

    Sports drama 2021
    There doesn't seem to be much choice
    Beats with Halle Berry
    Paper tigers...are also suitable in some respects.

    Independent martial arts film 2021
    Paper Tigers
    Extreme

    Short Action Film 2021
    Somehow they passed me by!

    Action series 2021
    Cobra Kai. Season 4
    In the name of revenge
    Hawkeye
    The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

    Comeback of the Year
    Michael Shannon Jenkins (Paper Tigers)

    2022's most anticipated film of the year
    The Expendables of 4
    Accident 2
    High-speed train
    Havok
    Tyler Rake 2
    GanaPass with Tiger Shroff

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    Best on-screen fight (I'll add more)
    Scorpion vs Sub-Zero vs Protagonist (Mortal Kombat)
    Vidyut Jamwal vs Little Chinese in the closet (Sanak...didn't watch it yet, but I liked the fight)

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    Martial arts movie 2021
    Paper tigers
    Sanak
    Crossfire

    Blockbuster 2021
    Shang Chi
    007: No Time to Die
    Mortal Kombat

    Best Screen Fight 2021
    Fight on the Bus (Nobody)
    Stealth Action (One Shot)
    The entire final mess (One shot)
    Final fight (Crossfire)

    Best action movie 2021
    No one
    One shot
    Kate

    Best Action Film Actor 2021
    Scott Adkins
    Vidyut Jamwal
    Donnie Yen
    Nicholas Tse
    Joe Taslim

    Best Action Film Actress 2021
    A huge number of female action films have been released, but only a few works look satisfactory, including the actresses.
    Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Kate)
    Wang So-Hee (In the name of revenge - I didn’t watch it, but I liked what I saw)

    Combat disappointment in 2021
    Mortal Kombat
    Red Notice
    Snake Aes
    Anger Human
    Matrix 4
    The Last Mercenary

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    Best Martial Arts Film/Asian Blockbuster "Vagabond Kenshin: The End."
    Best Action Film Actor Iko Uwais
    Best blockbuster "Fast & Furious 9"

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        Lee,

        “Snake Ice”, “Wu Wars”, and to be honest, I’m tired of the same names Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins. I don’t like Yuwais, let’s award Jamwala or Tiger Shroff, it’s still diversity.

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          Dmitriy,
          Just because someone is annoying? An interesting approach... Don't get me wrong, I'm also a fan of Iko, but, honestly, he hasn't produced anything outstanding lately). Just like Tony fucking Jaa!..

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            Lee,

            No one gives it away like that anymore. I already talked about Scott Adkins, Jackie Wu generally seems to be quitting fighting soon, Donnie Yen has been preparing for retirement for several years now, and maybe he missed someone.

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          Dmitriy,

          "Wu Assassins" is a series from last year. And in any case, we award awards by voting. And the people vote the way... the way they vote.

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        Lee,

        I guess I'm interested too :)

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    Martial arts film 2021 - in my opinion, nothing of quality has appeared here in 2021.
    Blockbuster 2021 - "No Time to Die" - a normal conclusion to the Bond storyline in the person of Daniel Craig.
    Best Screen Fight 2021 - Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse in Crossfire
    Best Action Movie 2021 - "One Shot" and "Nobody"
    The best action movie actor 2021 is Donnie Yen - he needs to move away from the image of Ip Man and star more often in urban police action films.
    Best Action Film Actress 2021 - Han So-hee from "For Revenge"
    Combat disappointment of 2021 - "Mortal Kombat" - trash in the bad sense of the word (((fans of the franchise I recommend going through the story modes of the games MK 9, MK X, and MK 11, respectively. Everything there is much better staged and directed))) and "The Last Mercenary" - a stupid French comedy with unpleasant actors, I watched it only out of respect for Van Damme. This is how Jean wasted himself (((It’s a pity...
    Asian Action 2021 - "Crossfire"
    Historical, fantasy or wuxia film 2021 - "The Last Duel"
    Sports drama 2021 - "Non-football"
    Independent Martial Arts Film 2021 - "Paper Tigers"
    Short Action Film 2021 - Nothing to Offer
    Action series 2021 - "In the name of revenge"
    Comeback of the Year - Hiroyuki Sanada in Mortal Kombat
    The most anticipated film of 2022 is John Wick 4

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      Vladimir Egorov,

      Thanks for the candidates! But why is there nothing to offer in the Short Film category? Has nothing interested you in a year?

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        Danil Chupakhin,

        Hello Danil! Somehow I don’t follow short films on YouTube, so I didn’t watch anything. As an exception, I store Eric Jacobus’ duology Rope n Dope on my hard drive, and that’s it.

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          Vladimir Egorov,

          Why follow them on YouTube when the editors of this site constantly select the best and publish them? :) Use the "Short Films" menu tab or the "short films" tag and you will find a lot of interesting things in terms of hand-to-hand action.

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            Danil Chupakhin, I looked at what the tag has for this year - there’s not even that much goodness, but enough to definitely exclaim: fire! - there is almost no such thing at all. I'll vote for Rykwert alone, it seems.
            Well, maybe also for the comics concept about some devilish guy, who was filmed in a gym among the boxes and special effects were applied. I don't remember the name.
            By the way, some good ones appear on the Tricksters channel (“Harry Potter and Voldemort’s Wake”). Recently there was a “Production like in Hollywood, but without the money” - a Jackichan-style fight with a bicycle. A little earlier, “Fight 360 Degrees” - interesting camera work.

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              Wave,

              Then we look forward to hearing from you the full list of nominees, including this year’s short films from Godefroy ;)

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