Twenty years ago, action movies pushed boundaries. Gripping plots, larger-than-life characters, and groundbreaking stunts paved the way for the current age of action storytelling. Films like Batman Begins and Sin City are time capsules of 2005, with a slightly nostalgic yet still generally modern cinematic style complementing the era’s signature grit. As shown through modern-day storytelling in this genre, a good action film can embrace both complexity and spectacle. This norm wouldn’t exist if these movies essential to understanding the 2000s didn’t pave the way for everyone else.

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