Action movies for when youre restless with a partner. Includes Ford v Ferrari, Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War, The Hidden Fortress and more, curated by M...
Can't sit still. These give that feeling somewhere to land.
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
Something happens every few minutes. The pacing holds the restlessness in place.
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
Keeps moving. Matches the restless energy rather than fighting it.
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
Something happens every few minutes. The pacing holds the restlessness in place.
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
Something happens every few minutes. The pacing holds the restlessness in place.
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Keeps moving. Matches the restless energy rather than fighting it.
Films for restless viewers need to do something every few minutes. These never go flat.
Channels restless energy rather than fighting it. Good match.
Good paired viewing. Worth discussing afterward.
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
Something happens every few minutes. The pacing holds the restlessness in place.
The story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.
Keeps moving. Matches the restless energy rather than fighting it.
The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with Catholic guilt.
Keeps moving. Matches the restless energy rather than fighting it.
In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.
Keeps moving. Matches the restless energy rather than fighting it.
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
Something happens every few minutes. The pacing holds the restlessness in place.
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.
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