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And the Winners of the 2024 Stunt Awards Are …
Over 200 action pros voted on the bruisingest, nakedist, and base jumpiest achievements of the year.
This year’s nominees underscore how a single moment can crack a film wide open, whether through a mind-boggling feat (Ethan Hunt’s base jump in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning), meticulously planned set pieces (the shattered-stained-glass home invasion in The Equalizer 3), or setting-sprawling ballets (the speeding highway chase in Jawan, the fiery jailbreak in Extraction 2). Each scene has its own unique tone (frenzy at the traffic circle, slapstick on the 222 steps) but they ultimately adhere to that signature John Wick shooting style: long takes, minimal edits, a head-on perspective that puts us at the same level as Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Shamier Anderson, and the dozens of stunt performers who make these sequences sing. film in a series that doesn’t feel bloated … The fact that every other action movie is being called a ‘John Wick clone’ today says all you need to know about the influence and impact of this work.” Now, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning certainly put up a good fight, and Tom Cruise (star of last year’s big winner, Top Gun: Maverick) will surely be back.
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