4 best action movies screening around New York City this week
Image: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse/TMDb
Looking for some entertainment? Don't miss this week's lineup of action movies showing on the big screen in and around New York City. Read on for the top-ranked action films to catch in theaters, based on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer Score, which reflects the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics. (Movie descriptions courtesy The Movie Database; showtimes via Fandango. Movie ratings and showtimes are subject to change.) With a Tomatometer Score of 97 percent and an Audience Score of 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" has been a must-watch since its release in December 2018. The New York Times's Lawrence Ware said, "This film manages the delicate feat of embracing its source material while also satirizing it," while David Sims of The Atlantic noted, "The latest entry in a fully saturated genre that somehow, through sheer creative gumption, does something new." The film scored the Oscar for best animated feature, according to Variety. It's playing at AMC Bay Plaza Cinema 13 (2210 Bartow Ave.), Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 & RPX (247 W. 42nd St.) and College Point Multiplex Cinemas (2855 Ulmer St.) through Wednesday, March 6. Click here for showtimes and tickets. With a Tomatometer Score of 73 percent and an Audience Score of 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "V for Vendetta" is well worth your time. "The dark and stylized V for Vendetta is visually exhilarating, provocative and disturbing," according to Claudia Puig of USA Today, while the New York Post's Lou Lumenick said, "Just when we were ready to give up mainstream movies as brain dead, along comes the controversial and gleefully subversive V for Vendetta, a piece of corporate-sponsored art that will have audiences rooting for a bomb-throwing anarchist." You can catch it at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn (445 Albee Square West) through Sunday, March 3. Click here for showtimes and tickets. With a Tomatometer Score of 65 percent and an Audience Score of 77 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Aquaman" is well worth a watch. "Veteran cinematographer Don Burgess' widescreen images beguile, and Bill Brzeski's production design impresses mightily, but next time, someone please give Momoa and company some memorable dialogue," noted Andrea Gronvall of the Chicago Reader, while the Toronto Sun's Mark Daniell said, "A thoroughly entertaining ride." Catch it on the big screen at Jamaica Multiplex Cinemas (15902 Jamaica Ave.) through Wednesday, March 6. Click here for showtimes and tickets. With a Tomatometer Score of 60 percent and an Audience Score of 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Alita: Battle Angel" is well worth a watch. Slate's Sam Adams said, "It's goofy as hell and borderline inexcusable at times, but it's also kind of glorious," and FlixChatter Film Blog's Ruth Maramis said, "Alita: Battle Angel has enough going for it for me to recommend. Just don't expect a sci-fi classic or even something emotionally gratifying, just enjoy the ride for the high-octane action adventure that it is." In the mood for popcorn? It's playing at AMC Bay Plaza Cinema 13 (2210 Bartow Ave.), Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 & RPX (247 W. 42nd St.) and College Point Multiplex Cinemas (2855 Ulmer St.) through Wednesday, March 6. Click here for showtimes and tickets. This story was created automatically using local movie data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Miles Morales is juggling his life between being a high school student and being a spider-man. When Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk uses a super collider, others from across the Spider-Verse are transported to this dimension.
V for Vendetta
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
Aquaman
Once home to the most advanced civilization on Earth, the city of Atlantis is now an underwater kingdom ruled by the power-hungry King Orm. With a vast army at his disposal, Orm plans to conquer the remaining oceanic people — and then the surface world. Standing in his way is Aquaman, Orm's half-human, half-Atlantean brother and true heir to the throne. With help from royal counselor Vulko, Aquaman must retrieve the legendary Trident of Atlan and embrace his destiny as protector of the deep.
Alita: Battle Angel
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
