This holiday season is jam packed with action-filled films set to keep you and your loved ones entertained straight into the new year. Here are some of our most anticipated releases sure to become huge blockbuster hits. You don’t want to miss these!
- 50 Cent, O’Shea Jackson Jr., and Gerard Butler star in the action-packed thriller DEN OF THIEVES released 1/19/18 An elite unit from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department squares off against a crew of successful thieves who plan a seemingly impossible heist — the city’s Federal Reserve Bank.
2. Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart star in the long awaited film JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE coming out this holiday season 12/20. The movie embarks on four high school kids who discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game’s jungle setting, ultimately becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don’t just play Jumanji – you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they’ll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves – or they’ll be stuck in the game forever.
3. Niecey Nash stars in DOWNSIZING released on 12/22. Downsizing imagines what might happen if, as a solution to over-population, Norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall and propose a 200-year global transition from big to small. People soon realize how much further money goes in a miniaturized world, and with the promise of a better life, everyman Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in Omaha in order to get small and move to a new downsized community — a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.
4. Idris Elba is back starring in MOLLY’S GAME this Christmas 12/25! Molly’s Game is based on the true story of Molly Bloom an Olympic-class skier who ran an exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested by FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and, finally, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer. Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.
5. Liam Neeson and Colin McFarlane play tag team in THE COMMUTER at the top of the year 1/12/18. Insurance salesman Michael is on his daily commute home, which quickly becomes anything but routine. After being contacted by a mysterious stranger, Michael is forced to uncover the identity of a hidden passenger on the train before the last stop. As he works against the clock to solve the puzzle, he realizes a deadly plan is unfolding, and he is unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that carries life and death stakes for everyone on the train.
6. Nathalie Emmanuel, Dexter Darden, and Giancarlo Esposito star in MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE In the epic finale to the Maze Runner saga, Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
