Some superhero films make audiences feel these feelings more than others, though.
X-Men: Days of Future Pastis thrilling for multiple reasons.
While the likes ofSpider-Manmay be his most popular works, Raimi’s not known for being a superhero director.
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He is a horror director, through and through.
Raimi knows how to keep hearts racing and few seem to do it better.
Night Shyamalanis directing, he always finds a way to make it a thriller.
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The same can be said about his first dip into superhero cinema.
DirectorStephen Norringtonand starWesley Snipesare responsible for how popular superhero films have become.
Blade, a half-human, half-vampire “daywalker,” dedicates his life to hunting vampires.
With the help of Dr. Karen Jenson, he battles to prevent Frost from unleashing chaos.
The suspense and anxiety that weaves the mystery together makes for the perfect equation for a thriller film.
Professor X is continuously having telepathic seizures that once killed the X-Men and hurt almost 600 people.
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M. Night Shyamalan presents Unbreakable, a superhero thriller that sees Bruce Willis star as David Dunn, a man who survives a train derailment completely unscathed. Now discovering that he has superpowers, he is invited to meet a man who may know more about his unique condition working at a comic book shop. What begins as a discovery of who he is and why he has these powers turns into David assuming the role of a reluctant hero in an ordinary world.
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As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger and S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, to battle a new threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
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Blade, a half-human, half-vampire “daywalker,” dedicates his life to hunting vampires. Discovering a plot by the ambitious vampire Deacon Frost to awaken the blood god La Magra, Blade must confront his past and face Frost in a deadly battle. With the help of Dr. Karen Jenson, he battles to prevent Frost from unleashing chaos.
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Chronicle is a superhero film captured in a “found-footage” format similar to films like Cloverfield that follows three high school seniors brought together by a mysterious alien artifact. After stumbling upon a mysterious hole in the middle of the woods, they find a crystal that gives them inexplicable powers that grow as time passes. The movie records the teens practicing their newfound abilities, but when one friend begins to give in to the temptation of power and control, this quickly spirals beyond their control.
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In a dark city plagued by crime and corruption, a masked crusader investigates a puzzling string of crimes linked by cryptic messages. His journey into the depths of the city’s sinister underworld reveals connections among its most powerful citizens and forces him to confront his own complex relationship with justice.
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When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
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Logan sees the titular hero, AKA Wolverine, in his twilight years as his healing factor has begun to fail him, and he has begun to age more rapidly. Set several years in the future, Logan finds himself caring for an ailing Professor Xavier, whose mind has begun to succumb to dementia, making him an incredibly dangerous mutant that can cause widespread destruction accidentally. But when the preoccupied Logan is asked to meet with a woman that requests he transports a young girl to a mutant haven known as Eden, he learns that she may have his DNA and that the fate of mutant-kind may rest in her hands.
