A look at this summer’s selection of ruffians, villains, miscreants and monsters from A Quiet Place: Day One (2024), Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), Alien: Romulus (2024), Borderlands (2024), Horizon: Chapter 1 (2024) and The Bikeriders (2024).

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The streak explores the roles of 21st century genre queen Maika Monroe, starting with a stroll back to a decade ago with It Follows (2014) and the more recent releases Villains (2019), Watcher (2022), God Is a Bullet (2023) and Longlegs (2024).

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The streak heads back to the wastelands for a string of post-apocalyptic features from filmmaker Cirio Santiago including Stryker (1983), Wheels of Fire (1985), Equalizer 2000 (1987), The Sisterhood (1988) and Dune Warriors (1991), followed by a recent retread of this familiar territory in Future World (2018).

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The streak takes up arms to find out which is better between the original or the remake. This episode: Red Dawn (1984) and Red Dawn (2012).

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After watching the documentary De Palma (2019), the streak circles back to check out some overlooked work from years past: Sisters (1972), Obsession (1976), The Fury (1978), Snake Eyes (1998), Passion (2015) and Domino (2019).

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The streak gives the old bones a workout with Stallone, Statham and the packed roster of action stars from the past in The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012), The Expendables 3 (2014) and The Expendables 4 (2023).

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This episode turns to films about filmmaking with documentaries on directors De Palma (2015), Alan J Pakula: Going for Truth (2019), and the innovators of the film sound industry in Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019).

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Recent prequels exploring the makings of the dystopian Panem in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) and the motorized Wasteland in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024).

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The streak finds some very hurt people looking to hurt people in the recent revenge action-thrillers The Beekeeper (2024), Monkey Man (2024) and Silent Night (2023).

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Thanks to the recent Brats (2024), the streak rewinds back to the 1980s for a fresh look at Pretty in Pink (1986), St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and Fresh Horses (1988).

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