Action Picks

After a pandemic guts the world's population, a lone man holed up in a Colorado airplane hangar picks up a mysterious radio transmission and chases the signal in his old Cessna. Ridley Scott directs Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, and Guy Pearce through a tense hunt across a dead landscape. The scale of the flying and the wide, hostile country reward a big screen.

Jason Statham plays Cole Reed, framed for his billionaire boss's murder, boarding a cargo ship on a one-man crusade that uncovers an international conspiracy. At a tight 95 minutes under director Jean-Francois Richet, this is pure kinetic payback with no wasted motion. Screenings are thin this week, so plan ahead if you want to see it.