5 Best Action Crime TV Series to Binge if You Already Finished Reacher Season 3
Intense dramas that unfold against a backdrop of criminal showdowns and intricate investigations.
The action genre, which was extremely popular in the 80s and 90s, has undergone some changes with the beginning of the new millennium. Action is no longer confined to the old framework, it seeks to unite with other forms on television.
The third season of one of the best projects in the genre, Reacher, recently wrapped up, and if you couldn't get enough fights, shootouts, and car chases, then these five series are for you.
1. Justified: City Primeval, 2023
Often cited as one of the best TV shows of the 2010s, Justified, adapted from Elmore Leonard's novels, is both neo-western and neo-noir, exploring honor and justice in the modern world.
Eight years after its completion, a sequel has been released – a miniseries that you can watch separately from the main project.
The crime drama tells the story of Marshal Raylan Givens, who comes from Miami to Detroit, where he makes a dangerous enemy. The ruthless criminal escaped justice thanks to his lawyer and now plans to kill Givens.
2. The Gentlemen, 2024-2026
Guy Ritchie 's first full-length TV series, set in the universe of the film of the same name but with entirely new characters, turned out to be one of Netflix 's biggest hits last year.
The Duke of Halstead's youngest son, Edward, returns home after the death of his father. He receives a title, a huge estate and a criminal inheritance: the family has been producing drugs for years. Edward wants to get out of the dangerous business as soon as possible, but it is not so easy.
3. 24, 2001-2010
A counterterrorism agent investigates an assassination attempt on the presiden – how do you make such a story exciting? Fox rose to the challenge with 24, a high-tech, dramatic thriller set in real time.
Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran introduced the use of split screens to television, and the action packed into the confines of a real day had a better impact on viewers than any reality show.
There are 24 hours in a day, but for Jack Bauer, head of the CIA's elite counterterrorism unit, there's clearly not enough time. In one day, he must accomplish the nearly impossible: prevent the assassination of a presidential candidate, identify a traitorous informant, and find his kidnapped daughter.
4. Warrior, 2019-2023
At the end of the 19th century, Ah Sahm arrives in San Francisco from China to find his older sister, who left home several years earlier.
A master of martial arts, Sahm finds himself at the epicenter of the Tong showdown, the name given to the Chinese communities that evolved into criminal gangs. The local police and the Irish mob intervene in the Chinatown wars.
5. Gangs of London, 2020-...
Finn Wallace has climbed to the top of the London crime pyramid and has been there for twenty years. His construction business is as legal and thriving as his illegal one, the fortune is growing, and his eldest son, Sean, seems well suited to succeed him.
Whatever plans Finn had for the future, they were not to be – the crime lord is killed, and Sean is left to find out who did it. At the same time, the new head of the clan must defend his family's position in the gang war that has flared up on the streets of the British capital.
