If there ’s any flick genre thatHuluexcels at , it ’s action pic . A lot of the 20th Century Fox flicks that have no place onDisney+tend to end up here , and that makes Hulu the idealistic home for PG-13 and R - rated action films that do n’t fit in with the Disney brand .
This month ’s pick for the three action movies on Hulu that you need to catch in January include a monster pic on loanword from Universal , a Marvel picture show , and one of our favorite action flick from the ’ 90s .
The Mummy (1999)
ImagineIndiana Jones , but goofier . Somehow , it works for this looping ofThe Mummy , which have Brendan Fraser as Rick O’Connell , a devilish adventurer who is employ by Evelyn Carnahan ( Rachel Weisz ) and her brother , Jonathan Carnahan ( John Hannah ) , to help them find Hamunaptra , Egypt ’s legendary City of the Dead .
However , Evelyn ’s sashay is n’t the only group out to uncover the city ’s secrets . Once there , the rival expeditions by chance awaken the titular mummy , Imhotep ( Arnold Vosloo ) . After being mummify alive thousands of year before , Imhotep is n’t exactly looking to make friends as he harvests the Americans for fresh body part . More alarmingly , Imhotep plan to sacrifice Evelyn so as to resurrect his lose lover , unless Rick can regain a way to vote down the mummy all over again .
WatchThe MummyonHulu .
X-Men: First Class (2011)
This Marvel moving-picture show must have gotten lost on its way to Disney+ . Regardless , X - man : First Classranks among the very best Marvel films of the 20th Century Fox geological era . Director and co - screenwriter Matthew Vaughn only had a short period of time to put together this origin film , but it has a great shape that rejuvenated the X - Men at a time when the franchise was floundering .
WatchX - man : First ClassonHulu .
Con Air (1997)
It may not be scientifically possible for a movie to be any more ’ 90s thanCon Air . Nicolas Cage stars as Cameron Poe , an Army Ranger who is convicted of accidentally killing a man who accosted his married woman , Patricia Poe ( Monica Potter ) . After spending eight years in prison house , Poe in the end gets paroled . But Poe ’s first step toward freedom is jump when he is put on a captive transport plane that gets hijack by Cyrus “ The Virus ” Grissom ( John Malkovich ) .
Cyrus has enlisted some of America ’s deadly malefactor to enact his plan , including Nathan “ Diamond Dog ” Jones ( Ving Rhames ) , serial killer Garland “ The Marietta Mangler ” Greene ( Steve Buscemi ) , Joseph “ Pinball ” Parker ( Dave Chappelle ) , and Earl “ Swamp Thing ” Williams ( M. C. Gainey ) . Cyrus and his men ab initio conceive that Poe is one of them . But all Poe really wants to do is tip off the authorization , and get back home to his wife and girl . And there ’s going to be a lot of shootout and explosions before that can happen .
WatchCon AironHulu .
