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10 Epic Standalone Action Movies That Deserved Their Own Franchises

Many great action movies never saw the sequels and the franchises they deserved, resulting in some surprisingly standalone classics. The action genre is home to some of the most consistently high budgets in Hollywood, and when playing with such stakes, studios demand clear and incontrovertible proof that a franchise is profitable. Modest box office success, even when attached to films with massive stars and promising cinematic worlds, is rarely sufficient to justify greenlighting a sequel. Moreover, even sequels to films that are massive successes at the box office can wither in development hell before being canceled.



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