Title: Action film - Wikipedia
Headings: Action film
Action film
Contents
History
Early action films
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Hong Kong action cinema
Subgenres
Action-adventure
Action-comedy
Action-horror
Action-thriller
Disaster film
Martial arts
Science fiction-action
Spy film
Swashbuckler film
Notable individuals
Actors
Female characters and actors
Directors
Producers
See also
References
Further reading
External links

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Action film
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Film genre
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists are thrust into a series of events that typically include violence, extended fighting, physical feats, rescues and frantic chases. Action films tend to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life-threatening situations, a dangerous villain, or a pursuit which usually concludes in victory for the hero. Advancements in computer-generated imagery (CGI) have made it cheaper and easier to create action sequences and other visual effects that required the efforts of professional stunt crews in the past. However, reactions to action films containing significant amounts of CGI have been mixed, as films that use computer animations to create unrealistic, highly unbelievable events are often met with criticism. While action has long been a recurring component in films, the "action film" genre began to develop in the 1970s along with the increase of stunts and special effects. Common tropes of the genre include explosions, car chases, fistfights and shootouts. This genre is closely associated with the thriller and adventure genres and may also contain elements of drama and spy fiction. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identifies Action Film as one of eleven super-genres in his screenwriters’ taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Slice of Life, Sports, Thriller, War and Western. Contents
1 History
1.1 Early action films
1.2 1970s
1.3 1980s
1.4 1990s
1.5 2000s
1.6 2010s
2 Hong Kong action cinema
3 Subgenres
3.1 Action-adventure
3.2 Action-comedy
3.3 Action-horror
3.4 Action-thriller
3.5 Disaster film
3.6 Martial arts
3.7 Science fiction-action
3.8 Spy film
3.9 Swashbuckler film
4 Notable individuals
4.1 Actors
4.2 Female characters and actors
4.3 Directors
4.4 Producers
5 See also
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
History
Early action films
Some historians consider The Great Train Robbery (1903) to be the first action film.