The term "action movie" existed in the film industry almost from the moment of its inception, but initially did not carry a genre color, but acted as evidence of the colossal budget, the ambitions of the creators and the abundance of movie stars involved in the production of the film, that is, it meant a film project, now called a blockbuster. Talking about what an “action movie”, its traditional cliches should be mentioned.
Clean action
Action is a tough movie that entertains the audience with spectacular combat scenes. The movie is a clean action with a lot of shootings, chases, hand-to-hand fights. A professionally staged movie battle forces the viewer to completely dissolve into what is happening on the screen, causing an adrenaline rush.
You can’t especially not talk about what an action movie is, just recommend watching the films “Raid”, “Oldboy” or at worst “Kingsman: Secret Service”. Also, almost all genre samples have a high budget, replete with special effects and stunt tricks. The paintings are practically devoid of a verified plot. Often the main character is faced with injustice or evil in any manifestation. And, finding no other way out, he resorts to violence. Most projects praising the “aesthetics of violence” have a strict age rating of R.
Modern trends
Bloody fighters with an incredible number of victims, explosions, a brutal hero in the center of the story, the leaders at the box office of the 80-90s, the new generation is practically not impressive. Therefore, filmmakers increasingly have to mix genres to make their project more attractive, as in Iron Man, for example.
Genre cliches
The description of the action movie genre is impossible without specifying the most common cliches, sometimes annoying with their absurdity and implausibility:
- Antagonists do not know how to shoot accurately. As a rule, most of the bullets they fire fly "into milk." The protagonist remains invulnerable, as in Commando.
- Heroes leave beautifully when an explosion is heard behind, for example, in Desperate. But what about the blast wave and flying fragments?
- If a good guy has automatic weapons, then he doesn’t need reloading. As confirmation - "Hitman".
- Opponents of the protagonist never look up, so you can easily hide behind a foothold on the ceiling (“Mission Impossible”).
- The villain often dies twice. Half-dead, he still jumps up, rushes into battle, so that positive characters effectively finish him off.
- Cars must explode, sometimes without good reason (“Terminator 2: Judgment Day”).
But who will especially find fault with the absurd author’s delights when there is a furious and implacable action on the screen?