Action movie is a film genre where in the story is largely told through
physical action as opposed to dialogue. The action typically involves
individual efforts on the part of the hero. While action has long been an
element of film, the “Action movie” as a genre of its own began to develop
in the 1970s, the genre is closely linked with thriller and advanture film
genres. While action films have traditionally been a reliable source of
revenue for movie studios, relatively few action films genre critical praise.
While action films have traditionally been aimed at male audiences, from
the early teens to the mid-30s, many action filmmakers from the 1990s, and
2000s added female heroines in response to the times, glofifying the strong
female archetype