action movie

English

Noun

action movie (plural action movies)

1. A motion picture whose storyline involves fast-paced activity and conflict, usually including such elements as a heroic protagonist, violent fights, acrobatic stunts, chase scenes, and gunplay.

   Arnold Schwarzenegger is an iconic star of action movies.

   • 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     It takes a whole lot to turn The Road Warrior into an afterthought. George Miller’s second Mad Max movie, released in 1981, is a total masterpiece, and it’s one of the defining action movies of the ’80s, the golden age of the action movie.

Synonyms

• action film
• actioner

Related terms

• action star

Translations

a type of motion picture

• Arabic: فِيلْمُ أَكْشِنْ (fīlmu ʔakšin); فِيلْمُ حَرَكَةٍ (fīlmu ḥarakatin)
• Armenian: մարտաֆիլմ (hy) (martafilm)
• Catalan: pel·lícula d'acció f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 動作片／动作片 (dung⁶ zok³ pin^3-2)

  Mandarin: 動作電影／动作电影 (dòngzuò diànyǐng), 動作片／动作片 (zh) (dòngzuòpiàn)

• Dutch: actiefilm (nl) m
• Estonian: märulifilm (et)
• Finnish: toimintaelokuva (fi)
• French: film d’action m
• German: Actionfilm (de) m
• Hindi: एक्शन फ़िल्म f (ekśan film)
• Hungarian: akciófilm (hu)
• Japanese: アクション映画 (ja) (akushon eiga)
• Korean: 액션 영화 (aeksyeon yeonghwa)
• Malay: filem aksi
• Marathi: अ‍ॅक्शनपट m (a‍ĕkśanpaṭ)
• Polish: film akcji m
• Portuguese: filme de ação m
• Russian: боеви́к (ru) m (bojevík), приключе́нческий фильм m (priključénčeskij filʹm), экшн (ru) m (ekšn)
• Spanish: película de acción f
• Swedish: actionfilm (sv) c
• Vietnamese: phim đánh đấm, phim bắn giết