The term "action" appeared in our everyday life not so long ago and is the Russian transcription of English "aktion" (action), so it can be unequivocally asserted that action is an action.
What is an action in the cinema?
Action - it's accurate shoot! It's catching up faster (run away)! it dexterity of hands and feet (application of knowledge of martial arts is welcomed). It's crushing everything and everything, even if the whole world is flying to hell! It turns out that action movies are action movies.
Classics of the genre
Worthy representatives
Starting from all the above,the most-the most actors in the action - the role of the role of Bourne Matt Damon, as well as Tom Cruise, who embodied the image of Ethan Hunt in all four parts of the franchise. Jackie Chan with his tricks can be named among the top actors in this direction. We will name "Tux" and all the parts of the "Rush hour", and it is already clear what we are talking about. One should only admire the way he manages to combine the application to the enemy of knowledge and skills in the field of martial arts with an endless comic! Uma Thurman in the role of Black Mamba perfectly owns the samurai sword, specially forged for retaliation, so the image of this fighting girl in the films "Kill Bill" and "Kill Bill-2" (especially in the mass fight scene with a whole bunch of Japanese murderers) is quite " "For the action genre. If you judge the last tape that appeared on the screen, you can note the acting work of Guy Pearce. He was superb in the role of agent Snow, who, playing, is being dealt with by outrageous scoundrels, prisoners who escaped from a space prison in a fantastic action movie "Napraprom", produced by Luc Besson. Watching the play of the actors listed above, their charisma, the pressure, you understand, action - it's really something that does not leave indifferent, touches the living. It would be more action films, but lately more and more of modern "masterpieces" are tending to sleep!