action movie

English

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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.

Synonyms

• actioner

Translations

a type of motion picture

• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: toimintaelokuva (fi)
• French: film d'action (fr) m
• German: Actionfilm (de) m

• Hungarian: akciófilm (hu)
• Japanese: アクション映画 (ja) (akushon eiga)
• Korean: 액션 영화 (ko) (aeksyeon yeonghwa)
• Malay: filem aksi (ms)
• Russian: боевик (ru) (bojevík) m, приключенческий фильм (ru) (priključénčeskij fil'm) m, экшн (ru) (ekšn) m

Related terms

• action star