Action movies typically feature fast-paced plots with scenes of violence, fights, chases and destruction. They often focus on themes of good versus evil or revenge, involve heroes, and use loud sound effects, dark lighting, and futuristic or urban settings to create tension and drama through extended action sequences.

1. Conventions of the action genre:
 Fast-Movingplot
 Containsscenesof violence
 Sometimescontainsone ormore heroes
 Extendedfightscenes,violence andfranticchases
 Sound effects can or tend to be very loud with dramatic meaning such as gun shots
 Dark lighting to conceal characters or increase tension
 Setting tends to be in built up areas such as cities
 Themes: good vs bad, family issues, revenge, death, car chases
 High tech
 Huge destruction
 Death of some sort
 Futuristic
 Chases
 Explosions