Action Films Essay Examples and Topics

This seems to be a wakeup call to the government to heed to the cry of those who have suffered the invasions and withdraw their troops.

This essay uses the predator monster, as presented in Jim McTiernan's Predator, to encapsulate a deep-seated sense of fear and provide a hypothetical representation of the horror that each person dreads.

Applying their concepts to the movie and the myth of Sisyphus, it is possible to understand the psychology of heroes and the things they symbolize.

Naturally, the story picks up in the aftermath of the first movie and reestablishes how the arrival of the Autobots has changed the lives of the people they now coexist with.

The film revisits the story of the gang leader Jesse James and his murder, committed by his friend and gang member Bob Ford for a reward.

The narrative of the film is generally omniscient in the sense that the viewer is able to see all the developments as they unfold.

The tense plot of the movie incorporates features of bloodshed shooting and many other defiant scenes so as to describe the way the violence is shown in terms of genre uniqueness.

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which the movie, Inglorious Basterds, directed by Tarantino engages in the notion of simulation and hyperrealism as advanced by Baudrillard, a French theorist The [...]

In this paper, the focus will be on the story of Bilal, as told in the film Bilal: A New Breed of Hero and the ancient Greek story about Sisyphus.

Product placement is one of the best means of product marketing because it helps humanize the product and makes it easier to relate to the character who utilizes the product.

It should be noted that the main human experience that is revealed in this film is the motive of the search for identity.

Lastly, the alternative universe described at the end of the movie is also a product of today's digital era where "perfect" societies and identities are crafted.

The film relates the themes addressed by the writer in his novel even better than this great master of thought and word.

As the investigation of this case proceeds the attorney comes to the understanding that the prosecuted is not guilty of this murder. From a Kantian perspective, the main protagonist is motivated mainly by his mind [...]

In that regard, the present paper will attempt to analyze ethnography in the context of Booth's book, addressing the way such method of research provided a better understanding of the society and the way music [...]

This is becoming the main problem of the movie because the parents of the guy desperately want him to get married to a nice girl.

What majorly characterized the movie as a product of social engineering was the fact that some of its actors never met face to face.

Our essay is devoted to the investigation of a question: was the war an obsession and a drug for Sergeant James, the main character of the movie?

The political team with President Kennedy in the forefront composes a plan to solve the problem without violent involvement since the U.S.military attacks could cause military strikes on the part of the Soviet Union despite [...]

While the movie is eccentric, excessively violent to the level of sadism at some points, the overall goal of the movie is to evoke a sense of empathy and emotion from the viewers and society [...]

However, Sara Connor who is the only human protagonist in the movie is the central character and the one who is most motivated and she determines the direction the story takes. She is with a [...]

While comparing the adaptation with the original novel, first of all it is necessary to mention, that inspite of the similarity of main ideas in the movie and in the novel, the dissimilarity of authors' [...]

This assumption is validated by the fact that in several scenes he is introduced to the concept of agents, programs designed to ensure the stability of the virtual world, and is given the choice of [...]

The aim of this paper is to analyze a pivotal scene from the movie and to explore the tools of cinema that were used for its creation.

Upon the release of the movie, the brutal depiction of torture was highlighted by many critics as the most controversial point of the movie.

Despite the abundance of exaggerated scenes of ridiculously unbelievable fight moves and the over-the-top twists of the plot, as an attempt to introduce the specifics of the Asian aesthetics to the viewer, the movie can [...]

The man as the lawmaker and head of the house obstructs all the efforts of the child and mother in achieving their dreams.

The function of mirrors contribute greatly to the understanding of the concepts of space and place in the movie because this reflecting objects that we can see in the bedroom of main characters reflect the [...]

In the 1970s, however, the society exaggerated black women's sexuality, and Coffy was the typical depiction of such exaggeration. Producers of the film, Coffy, were reducing African American women to this narrow characterization.

Released in 1985, the film to a large extent exemplifies the stereotypical 1980's action movie, which packaged top-of-the-range violence, sharp and humorous one liners, and a simple and easy to follow plot concerning some sort [...]

For example, at the beginning of a scene where the character of officer McClane is being shown arriving to L.A.on the plane, viewers get to be exposed to the sight of McClane clutching to seat's [...]

Running from power conflict between France, Britain, America, and German in Morocco in 1904, through President Theodore Roosevelt bid to win a re-election, to the eventual war between Americans and Germans, The Wind and the [...]

In summary, Transporter 3 film is the third installment of the Transporter series in which the services of the lead character Frank Martin are enlisted to transport certain items/people from one corner of the world [...]

The image chosen accomplishes the intention of the message displayed in the poster. This is a satirical display of the name of the movie.