The careers of some of the industry's biggest names were built on the success of action movie franchises. They reached a pinnacle of box-office supremacy in the 1980s. The fast-paced sequences are the audience's pay off for going along for the ride.Īction movies have always been a popular genre. Very often, interludes of dialogue or plot development exist to link one action sequence with the next. Action movies revolve around action sequences. If there's a single common element that ties all action movies together, it's a universal preference for movement over dialogue or character development.
