The genre of adventure action film was actually born in the serial film of silent film era, which is equivalent to Edwin in time. Porter's early classic great train robbery (1903) is regarded as the pioneer of hardcore films such as westerns, gangster films, drama films and action films. Early famous films include Edison's What's the matter with Mary? , 19 12) and (The Adventures of Kathleen, 19 13), these series mostly describe the adventures of female protagonists. The most obvious feature is the action paragraphs with chase, escape, struggle, gunfight and natural disasters as the core.
David? Griffith is proficient in the great appreciation of action miracles. In "The Birth of a Country" and "Let's Oppose Differences", he captured the audience with long-shot battle scenes and actions focused on chasing and rescuing. Although some people can claim that these two films are the prototypes of feature-length action films, it was not until the 1920s that adventure action films evolved into recognizable and defined film types.
Action movies in the classic era (1920- 1950) can be called "adventure" action movies. Adventure action movies are often heroic times in different places (foreign land and the past). Romantic female objects are added in foreign countries and adventure times, which combine adventure, action, violence and exotic love and produce wider appeal. Therefore, the key element of adventure action movies is that their characters and conflicts are placed in a romantic past era, a hostile contemporary environment and an isolated wilderness jungle different from daily life. Adventure action movies must create an environment different from the daily world to exaggerate the danger and strengthen the hero's efforts to overcome difficulties. The hero's ultimate victory will establish his or her dignity and sacredness. In addition, the exotic environment settings and gorgeous action scenes in adventure action movies provide excellent opportunities for the presentation of film wonders.
The pioneer of adventure action movies is the famous Taishan series.
Douglas? As the most famous star of early adventure action movies, douglas fairbanks Sr almost created the genre of Grand Theft Auto by himself and made it all the rage, so Van Punk became the prototype of the first American male idol. The son of a Jewish lawyer studied at Harvard University. In the 1920s, he and Mary? Pickford got married and became the most popular king and queen in Hollywood. Together with Chaplin and Griffith, they founded United Arts Company, and he was also the first president of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The adventure action films of fan punk include Zorro's Seal (1920), three musketeers (192 1), Robin Hood (1922) and The Robber of Baghdad.
Different from the relatively pure hardcore image of fan punk, Rudolf, who is known as the "Latin lover"? On the other hand, Riudolph Valentino injected romantic tenderness and exoticism into his early thrilling action films, including Emirates (192 1, the love adventure between Arab Emirates and British celebrities) and Blood and Sand (18).
Errol? Errol flynn is recognized as the successor of Van Punk and the most outstanding "King of Helmets" in the era of talking movies. In Silver Sunset, Flynn often plays a rebel in free love, a hero who fights injustice with brave actions and wins the hearts of beautiful women. 1935, Michael? Captain Blood, directed by Curtis, made Flynn an instant hit. He has appeared in many adventure action films, such as The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and Thc Seahawk (1940). (Captain Pirate), errol? British doctor Flynn was wrongly accused of being an accomplice of the rebels and sent to the Caribbean as a slave. He and his slave companions robbed a ship and became pirates, robbing the rich and helping the poor at sea. Flynn successfully rescued Olivia captured by other pirates? De? Haviland, and rescued the besieged British colony, cleared his grievances and became the new governor of the colony. Captain Pirate was nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, which made Flynn and De? Haviland became famous at the same time. Since then, they have cooperated in eight films, and Flynn cooperated with director Cortes 12 times. Apart from the pirate captain, the most important thing is undoubtedly Robin Hood.
"Robin Hood" is based on the widely circulated English folklore. Prince John of England tried to usurp his brother's throne, and Robin Hood, an unwilling aristocrat, fled to Sherwood Forest to organize his own people to rob the rich and help the poor and help those people who were heavily exploited by Nottingham authorities. At the same time, he helped the king regain the throne and broke into Nottingham Castle to rescue his beloved woman. Robin Hood was also nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture.
Modern "Thriller" Action Films (1960s-1980s)
Different from classic adventure action movies, modern "adventure" action movies tend to focus more on the here and now (the United States and contemporary). In the 1960s, the social reality environment was the Cold War and the Iron Curtain between the United States and the Soviet Union, which also created the hero of the adventure action movie "James 007? Bond series ". According to Guinness World Records, James 007? Bond series is the most profitable film series in film history.
As a modern action hero, British super spy James? Bond (code 007) is basically based on the English novelist Yi Shi? Created by the hero of Fleming's novel (1anFleming). Starting with 1952' s casino royale, Fleming has released 15 James? Bond's novels, which were continued by other writers after his death, have been published by James? Bond has more than 40 novels. When Fleming first named his protagonist, he thought he needed a simple, unromantic and masculine name. And he named the super agent James? Bond. However, not all the story structures of 007 movies come from Ian? Fleming's hand, it is said that only the first 13 episodes came from the original novel, and then the film company bought the copyright of the three-character film "007" and created another story to shoot.
The star who really dominated the Hollywood thrillers in the 1970s and 1980s was Sylvester? Stallone, Arnold? Schwarzenegger, Harrison? Ford and Bruce? Willis.
Contemporary "violent" action movies (1990s? New century)
Since the end of 1980s, action movies have undergone remarkable changes, from adventure legends in the classic period to thrilling romance in the modern period, and then to pure violence and audio-visual stimulation. Contemporary violent action movies tend to be futuristic and surreal, and the violence in movies tends to be gamification, mechanization, abstraction and aestheticism, which leads to the so-called "Wu Yusen's violence aesthetics".
Hollywood is open to anyone who makes money, although action movies have always been dominated by lonely male heroes or killers, and the stories are weak and monotonous.
Sex stunts and crazy stunts, but action movies are still one of the most profitable types in Hollywood. In the 1980s, action movies became more crazy and tyrannical, and the production cost was higher. Powerful and indestructible contemporary heroes (Stallone and Schwarzenegger, etc. ) and extremely violent action movies are quite far from the action protagonists of classic adventure and thriller action movies. And many action movies are gradually merging with other types, such as horror movies, science fiction movies and thrillers.
The emergence of contemporary violent action movies is inseparable from the influence of Hong Kong Kung Fu (martial arts) movies. Bruce Lee, the Hong Kong Kung Fu Emperor, starred in Big Boss (197 1), Jingwu Gate (1972) and enter the dragon in the early 1970s. 1973), the return of the dragon and the dog (1973, director) and the game of death (1973) have become popular movie cultural phenomena all over the world. Although the overall structure and plot design of the movie dominated by Xiaolong are obviously related to James? A poor imitation of Bond movies, but the wonderful action scenes and dazzling fast pace of Kung Fu movies are still rippling behind Hollywood, which is good at learning and drawing lessons from.
The influence of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies on American movies first appeared in action movies. When Chuck Norris was stationed in South Korea as an American air force, he loved oriental martial arts and karate. After leaving the army, he opened a karate school. 1968- 1974 won the world professional karate welterweight championship in succession, and later became his student friend? McQueen encouraged him to join the film. Norris studied art from Bruce Lee and co-starred with Bruce Lee in The Raptors Crossing the River. He inherited the traditions of Bruce Lee's China Kung Fu and Japanese karate, and starred in Good Men Wear Black (1979), One Man's Strength (1979) and An Eye for an Eye in the 1970s and 1980s. 198 1), (unbearable) (forced Veageance, 1982), and the Rambo-style trilogy "Missing the Battlefield" (Missing in Action, 1984, 1985 and/. Invasion of America (1nvasionU, s, a, 65438+) 1986, 1990 and1) and (professional killer) (Hillman,/kloc-.
Steve with a grim expression? SteveaSeagal studied martial arts in Japan and claimed to be the champion of Japanese Aikido. He returned to the United States to teach oriental martial arts to celebrities and rich people and became the number one agent in Hollywood, Michael? Ovize (once the owner of Hollywood's most famous brokerage firm and the president of Disney Company) was a teacher, and since then he has become a big-name action star, starring in Above the Law (1988), Hard to Kill (]990), and Macurdays (650). In these formulaic action films, Siegel plays a "personalized" policeman without exception, and "handles garbage" by slightly illegal means. 1992, Siegel plays a naval commando who is cooking on an aircraft carrier in UndcrSiege, which has achieved unexpected success. Later, he starred in Fire in the Underground (1994), Underground 2: Dark Territory (1995) and Top Secret (1996).
Belgian-born action movie star Jean? Claude? Jean-claude van damme won the European karate championship, and began to set foot in the film industry in 1984, starring in many action films. This year's Number Two (2006) shows that he is still active in the film industry.