action adventure

plural action adventures

1. A film, novel, television series or video game characterized by action, intrigue, and sometimes violence.

   Organized crime, law enforcement, warfare, nature, disasters, mythology, religion, and history are all common themes in the action adventure genre.

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   The ‘arcade adventure’ concept is catching on fast, with a number of software houses bringing out arcade action adventure games, including the Wally series from Mikro-Gen and the soon-to-be-launched Chuckie Egg II.

   1985, Graeme Kidd, “Great Scott!”, in Crash, number 15

   Unlike most action adventures, this one lets you choose from three character classes: Knight, Valkyrie (a female character) or Barbarian.

   1989, Shay Addams, Quest for Clues No II, page 146

   The opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt is the doomiest and gloomiest yet in the action-adventure franchise.

   2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of the summer”, in BBC