Action Cinema Since 2000

Action Cinema Since 2000 explores the definition and potential of action cinema to reframe the mode for the 21st century, covering a wide range of content from China, Korea, India, France, the USA, and Mexico. It examines the changing modes of action cinema, including streaming and generic blends, and considers under-explored areas such as race, ethnicity, gender, and age. It argues that 21st century action cinema engages with and reflects geopolitical, creative, and industrial developments and offers fantasies of empowerment and mobility that say much about how power is understood in diverse contexts today.

Format: Hardback
Length: 296 pages
Publication date: 13 June 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Action Cinema Since 2000 is a vibrant and evolving field of scholarship that explores the definition and potential of action cinema to shape the 21st century's mode of storytelling. It examines a wide range of content, from blockbusters to independent films, originating from various countries such as China, Korea, India, France, the USA, and Mexico. The contributors delve into the changing modes of action cinema, with streaming gaining global importance and an increasing number of generic blends. They also explore under-explored areas of action film, particularly how race, ethnicity, gender, and age figure in narratives and through image and soundtracks. Overall, the book demonstrates how 21st century action cinema engages with and reflects geopolitical, creative, and industrial developments. It argues that it continues to offer fantasies of empowerment and mobility that shed light on how power is understood in diverse contexts today.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781839022784