Action genre clichés.

-There are many large explosions in action films

-There are always guns and bombs involved.

-There is always at least one death.

-There is always a villain and always a Hero.

-Evil henchmen

-‘World-weary assassins or Green Berets or Navy Seals or mercenaries who assemble to pull off one last suicidal mission,’

-Soldiers are often used as main protagonists.

-Death by ‘fatal’ injury. (Shot in the foot or arm. Not that bad of an injury.)

-Villain often has low lighting. (The Joker in Batman.)

-Women are useless in some action films. (Pepper Potts in Iron Man)

-Women can also be better than men. (Lara Croft in Tomb Raider)

- Villain often British. (Loki in Thor)

-Several large men possessing a preposterous level of upper body musculature.

-Car chases.

-Enigma codes.