Adventure film

Adventure films is a genre of films that contain elements of adventure. Unlike modern action films, which often take place in a modern city, often with the hero battling drug cartels or terrorists, an adventure film typically takes place in the past, often with much swordfighting or swashbuckling. The genre probably reached the peak of its popularity in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s, when films like Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Mark of Zorro were regularly being made and a number of the biggest stars, notably Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power, become closely associated with it. At the same time, lower down the scale, Saturday morning serials were often using many of the same thematic elements as adventure films.

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Genre - Adventure - Action films - Swordfighting - Swashbuckling - Genre - Hollywood - 1930s - 1940s - Captain Blood - The Adventures of Robin Hood - The Mark of Zorro - Errol Flynn - Tyrone Power - Serials

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The genre has undergone periodic revivals since the 1950s, with figures like Robin Hood and Zorro often being re-cast for a new generation. Some of these revivals have been successful, as with ', and some less so, as with Swashbuckler. In the 1980s the success of Steven Spielberg's Saturday Morning serial-style adventure Raiders of the Lost Ark spawned a host of imitators, mostly unsuccessful.

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1950s - Robin Hood - Zorro - Swashbuckler - 1980s - Steven Spielberg - Raiders of the Lost Ark

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There is often a degree of overlap between the adventure film and other genres. For example, Star Wars (1977) contains many adventure film as well as science fiction elements, while The Mummy (1999) combines the adventure and horror genres.

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Star Wars - 1977 - Science fiction - The Mummy - 1999 - Horror

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Popular adventure film concepts include:

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• An outlaw figure fighting for justice or battling a tyrant (as in Zorro or Robin Hood
• Pirates (as in Captain Blood)
• A search for a lost city or for hidden treasure (as in King Solomon's Mines)
 
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