MULTI-GENRE FILM - Jaws (1975)

Films have formulas, cliches and rules, but can one film fit two sets of film rules?

Jaws (1975) is a blockbuster animal attack film which I used to test the limits of the Slasher Film Rules and the Disaster Film Rules.

POLL - The ACTION genre.

Rules, tropes, cliches all films have them, what sub-genres should I test?

Help decide on future film sub-genres to be tested by doing the following poll (explanations for sub-genres appear after the poll.)

• Action comedy - Action films with a strong comedy element.  [True Lies]
• Buddy cop film - Two cops are forced to work together to solve a crime.  [Lethal Weapon]
• Chase films - Someone is being chased.  Usually it's by law enforcement and they're being chased for a crime they didn't commit.  [The Fugitive]
• Die Hard-in-a - An overlooked hero kills off bad-guys one-by-one while trapped in a limited area.  [Die Hard]
• Disaster films - A natural or man-made disaster is occurring and a hero has to help a small group survive and escape.  [The Towering Inferno]  10 films have already been tested for this genre.
• Inspirational sports films - Underdogs in life achieve success in sport.  [The Mighty Ducks]
• Martial Arts films - A martial artist must fight many other martial artists, usually to achieve revenge.  [Enter the Dragon]
• Spy films - Action films involving espionage, with a hero who is a spy or an civilian pulled into the spy game.  [Any Bond film]  Not to be confused with Espionage/Spy Thrillers which will appear on the Suspense & Thriller poll.
• War films - Films about combat soldiers during a war.  [Saving Private Ryan]
• Western - Films set in the American old west.  [Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid]

There may be a lot of crossover between these sub-genres, Buddy cop films usually include a lot of comedy, etc.  Films may be tested in multiple genres.

There are action sub-genres not included here that will appear on later polls.

• Dramas, Historical Films & Epics - will include: Epics and Swashbuckling films.
• Exploitation films - includes many films that are also action films.
• Horror - will include: Animal Attack films, Alien Attack and other horror genres that include some action.
• Science Fiction & Fantasy - includes many films that are also action films.

Any sub-genres of action films you feel are missing and need to be added to the list?  Any films that need to be tested?  Please comment below.

~ DUG.

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DISASTER FILMS - Jaws (1975)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do Disaster films follow those formulas?

Jaws (1975) is, as if I have to tell you, a film about a shark attacking people.  I did it as a Slasher Film to see how well an animal attack film fit those rules.  Now I'm doing it as a Disaster Film to see how well it fits these rules.

DISASTER FILMS - Airport 1975 (1974)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do Disaster films follow those formulas?

Airport 1975 (1974) is the second film in the "Airport" disaster film series.

DISASTER FILMS - The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do Disaster films follow those formulas? 

The Poseidon Adventure (1972) is an Irwin Allen disaster film about a ship capsized by a giant wave and the handful of passengers who survive.

DISASTER FILM RULES - The Rules

Film genres have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?

Disaster films, an ongoing and recurring genre.