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action adventure en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A film, novel, television series or video game characterized by action, intrigue, and sometimes violence.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • Organized crime, law enforcement, warfare, nature, disasters, mythology, religion, and history are all common themes in the action adventure genre.
   • 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:

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arcade adventure · action movie