{"product_id":"action-movies-harvey-obrien-9780231163316","title":"Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back","description":"\u003ci\u003eAction Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of action cinema, exploring the ethics and aesthetics of the genre with reference to its relatively short history. It moves from seminal classics like \u003ci\u003eBullitt\u003c\/i\u003e (1968) and \u003ci\u003eDirty Harry\u003c\/i\u003e (1971) through epoch-defining films like \u003ci\u003eRambo: First Blood Part II\u003c\/i\u003e (1985) and \u003ci\u003eDie Hard\u003c\/i\u003e (1988) to revisions, reboots, and renewals in films like \u003ci\u003eKill Bill Vol. 1\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eTaken\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eThe Expendables\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). The action genre is a fusion of form and content: a cinema of action about action. It is a cinema of the will, configured as a decisive reaction to untenable circumstances. Action heroes take up arms against the sea of troubles that beset them, safe in the knowledge that if they don't do it, nobody will. Though this makes the action movie profoundly disturbing as an embodiment of moral ideology, its enduring appeal proves the appetite for assurance remains undiminished, even in the wake of 9\/11.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvey O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231163312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231163316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wallflower Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Harvey O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981517947135,"sku":"9780231163316","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d63048d-c6ca-4c28-a38e-addf8b791409.jpg?v=1683256052","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/action-movies-harvey-obrien-9780231163316","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}