Adventure

Adventure films are a popular film genre usually set in the past or in a fantasy world, and often involve swordfighting or swashbuckling. Unlike the modern action film taking place in a city with the hero battling drug cartels or terrorists, adventure films have an element of romanticism attached to the genre. Popular subjects include: Robin Hood, Zorro, pirates and the novels of Alexandre Dumas. The genre reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s and 1940s Hollywood, when films such as Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Mark of Zorro were regularly made with some of the biggest stars, notably Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power, closely associated with the movies. At the same time, however, Saturday morning serials were often using many of the same thematic elements as adventure films. The genre has undergone periodic revivals since the 1950s, with figures like Robin Hood being re-cast for a new generation. Some of the revivals have been successful, as with Robin...