Typical target audience member of an action film.

The typical rating for an action film is a 12-15 certificate, this means that youth audiences are able to watch action films. Studios include themes, recognisable settings and action stars that would attract a youth audiencs. For example, the setting of an actioon film is often in a city like London or New York; Action stars may be Bruce Willis, Daniel Craig and Matt Damon. Action films are fast paced with tense music and feature lots of explosions and fights. A youth audience would like to see fights, explosions, gunshots, death and car chases. The audience would engage with this genre because it would entertain them and let them escape from their daily life. Also, teenagers like fighting and adventure computer games so an action film would appeal to them.