Action Speaks Louder: Violence, Spectacle, and the American Action Movie (Wesleyan Film)
“[A]n intelligent, coherent and frequently illuminating study of a genre that has become firmly entrenched in pop culture.”—Geoffrey Berkshire, Variety“[A]n intelligent, coherent and frequently illuminating study of a genre that has become firmly entrenched in pop culture…The book encourages the idea that, although some action films may be ‘mindless,’ our reaction to them doesn't have to be.”—Geoffrey Berkshire, Variety