actioner

/ ˈækʃənə /

noun

1. informal,  a film with a fast-moving plot, usually containing scenes of violence

Example Sentences

“Rebel Ridge,” the intense actioner with a should-be star-making performance by Aaron Pierre, is at No. 1.

From Los Angeles Times

As soon as he reemerged as the fanny pack-wielding Waymond Wang in the Daniels' 2021 multiverse-hopping actioner "Everything Everywhere All at Once," however, his career comeback took on the breakneck momentum of a runaway mine cart.

From Salon

One notable early example of this phenomenon is a pair of posters for 1981's sci-fi actioner "Escape from New York."

From Salon

Amazon MGM Studios’ Jason Statham actioner earned $7.4 million to take the No. 1 spot, according to studio estimates Sunday.

From Seattle Times

Hong Kong auteur John Woo is back working in Hollywood for the first time since 2003’s “Paycheck” with Christmas actioner “Silent Night,” in which the influential director of classics “Hard Boiled,” “The Killer” and “Face/Off” proves he’s still got a master’s touch when it comes to breathtaking balletic violence and broken antiheroes.

From Los Angeles Times