Sub-genre of action

There a lot of conventions for action films, but they do have sub-genres. One of their sub-genre's is Action Adventure - this sub genre can take place in another world, or shot as though it is set in the future. The hero is usually human and the villain is usually a different creature or someone from the future or past trying to stop what is going on. Some examples of these sub-genres are Men in Black, Avatar.
Another sub genre of action films are fantasy action;
These are mostly super hero films, they are classed as action as there is a hero who tries to good but there may be a fight scene. The conventions of this film genre is that both hero and villain are some sort of creature or thing that is non-human as well as being human. For example Spiderman - Spiderman was the hero but there where many villains that had other identities (the big lizard). As well as the is usually hero costume would be brighter and lighter than the villains whose would usually be black.
Action-thriller is another sub genre of action. This types films are usually darker than the normal action films. There will probably be a lot more use of blood and more dangerous weapons.