When thinking about the action genre, the first things that will inevitably come to mind will be action scenes. Most commonly, these take the form of hand-to-hand fights (with or without weapons), car chases, shootouts with guns that don't usually need to be reloaded, and big, fiery explosions. All of these things are staples of the genre and incredibly fun to watch play out on screen, but an action movie doesn't need to include these things to be considered part of the action genre.