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History of chosen movie trailer genre
Top 10 sci-fi and action movie of all time

Key directors
There are a couple of directors that spring to mind when thinking about this particular genre. The first director that comes to mind is Ridley Scott, the director of BladeRunner, an early action sci-fi film starring Harrison Ford. He was also the director of the original Alien films, shown on the right. The second director that springs to mind is JJ Abrams, the director of the recent Star Trek reboot and its sequel Into The Darkness, as well as sci-fi thriller Super 8 shown in the centre of the page.


JJ Abrams
Ridley scott
Key Actors
Best known for his role as NYPD officer John McClane, the protagonistof the popular Die Hard film franchise, Willis has been a rising action star since his role in Die Hard boosted his career. Among the many films he has been in over the last couple of decades, Willis has starred in a few action sci-fi films. One of Willis' first sci-fi action films was both a financial and critical success, that sees Willis' character chase the fifth element in human across a futuristic New York City. More recently Willis starred in Surrogates, an action sci-fi film that follows Willis' character as he steps out of his surrogate ( a robot that is an invision of the perfect version of their human controllers) in order to investigate homicides using a weapon kills both the Surrogate and the human controller. Willis' most recent sci-fi action was in the 2012 film which he starred alongside Joseph Gordan Levitt as an older version of Levitt's character that has comeback in time to kill a crime boss from the future whilst he is still a child.
Bruce Willis
Will Smith
Tom Cruise
The final action sci-fi star that I am going to look at is Will Smith. Famous for music career and for his acting, Will Smith is best known for his role in popular 90's sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and for his roles as Agent J in sci-fi comedy trilogy Men in Black, Will Smith became welll known in the 90's and since then has gone on to star in a couple of action sci-fi films. The first film that Smith starred in within this genre is Independence Day, where Smith stars as a military fighter pilot tasked with flying to an alien mothership in order to stop an invasion. From there Smith went on to star 2004 film. I,Robot, set in a future where robots are built as human slaves and programmed with three laws not to harm and to always help humans. Smith stars as Detective Spooner, as he investigates into a murder which he is convinced has been committed by a rogue robot named 'Sunny'. In 2008, Smith starred in another sci-fi action film where he plays a washed up superhero with a poor public image. After saving a business man from getting hit by a train, this man helps Hancock (Smith) to turn his life around and improve his public image. More recently Will Smith stars alongside his son Jaden Smith in Sci-fi action film After Earth. Which see the father and son crash land on an abadoned earth where Jaden's character has to get medical attention for his father whilst trying to survive against the other creatures all who have which evovled to hunt humans.
Tom Cruise has starred in many action film and is best known for his role as Ethan Hunt, the super spy and protagonist of the Mission Impossible Quadrilogy. Cruise has also starred in some action sci-fi films starting in 2004 with Minority Report, sees Cruise as the protagonist of the film as the chief of the Pre-crime police unit that employee three 'Precogs', people with the ability to see murders before they happen. Cruise also had a leading role in 2005 film War of the Worlds, based on a book of the same name that was first published in 1897, the film follows Cruise's character as he tries to survive and keep his family safe during an Alien Invasion. Cruise's most recent action sci-fi role was in Edge of Tommorow, where Cruise starred alongside Emily Blunt in a futuristic war, where soldiers fight in mechinical armor. Cruise's dies on the battlefield, but when he dies he awakens at the start of the day he died and gets stuck in a continous cycle.



This is the first ever sci-fi movie which was made in 1902 by Frenchman George Melies. The short film is called "La Voyage Dans La Lune" which relates "A trip to the moon" in english.
By Churchill Afodume
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