The Action Romantic Comedy: A Brief History

There's an emerging movie genre that's been gaining steam over the last few years—the hybrid of the action flick and the romantic comedy—as evidenced by two releases this winter alone: Knight and Day and Killers. The idea seems to be that a movie that's equal parts romance and action will cross gender lines and sell more tickets. Whether or not that's true remains to be seen, but I'm taking a look at some of the films that define this category of love and living on the edge.