Action Thriller

An action thriller revolves around a race against time and features lots of action scenes (violence, guns etc) with a large amount of explosions and use of props such as guns. The films also feature an obvious antagonist, making us aware of the dangers in the film.   Action thrillers also include elements of mystery and quite noticeably crime, but these are underlying to the action.
Such as in Casino Royale we see the protagonist, James Bond, must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the worlds terrorist organisations from winning at a very high stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro. This film displays lots of action as James Bond attempts to stop Le Chiffre, but also there's the underlying crime as he is linked with terrorist organisations. 

Examples of action thrillers would be: Casino Royale (2006), The Bourne Identity (2002)  and The Transporter (2002).