Action Bad Boys to Action Happens

Gladriel is a general in like the army of some sort, even though she is supposed to be royalty. The first episode rings a power dirt dirt dirt dirt. Give me an example of a movie or story where the plot drives the characters. Well, we'll do that. But since I haven't watched a second of it, what would be Michael Bay films like Transformers 2, you know, this kind of stuff or just action happens. Let's react.