Every movie is filled with cliches but action movies take it a step further, each time. And they are kind of funny too, if you think about it. One really has to cast aside one's logic if one wants to enjoy an action movie.
In the first part of this post, I mentioned some of those cliches that we keep seeing in one action movie after the other and I hope you have noticed the same as well. They're really not that difficult to notice either!
Anyways, I have more to talk about and so I bring to you more such cliches in this second part. I would love to hear some of these cliches that you have noticed and are annoyed by too in the comments section.
Last Second Bomb Defusion
A hero dismantling a bomb has to be one of the most tense scenes in the entire movie. Usually the hero reaches the bomb after much fighting and resistance from the bad guys and somehow he is able to survive an army of bad guys to do so.
Anyways, when he finally gets to the bomb, there is usually that cliched conversation with the tech guy on the comms about which wire to cut (or what the codes are in a more high tech kind of movie).
After much discussions the hero finally presses that "abort" button and what do you know? The timer shows just a second or even under a second and everyone breathes a sigh of relief. I wonder why it always comes down to the very last second!
Heroes Don't Get Shot
Empathy is not something I expect of non-living things, and yet, the thousands and thousands of bullets fired by the bad guys at the hero, all seem to show extreme levels of empathy.
That is why they all actively miss the hero while he can go on with his mission. This one is probably the most unrealistic thing shown in movies. Heroes just don't get shot while he is able to kill off enemies in a single shot.
Even if a bad guy is right in front of him shooting with machine guns that spray bullets in the hero's direction, somehow, all of them miss him. Try and explain that!!
Complete Disregard For Physics
Action movies are great as they really get you involved with the story, dramatic scenes, over the top actions and much more. But this also comes at the cost of physics.
Even in the non-supernatural movies, one can spot several violations of the laws of physics, with cars flying as if there exists no gravity, heros surviving jumps that would have simply killed anyone else, nuclear weapons that can be carried around in small suitcases, and scientific breakthroughs happening at the whims of the hero or the villain!
I get that this adds that extra flare to the storyline and is something to be expected in a work of fiction but sometimes they just go a tad too far. Just my opinion though.