Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by brewthunda (A) on October 09, 2002 at 14:22:19

In Reply to: Why are the bad guys such lousy shots? posted by Rod M on October 08, 2002 at 14:14:56:

My favorite movie cliche is when the hero goes in and silently takes out all of the guards with sucker punches. One hit and they go down for the count. Of course when it comes to fighting the bad guy, they'll each take about 50 blows to the head and still look good.

Another thing I've learned from the movies is that if you stab a guy in the stomach, he'll instantly and silently fall to the ground dead. Note that he will NOT lie there screaming for medical attention for 3 hours.

Oh, and if someone sneaks up behind you and wrenches your head 90 degrees to either side, you will die instantly.

Of course I just happened to be slumming this past weekend and rented "the Scorpion King", so I got to see all of these in action. One thing that bugged me about that movie is that the Rock is supposed to be some sort of world-class assassin, yet almost every single time he tried to assassinate someone, his M.O. was to run into the center of town and start kicking the crap out of the nearest guard. None of this sneaking about stuff. And of course the bad guys managed to stop every one of his assassination attempts. Oh, and in the middle of a sword fight, every time his opponent had a clean opportunity to kill the Rock, they would punch him or kick him instead of gutting him. I know it's a cheap shot taking cracks at this movie, but it's like they didn't even try to make it believable. I'll stick with Conan.