Any high altitude airplane thriller is incomplete without a hole being ripped in the side of the plane. Invariably, the hero is able to hold onto something whereas the bad guy is sucked out of the hole.
Month: July 2014
Old Factories Never Die
Abandoned factories are a favorite setting for climactic confrontations. Strangely, the electricity bill is still being paid and conveyor belts are always operative, moving towards a ghastly and destructive terminus (which is always avoided by the hero).
Answer the Phone
A person (usually a woman) who is in danger, but doesn’t know it, will often receive a phone call that could help her to escape, but invariably she is wearing headphones or is otherwise distracted. This creates suspense because the audience knows about the danger.
Not-so-bloody Noses
Bloody noses in cinematic fist fights are not very bloody. The nose stops bleeding almost immediately, and it is often reset quickly (with no additional blood).
Medicinal Love
After attempts to save a hero…
Bad Ass Asians
In Hollywood films, Asians all possess martial arts skills.
Knots Easy To Untie
More often than not, someone who is tied with hands behind the back or behind a chair will manage to cut or untie the rope. Usually this happens at the last second, but not too late.
Bomb Defused By Cutting Wire
Although logic would suggest that panicked heroes would occasionally clip the wrong wire, in the movies they always get it right with 00:01 seconds remaining.
Anyone Can Hotwire A Car!
Starting a car without a key is no trouble at all – you just yank wires out from under the steering column and reconnect some of the stray wires.
Password? No Problem!
Whenever it’s truly a matter of life and death, an unknown password can generally be guessed in a few tries.