This Movie Trope Should Die. (But Keeps Getting Back Up)
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Don't you love how characters in action movies take however much (or little) damage as the plot demands, regardless of how much (or little) sense it makes? They get bashed, slashed, stabbed, and shot but arbitrarily either drop like flies or act like nothing happened.
So here's a rant about common inconsistencies and lack of internal logic in fighting scenes that confuse and irk the viewer, with examples from Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Universal Soldier 4, and the old Rocky films. Good old plot armor, eh?
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*** Time Stamps ***
00:00 - Logic, consistency, and expectations
00:30 - 01:48 Spartacus: Blood and Sand
01:48 - 02:59 Online "plot armor": Private Internet Access
02:59 - 04:17 Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
04:17 - 07:34 Crazy machete fight (wounds don't matter)
07:34 - 09:03 Rocky Balboa: Professional damage sponge
09:03 Last Action Hero / closing thoughts
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