11 Movie Cliches You Couldn't Live Without

11. Henchmen Who Can't Shoot Straight

The Cliche: Anyone who's ever seen more than two or three action movies knows this one: the fleet of villainous henchmen fire everything they've got at the hero, but they never once manage to hit him, while he can conversely take each of them out with a single, well-placed shot.

It's most memorably associated with Star Wars' Stormtroopers, but has also appeared in a ton of action movies, notably the James Bond franchise and almost to the point of self-parody in the Arnold Schwarzenegger cheese classic Commando.

Why It's Awesome: If the bad guys were good shots, there probably wouldn't be much of a movie, given that in these scenarios the hero is almost always grossly outnumbered, and 200 henchmen with even half-way decent aim would inevitably kill the protagonist.

Instead, their terrible aim will often result in prolonged sequences of mass slaughter as the hero metes out heroic bloodshed, and who doesn't love that?