10 Biggest Lies Told By Action Movies

7. Car Crashes Are No Big Deal (For Good Guys)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSDfXVwScXo Every good action hero worth his salt has experienced at least one violent car crash. If multiple vehicles of evil henchmen are chasing you through the streets at high speeds, while you've got the gas pedal floored, desperately trying to flee, rest assured that all you need is some crafty wheelmanship and you can have those guys off your tail in no time. A swerve here, a well-timed brake there and the bad dudes will be flipping over in mid-air, crashing into walls and oncoming traffic and dying horrible deaths. But if the roles are reversed and the purveyor of justice is hot on the heels of some dastardly scoundrels, should our hero make a miscalculation in his driving and wreck himself, not a problem. We always see the good guy crash his vehicle, flipping 23 times, falling off a bridge and smashing into smithereens before valiantly crawling from the wreckage with a few scrapes and a gash on his forehead. How many surefire road deaths has Dominic Toretto survived in his time? This guy can race down narrow roads in excess of 100 mph and escape with nary a scratch, yet I can barely make it the 6 miles home from work without running off the road doing 45. Whatever, at least my car doesn't explode. But if it did...