10 Biggest Lies Told By Action Movies

3. Henchmen Always Attack One At A Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WUaDcmfgQc After thousands and thousands of rounds of ammunition have been expended, eventually it will all come down to this moment. No more guns, just our bare hands. Mano y many mano. The hero stands alone, encircled by a collection of experienced ruffians dead set on doing him some serious damage. Logic would dictate that they'd take advantage of their superior numbers and rush him like one massive wave of human pain and suffering, dog-piling the good guy and beating him to a pulp. Nope. Instead they take turns, running (sometimes even cautiously walking) into battle one at a time. Fisticuffs are partaken in, and the villain falls. Only to be replaced by another. And then another. And then another. For some reason, it's also standard operating procedure for the bad guys to send their representatives in order from the least skilled combatant to the most formidable. Presumably they're under the impression that real life combat should play out like boss stages in video games. It doesn't have to be that way, guys. You can all just attack him at once. At least show some ingenuity and switch up the pattern after the first two or three cronies are dispatched and send in your champ before all the other guys have been ran through. Besides, it's not like prolonged bouts of hand-to hand combat are painful, because...
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