10 Facts About Fighting That Action Movies Always Get Wrong

7. People Don't Fight Like Gentlemen

Hey Hollywood, let's stop pretending that guys who get into fistfights on a regular basis are going to act like nobles while they're tying to punch each other in the !*$% throat. It just doesn't go down that way. Even Hugh Grant is going to fight dirty and try to bite into a guy's calf muscle if it means the difference between a three-night stay in the hospital and going home with a black eye. There's a major misconception that at least one of the people involved in a street fight is going to act like a typical, Hollywood action "hero," adhering to some strict code of honor. And sure, not everyone is going to be inclined to grab an opponent by the giblets and squeeze until they beg you to stop and offer to pay for your cab ride, but that doesn't mean they're going to look like Sir Ben Kingsley quietly admiring a symphony, either. The biggest offender of this over the years is Jackie Chan, whose characters always seem to have a big problem with using guns and almost never kills anybody, despite constantly being put in positions where he could be killed himself. Sorry, Jackie, street fights are a dirty affair. And even a true gentleman gets covered in mud from time to time.