10 Rules For Surviving Action Movies

5. Make It Clear That It's One Last Job

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This rule only applies to main characters, because if it comes out of anybody else's mouth, then they might as well be signing their own death warrant.

If you're the star of the movie and living a life of quietly retired bliss when a figure from your past appears out of the blue and tries to tempt you to come back for the fabled 'One Last Job', then you'll be just fine. Obviously it won't be the very last time because the studio needs sequels, but the first last job is as good a guarantee of survival as you'll find.

Commando, Inception, the Rambo sequels, John Wick, the Fast and Furious crew and literally dozens more have proven that if you agree to end a self-imposed exile to return for one last adventure, the chances of survival are always at 100%.

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