9 Smartest Decisions In Action Movie History
1. Watchmen - Veidt Monologues AFTER The Plan's Finished
Love or hate the changes from the comic, the 2009 film version of the Watchmen featured one of the smartest decisions in any action film. Throughout the entire film, there is an intrigue surrounding who is murdering the titular retired superheroes. In the opening scenes, The Comedian is killed, Dr. Manhattan exiles himself to Mars because he believes his presence causes cancer, Rorschach is framed for the murder of former villain Moloch, and their former leader, Adrian Veidt, narrowly survives his own assassination attempt.
But here's where things get really fun, if you've never read the comic or seen the movie (which I suggest doing both, for pure sport): Veidt is behind it all. When his old allies figure it out and confront him in his secret base in Antarctica he readily admits what he's done, doing the classic supervillain mistake of monologuing his plans.
His old allies disagree with his plans and warn him that they'll stop him. But Veidt proves that he has done one of the smartest things to ever happen in an action film, which he outlines with one final bit of super-villain soliloquy:
"Do you seriously think I would explain my master stroke to you if there were even the slightest possibility you could affect the outcome? I triggered it 35 minutes ago."