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Cake day: August 5th, 2023

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  • It’s definitely a trend right now, and I’d mostly attribute it entirely to John Wick. Wick was somewhat ground breaking because they handed director duties to a former stuntman / action coordinator and the entire plot only existed to flex the stunts and gun work. Now every studio wants to put a stunt guy calling the shots and we keep ending up with thin stories and directors trying to one up each other in concentrated action.

    I don’t think the “endless henchmen” movies are going away, they’re almost becoming a subgenre themselves. But I agree I’d like to see more creativity on the story side.

    Taken was the almost the exact opposite though, an action movie starring someone who couldn’t execute stunts and director with little action experience.