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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
That's the action movie formula where the main villain catches the hero and has him/her tied to a chair. Roughs him/her up a bit only to walk out the door and tell his cronies finish him/her off. Nearly every action movie has as scene of this type designed to create tension and also allow the hero escape for the inevitable faceoff with a villain at the end of the film.
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I know they have to do it, but sometimes it throws me off when it's so obvious, like in the Indiana Jones movie. just so unbelievable, it took me out of the movie.
Would probably have made a better last 3rd if they just shot Jones in the head and then have Helena Shaw finish off the action.
Jones wasn't needed in the rest of the movie anyway.
It was refreshing in the Kingsman when the Colin Firth character survived the church battle just to be shot in the face by the bad guy. Then you at least might really get invested in the movie knowing anything is on the table.