I hate cliches to death!

[Alex K]

Portuguese actors playing south american cartel leaders... that's messed up!

To be fair though, in Shark Attack - Megalodon, the south americanMexian mobsters are played by a bunch of eastern Europeans because they couldn't afford real Portuguese.

[pocaracas]

Portuguese actors playing south american cartel leaders... that's messed up!

To be fair though, in Shark Attack - Megalodon, the south americanMexian mobsters are played by a bunch of eastern Europeans because they couldn't afford real Portuguese.

LOL!
"Real" portuguese must be in high demand... and since the supply is a bit meager, the price goes up!

[Alex K]

To be fair though, in Shark Attack - Megalodon, the south americanMexian mobsters are played by a bunch of eastern Europeans because they couldn't afford real Portuguese.

LOL!
"Real" portuguese must be in high demand... and since the supply is a bit meager, the price goes up!

Germans are often not German enough for movies, so the Germans  are played by Dutch, Swedes or Christopher Walken dyed blonde,

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 and the Germans get to play Russians.

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To be fair though, sometimes the Russians get to play Germans, too, if they are sufficiently blonde

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[Ben Davis]

Henchmen with guns who couldn't hit a shed wall from 10 yards.

[Alex K]

Henchmen with guns who couldn't hit a shed wall from 10 yards.

They probably all went to Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship academy...

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But as someone who has done EMT work, I an absolutely furious about the way resuscitation is displayed in most films as a dramatic device.

1. if the patient is flatlining, they shock until the heart starts beating (if the patient is flatlining, don't keep shocking with a defibrillator. The patient is not a car you want to jump-start. As the name would suggest, the defi is there to stop the heart if there is ventricular fibrillation)
2. Resuscitation usually involves someone pushing and hitting the chest for ten seconds, at which point the patient either suddenly awakes or the person is dragged away by a helpful bystander who will mutter "He's gone." cue "Noooooooooooooooooooooo". lazy. shitty. writing. (resuscitation can take much, much longer. The important thing is to start immediately after collapse, defibrillate asap if necessary to prevent all the energy to be drained from the heart muscle and to keep pumping and some airflow going until the professionals arrive). Ideally, the heart starts up by itself again.

Why are movie makers systematically teaching the population how to most efficiently kill someone for good if they are in cardiac arrest? Because most writers don't know jack shit? (my theory)

[Homeless Nutter]

Whenever a woman throws up - it means she's pregnant. Fact.

[Exian]

Any time someone needs a shot administered, the person stabs it in half-way instead of to the hilt, effectively using the needle to saw multiple holes in the arm. I've never seen it done right.

[pocaracas]

Shoot a bad guy's car - Instant explosion! - ties up with Every Car is a Ford Pinto.

Shoot a good guy's car - shatters a lot of glass and punctures some tin. - "Get your head down and they won't hit us."

[Alex K]

[robvalue]

Playing chess, one guy thinks he's doing really well but somehow hasn't noticed he's just about to be checkmated. Or else neither actor apparently has any idea what the rules are and just randomly moves stuff about.