- Shoot at the gas tank of the car and it will explode, turning into a huge fireball. Although, if you shoot from a rocket launcher, then yes.
- Enter several commands into the computer and magically hack extremely complex systems.
- Living in a huge apartment in Manhattan, while you work as a bicycle courier, and your roommate works in a coffee shop. And you don't deny yourself anything.
- 100 bad guys against a hero. The bad guys are coming at him one at a time. Always.
- The villain is wasting his time instead of killing the main character right now.
- Knock down the lock with a pistol. Unless it's made of very cheap non-hardened steel, a bullet hit will simply deform it from the inside, and it won't be able to be opened with a key.
- A random person without any prior training, etc. is selected to perform a special task, which he subsequently successfully copes with.
- The hawk makes noises every time it is shown.
- Shooting a gun in a car or small enclosed space, and no one will get long-term hearing damage. Guns, especially pistols, are very loud, and when the sound bounces off walls or objects, it is greatly amplified.
- You turn on the fire alarm, and the sprinklers start pouring water. Also, the water inside these sprinklers is disgusting.
- A policeman staged a 30-minute violent shootout in the city center, which killed 7 suspects, blew up 5 cars and destroyed two buildings. The only consequence? The captain is very, very angry!!! «If this happens again, I'll take your badge!»
- Turning on the news exactly at the moment when the corresponding part of the story is going on.
- Women with perfect makeup, regardless of whether they cross the Amazon River, wake up after a stormy night, or stay in a cell for several weeks.
- When I chase someone in a car and he walks, he usually doesn't run in the middle of the road like in the movies.
- Parking is available in front of the building the character is supposed to enter. This. Never. Not. Happens. Never.
- Sometimes, very rarely, women lie because they are sick, not just because they are pregnant.
- The absence of significant paperwork typical of any police action movie.
- You walk into a bar and say, «I'll have a beer.» And the bartender just pours you a beer without asking what brand you want.
- Someone dies, they resuscitate him with a defibrillator, and after that he feels great, even without going to the doctor for an examination.
- Fired 20 times from a revolver without reloading.
