Top Gun
Characterization and character development are usually the least of an action movies concerns.
The focus is usually on explosions and car chases and quippy one-liners.
Swayze really is that charismatic and his unbreakable bond with Reeves really is palpable.
Making Indy a father figurein his second adventure made him a more sympathetic and well-rounded character.
Ke Huy Quan nailed all the one-liners and made a great comedic foil for the deadpan Harrison Ford.
Jack initially has no patience for the Duke and cant wait to turn him in.
The majority of the LAPD cops down on the ground work against McClane, not with him.
Gooses untimely passing is one of the saddest death scenes in the history of action cinema.
The captain and co-captain of the Millennium Falcon always have each others backs.
But Vin Diesel and Paul Walkers on-screen chemistry is strong enough to make it work on its own terms.
Dom Toretto and Brian OConners friendshipbecame the heart of the franchise.
At first, Riggs and Murtaugh are the ultimate odd couple.
But by the end of the first movie, theyre the best of friends.
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