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Old 07-June-2007, 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Tucson_Tim View Post
Here's a recurring theme: Hero gets himself almost killed by the bad guys (sometimes his whole family is also killed); hero gets better (sometimes with the help of a beautiful nurse); hero works out; hero kills all the bad guys.
With the inevitable inspiring-music training montage while he's working up to the comeback.
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