The type of scene I never get tired of is when some badass protagonist is going through a movie or other story and taking all sorts of people out, but then runs into some random unexpected guy they can’t beat.
Like some guard or middle manager happens to spend all his time on martial arts as his obsession, has a fifth degree black belt, and just rekts the protagonist out of nowhere.
Like the chinese dude from John Wick 4
Or this Asian dude from the Matrix
Brutal take down before her eventual comeback.
I totally get it.
Playwright George Bernard Shaw said “no character should ever be humiliated”, meaning every character - no matter how small - should be given a full consideration as a unique human being.
Although Hollywood rarely writes this way, Shaw is right, because this approach brings a sense of the unexpected and of possibilities to every new character in a story.
Mini bosses similar to the progression of a beat em up video game
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Final boss
Agree, it feels like those random mini bosses that make certain games more engaging.
The desk sergeant in Terminator 1
