| Cop close to retirement | Good guy sustains lots of injuries and survives | Helicopter. | Guns that don't need reloading | Bad guy is English |
| Inappropriate suit wearing | Cop threatened with suspension | Hero kicks down a door | Cop eating donuts | Nosy Journalist |
| Hero has sex at inappropriate time | Good guy beats up group of baddies one at a time | ACTION MOVIE CLICHE BINGO (free square) | Survives big fall without parachute | Good guy realizes he loves ex-wife |
| Good guy is missed by hundreds of bullets | Unnecessary slow-mo | Good guy outruns nature | Walking away from explosions and not looking back | Gang formed of only ethnic minorities |
| Digital clock on bomb | Runs up/down stairs | Bad guy is German | Annoying character becomes hero | Gun out of bullets |