| Person slides under closing door | Hacks into Government files | Inappropriate suit wearing | Runs up/down stairs | Nosy Journalist |
| Digital clock on bomb | Kidnapped relative | Bad guy is German | Good guy realizes he loves ex-wife | Helicopter. |
| Bad guy explains his plan in detail to hero | Bad guy is English | ACTION MOVIE CLICHE BINGO (free square) | Random objects explode | Cop close to retirement |
| Cop threatened with suspension | Walking away from explosions and not looking back | Hero kicks down a door | Ethnic minority sidekick | Good guy outruns nature |
| Gun out of bullets | Cop eating donuts | Good guy sustains lots of injuries and survives | Good guy is missed by hundreds of bullets | Unnecessary slow-mo |