The season of love has come and gone, so it is time to wash the lovey-dovey sentiments away. Many people today dispute the value of action movies.
Critics believe that they encourage violence.
Unlike dramas, whose endings sometimes cause people to get upset because the outcome is not what they expected, action movies, with very few exceptions, always end with the good guy coming out on top. Only in action movies can one get the feeling of satisfaction when the villain, who has been one step ahead of the hero for two hours, is killed in one of many gruesome methods, such as decapitation or dismemberment. In addition, there is the sheer entertainment value. All these qualities, however, are only noticeable if it is done right. This year was an especially abysmal one for the genre.