Despite the fact that I enjoy action movies, I think many films these days have too much violence in them. I’m not against violence in cinema, but I think it often lacks a purpose. Seeing a particularly gory gunfight is like witnessing a jump scare in a horror film; it’s often a cheap audiovisual trick to cover up lazy storytelling.

Of course, there are exceptions to that. For example, Robocop.

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