10 movie cliches we should all be sick of by now. [View All]

[pepperbear]

1. A police commander screams at and nearly fires the jaded but dedicated maverick cop who also happens to be the best on the force.

2. Turns out the loyal best friend, in consort with the main villain, was plotting against the hero all along.

3. The maverick cop hero commandeers a clunker civilian vehicle that can somehow keep up with the villain's Porsche Turbo Carrera.

4. The main villain's NO. 1 thug is killed in the penultimate fight, thus setting the stage for the final battle between good and evil.

5. A stranger enters a small town diner to ask questions about a missing person. When the stranger leaves, the camera cuts to suspicious looking locals.

6. 10 or 15 muscle men wait in a bar to get their asses kicked whenever the lone maverick hero cop appears and "needs to know if you've seen this girl."

7. Someone steps up to a microphone to give a public speech and the mic automatically feeds back.

8. The hero's home gets ransacked when he/she is "on to something."

9. The jaded but dedicated maverick cop is forcibly assigned an overeager "by-the-book" newby partner.

10. The hero has a smug yet eccentric "nerd" associate to whom he turns in order to "crack the code."