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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Personally, what I liked about Seagal in his heyday was that his characters weren't beaten up. In action films of that period, especially with an emphasis on hand-to-hand combat, it was customary that in the final battle the hero would turned into a punching bag for the villain and only after thousands life-threatening injuries would he have the strength to win. But Seagal always allowed the strongest of the enemies to carry out a couple of good punches, no more. And sometimes he received minor wounds. Therefore, by the way, it is strange that jokes about coolness were told specifically about Chuck Norris, and not about him.

Is that really a thing in ? I feel like I see it a lot in anime, but not really in films (from that era). Maybe Rocky movies, but the typical Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, for instance, has him just straight dominating most encounters.

I guess Die Hard featured that trope. Any other famous examples? Not saying this to doubt you, I just never noticed. Or maybe I've watched the wrong movies, lol.