9.07.2003
Action film ingredient #14: After hero vanquishes a particularly menacing foe, have the main bad guy saunter in with a gaggle of hopelessly well-armed henchmen. While sauntering, have said bad guy clap his hands slowly and say in an over-confident tone, "Well done, [insert hero name here]! It seems your charms have overwhelmed my right hand man." Then have bad guy pull out a dildo and smack hero around with it until he falls unconscious. Have henchman drag hero to "the Dungeon," where arm and leg manacles await!

This is straight out of the "Belly of the Beast" stage of the archetypal hero myth that Joseph Campbell defined. Well, minus the dildo.
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