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by michaelt 1380 days ago
American action movies aren't striving for realism these days - their output is 98% superhero movies.

Action movies have always been unashamed about having an element of lowbrow populism. You can enjoy seeing bad guys get their asses kicked in The Matrix even if you've never heard of plato's cave - and there's nothing wrong with that.