you know the one

protagonist with X set of (usually) professionally acquired set of lethal skills takes on a routine job/has exited and is in a mundane setting when Something Goes Wrong/they are in the wrong place at the wrong time and must use those skills to protect a target and kill some motherfuckers

the odds become increasingly ridiculous and the plot reaches new heights of implausible with every scene but it's okay bc they always win and get the person they are protecting to safety (and having learned a few things about protecting themself along the way)

i assume this is scratching some psychological itch i have developed in response to all of the everything, but it's still weird bc i have never been much for action movies

lucky for me there are a shit ton of them on netflix

i've watched like a dozen and i'm gonna go watch another

gimme some more titles? XD I'm having trouble envisioning what this is, aside from generic action flick

(also they sound like fun)

they are, i'm looking through my viewing history right now

snakes on a place is actually a prime example - routine escort of a witness to a murder disrupted by attempted assassination via snakes

that was actually an assassination plan? seriously? that is a Dumb Plan XD

RIGHT

I figured like. snakes got loose from a wildlife carrier or something

no, that would make sense. actually, no, i read that snakes are naturally more inclined to hide than attack unless riled, and the movie has pheromones to agitate them as a whole plot point. so that's literally the only thing somewhat grounded in reality

there's SAS: Rise of the Black Swan (vaguely ableist in that Hollywood Sociopath way, but so much fun I've watched it twice), Close (female protagonist, which is less unusual than it might once have been, but worth noting; also a favorite), Point Blank (Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo; this subgenre is Grillo's freakin wheelhouse)

I do enjoy Grillo

that time-repeating movie was weird but he was oddly compelling in it

and I admit I have not seen anything wiht Mackie besides MCU stuff. I shuold change that

21 Bridges (Chadwick Boseman; an entry in that recent thing cop movies have been doing where they try to present cops as both virtuous and corrupt, with varying levels of success), Wheelman (Grillo, a less typical entry in the subgenre, but VERY good), Security (Antonio Banderas, mall cops, savvy 12 yr old girl target),

and Never Back Down: Revolt (no one i've heard of, another female protagonist, also a bit outside the genre but very satisfying violent ending)

all of them are on Netflix

awesome thanks

you're welcome!