Alan and I always talk about things that happen way too often in movies. I've decided to start posting them with an appropriate tag as I think of them. Person finds a flashlight and looks directly into it while turning it on.
Person on rooftop or balcony is shot by a person on the ground and falls forward off the roof or balcony instead of backward.
Kidnapped child needs medicine.
Semi driver honks his horn for no reason while driving through a parking lot, always as the scene opens. (
dawnzerly noticed this)
Person answers the phone, is told to turn on the news, and the news item is somehow still playing.
Person is handcuffed to bed and abandoned.
Cell phone service is unavailable.