clint eastwoodIf you've ever seen more than one movie -- specifically of the action/drama genre -- you've been pwned by directors. They are creative technicians of the craft and even though you may think you're watching one movie, you might easily just be watching another. Why? Because the twists and turns of Goodfellas match the twists and turns of Payback, which match the twists and turns of Heat, The Terminator, The Departed, Ransom, Mad Max and Point Break.

Whoa whoa whoa! We're not saying that these movies are repetitive factory-churned replicas of one another, we're just saying there are patterns happening here. Let's not kid ourselves: old habits Die Hard. Hehe.