![]() The recurring theme of blunders is par for the course in CARTEL (1990), the third feature film from stunt maestro John Stewart. More important, for a hero to accept they made an honest mistake in a critical moment is an admirable trait few action movie heroes from the time period are this responsible or self-aware. The stakes of the action movie genre demand that their heroes screw up big time or not at all. ![]() First, it seems unlikely that the aggravating incident was something ordinary, like clicking a link in a suspicious email or freezing up during a job interview. Generally speaking, if the final act of an action movie features the hero uttering the phrase “I think I may have fucked up” or “goddammit, I blew it” (or maybe both) there are a few things we can infer.
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