"How does John McClane always get it right? You know… the perfect timing as he barrel rolls from a speeding car? The astonishingly accurate barrage of bullet fire to clear out a room full of thugs? Or, best of all, leaving just enough time to deliver a pithy one-liner right before he takes out the bad guy in the black hat? Well, if The Action Hero’s Guide to Saving Lives is any indication, Mr. McClane learns from experience. Literally.

Serving as a sort of Groundhog Day for the trigger-happy set, The Action Hero’s Guide is a clever and humorous pastiche of action movie cliches—from stock character archetypes to pun-filled wordplay (there’s even a few Wilhelm Screams thrown in for good measure). Our hero, the conveniently named Ace Mulligan, must stop the bad guys and save the girl before it’s too late. And, as he sets out to complete his mission with all the prerequisite heroic machinations, he realizes that sometimes the most hackneyed choice isn’t always the right one."

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