You know you're watching a pinoy action flick when...
--> the male lead wears a leather jacket for "macho" purposes despite the heat in our country.
--> joining him in his crusade for justice is a sexy leading lady who becomes his love team. expect a long sex scene.
--> the role of the corrupt and greedy politico or crime boss is played by either Eddie Gutierrez, Bob Soler or Subas Herrero.
--> there is always a scene where the protagonist is being chased by a gunman aboard a chopper. For some reason (stupid gunman???), he doesn't get hit but with one shot from the protagonist's handgun, he manages to blow-up the helicopter to smithereens!
--> there is always a scene by the poolside of the kingpin's mansion. there, he is sipping a glass of scotch and is surrounded by a bevy of bikini clad women while his henchmen, or "bata", reports how, yet again, they fumble things up!
--> despite the fact that these crime syndicates are rich--they own a chopper don't they?--they use old delapidated cars which eventually get blown-up.
--> chase scenes are shot in empty subdivisions where there is no traffic.
--> the last scene is shot in an abandond warehouse filled with either blocks of ice or oil drums!
--> the protagonist loves to "swing into actuon" by hanging on a chain as he fires away.
--> before the protagonist and the kingpin meet in the end, for their final duel, they first have to have a silly shouting match.
--> expect one-liners. (i.e. "walang personalan, tabaho lang" )
--> the cops always arrive last. and there is always a scalawag cop involved.
