“Outmanned but not outmatched” holds top honors as one of action cinema’s classic fight scene setups. The protagonist throws down with a gaggle of goons, makes them look very silly in short order and high style, then goes about the rest of their day as easy as you please. The thing about goons is that they only seem intimidating when they’re massed together, the way a rack of bowling pins only seems daunting from the other end of the lane. Knocking them down just takes a tough guy on a mission.
