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On July 4, thousands of Americans took refuge from extreme heat inside air-conditioned movie theaters across this great country. There they watched the world be saved by two very different men: Bruce Willis' tough-as-nails cop John McClane and Shia LaBeouf's twittering teen Sam Witwicky.
It's an uneven matchup. In the big action sequence of "Live Free or Die Hard," McClane takes on a fighter jet with a Mac truck and giggles each time he kills a bad guy. Witwicky, on the other hand, trembles in terror on the ledge of a building while giant robots duke it out below him.
We are all familiar with the McClane brand of can-do heroism, but a glance back in the movie archives in our brain remind us that wimpy heroes abound as well.
Here are some of the worst offenders.
It's an uneven matchup. In the big action sequence of "Live Free or Die Hard," McClane takes on a fighter jet with a Mac truck and giggles each time he kills a bad guy. Witwicky, on the other hand, trembles in terror on the ledge of a building while giant robots duke it out below him.
We are all familiar with the McClane brand of can-do heroism, but a glance back in the movie archives in our brain remind us that wimpy heroes abound as well.
Here are some of the worst offenders.
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