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Action heroes frequently go beyond human limitation. Cops, soldiers, and everyday tough guys in movies engage in lengthy, uninterrupted fights that professional boxers and MMA fighters would be too exhausted to see the end of.

If you look at a film like Die Hard, John McClane can't even walk down the stairs without injuring himself on the railing. If that film had been real, if McClane had never been struck, shot, or otherwise physically hurt, on nerves alone, he would be out of commission before the night was through. He even has a bit of a breakdown during one of the explosions. But, naturally, he's fine just seconds later.

I watched Marvel's Werewolf By Night. I assumed the characters had superhuman strength, so I didn't think anything of it when a woman shrugged off having her head slammed twice into a concrete wall by a man three times her size. When it turned out she wasn't superhuman, it triggered my bullshit meter a bit. Then I asked myself, "Why did that bother you if Black Widow beating up robots was okay?"

It made me wonder about the limits of "human" characters in superhero media and just action heroes in general. Could the world's greatest assassin kick somebody with such force that they fly across the street and smash a car door? Could somebody pick up that car and throw it just because they spend all of their time in the gym?

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Before you say there is no cutoff point, remember the opening scenes of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.