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Some movies know when to leave the party. They walk out before the beer’s warm, before the jokes get recycled, before you’re staring at your phone instead of the screen. Others? They linger like that one drunk uncle, telling the same story for the tenth time and knocking over the chips.

Take The Equalizer. Three films, clean cut. McCall shows up, dishes out quiet death, teaches a life lesson, and by the third he’s sipping espresso in Italy. He could’ve gone full Rambo and kept stacking bodies into Equalizer 7: Bingo Night Massacre, but nah — he bowed out like a pro.

Then there’s John Wick. The first two had that spark — slick fights, myth-building, and just enough emotional weight to keep you locked in. But by the third, it was déjà vu: the same judo flips and head shots on repeat, like watching a gamer stuck spamming the same combo. By the fourth, it turned into a marathon of bodies hitting the floor. And the funniest part? Nobody in that universe notices. Nightclubs, train stations, New York streets — people get stabbed and shot right in front of crowds, and civilians just sip their coffee like it’s open mic night. Cops? They clocked out after the first film. At some point it stopped being a secret assassin underworld and started feeling like everyone just agreed not to see shit.

And then there’s the one that erks me the most: Fast & Furious. The first was street racers boosting DVD players. The second was Miami neon cheese, still goofy fun. Then the franchise hit the turbo button on insanity. By the fifth, they’re dragging a bank vault through downtown Rio. By the seventh, Dom’s crew are basically superheroes. And by the ninth? A Pontiac in space. SPACE. Isaac Newton didn’t just roll in his grave, he tried to crawl out and throw an apple at the writers. And Letty? Full-blown amnesia. Forgets her husband, her friends, her life. But remembers how to powerslide through traffic like she’s possessed by Dale Earnhardt’s ghost. Physics gone. Logic gone. Memory optional. But “family” is forever, apparently.

Some stories burn bright and fade out. Others burn out your patience. And some just keep hitting the NOS long after the tank’s empty.

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That’s the kicker: knowing when to walk away is what makes a legend. Hollywood? They’d rather drive it off a cliff, slap on a parachute, and call it “family.”