Hey. Jake Gyllenhaal's cheerful grins and attitude throughout. What's not to like? Rated on overall enjoyment and entertainment, definitely not realism or the slightest connection (besides title) to the 1980s classic that was a completely different movie altogether. And while the old one was great in its ways, this new version holds together as long as you know what you're getting.
Along those lines: Speaking from an ex-EMT and many years in Trauma Centers and Emergency Rooms, it doesn't matter how tough or buff you may be when it comes to face punches. Ultimately it's just a thin layer of very vascular skin and tissue over very hard bones (skull) OR very weak ones (just about every other facial bone except may the chin). Human faces, bodies and structures just CAN NOT sustain such blunt force (nor knuckles in many cases). Ribs will break ... to say nothing of the (mostly important) soft organs inside or ... oh, fuggidaboutit.
Along those lines: Speaking from an ex-EMT and many years in Trauma Centers and Emergency Rooms, it doesn't matter how tough or buff you may be when it comes to face punches. Ultimately it's just a thin layer of very vascular skin and tissue over very hard bones (skull) OR very weak ones (just about every other facial bone except may the chin). Human faces, bodies and structures just CAN NOT sustain such blunt force (nor knuckles in many cases). Ribs will break ... to say nothing of the (mostly important) soft organs inside or ... oh, fuggidaboutit.