Walking in a dark alley or underground garage, the hero never can hear the car sneaking up behind him/her without its headlights on. Female TV reporter is always Asian. During car chases, police car always loses at least one hubcap.
Apparently no one in the movies uses their parking brakes....whenever a car stops and put into "park", the car always moves forward a tiny bit, letting the audience know that the driver forget putting on the parking brakes.