Notes toward a theory of the Dad Thriller
.. you know the kind of movies I’m talking about: Movies set on submarines; movies set on aircraft carriers; movies where lawyers are good guys; movies where guys secure the perimeter and/or the package; movies where a guy has to yell to make himself heard over a helicopter; movies where guys with guns break the door into a room decorated with cut-out newspaper headlines. … Movies that dads like. I love these movies pretty unreservedly and only somewhat ironically.
This essay starts great and just gets better.
I have seen most of these movies and enjoyed every one. These are the only movies I need to see for the rest of my life.