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** Man-power shortage? This is James Bond! He's too-much man for the bad guys to handle!

** But Bond first has to investigate the situation, which is a task better suited to a spy. On several occasions he's backed up by an attack force for the [[Storming the Castle]] scene -- never the SAS, but then again an army of modern ninjas looks more 'James Bondish'.

* The first ''[[X Xx]]'' movie is a perfect example. The US government knew where the terrorists were, knew who they were, and had a good idea what they were doing, but rather than send in several highly trained multi-man strike teams, they send in Vin Diesel.

* The first ''[[XXX (Film)|xXx]]'' movie is a perfect example. The US government knew where the terrorists were, knew who they were, and had a good idea what they were doing, but rather than send in several highly trained multi-man strike teams, they send in Vin Diesel.

** To be fair, the opening sequence was the government losing one of their highly-trained intelligence operatives to the bad guys, who had clearly [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|read their book]]. And sending in strike teams when they don't have any actual evidence, as such, leads to... complications.

* In ''[[Escape From New York]],'' the government sends in Snake as a last resort, but in ''[[Escape From LA]],'' the president consciously utilizes the trope.