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So let’s assume for a moment that people with firearms should be perfectly willing to stand by as their friends rush at the enemy and thereby stand in the line of fire. A bunch of guys with swords should have only one goal, right? They should attempt to disarm their opponent and then pummel him to the ground. You’ve seen the end of those police chase videos when the perpetrator is finally captured and then savagely beaten with police batons. You understand where I’m going with this.

Apparently, the cataclysmic changes in science in the world of Revolution preclude anyone other than the Matheson clan from demonstrating anything resembling tactical awareness. Four enemies form a straight line and run at the accomplished swordsman. These four “soldiers” are predictably stabbed to death.

Suddenly, the ostensible leader of the group suddenly realizes that gunfire is a better method to kill a man. Two people suddenly have guns, which is one more than before but let’s ignore that quibble for now. Miles Matheson does not fear bullets in this world of new laws of physics. To the contrary, he casually strolls to the next tier of this library (?) and patiently waits for another swordsman to request impaling. A soldier is more than willing to oblige, which forces me to wonder how does religion work in this new world of science? Is the afterlife better because iPhones work there?

Alas, Miles grows a bit bored after four consecutive disembowelings. He switches to arrows (or crossbow bolts)? Two career military men take an early retirement via the less popular Pointy Thing in the Stomach method. Once again bored and probably a bit annoyed by the repetition of the whole affair, Miles parries these dual dueling attacks and knocks out these two clowns. Eight out of 15 soldiers are down and I’m having trouble avoiding giggle fits from the absurdity of it all. Couldn’t they afford Jackie Chan for the fight choreography?

How daring is Miles the Brave? He runs toward the gunfire because bullets do not scare this man. Until they shoot at him. Then, he dives to the ground. If he was afraid of getting shot, staying on the higher level where they couldn’t hit him was the better decision. Even Miles Matheson is not above the shaky tactical awareness of this brave new world of Revolution.

Miles is bailed out when henchman number eight awakens and runs at him. This enables Miles to again incapacitate his counterpart and thereby use the man as a human shield long enough to reach the ground floor. At this point, we discover that the rifles being used require cleaning between rounds, which is odd given that there were several shots fired immediately. Let’s not think about that. Instead, let’s focus on Dashing Miles as he beats down a gunman who has kindly finished reloading just in time for Miles to use that ammo against the other shooter.

With both of his bullet boys down for the count, the ostensible leader of the group looks frustrated. Does he join the battle? Of course not! That ploy may work! Instead, he remains in the corner as if he has been placed in timeout by some unseen parent of Revolution. At this point, Miles is overwhelmed with numbers and appears likely to be defeated.

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