Best action movie trivia of 2012

Trivia: During filming of the movie's opening scene, the water Jeremy Renner swims in was so cold that his facial hair frequently iced over.

Cubs Fan ★

Trivia: A point in the score from this, by Joe Kraemer, inspired The Batman's signature motif by Michael Giacchino. After the phone call between Jack and Helen when he warns her potentially not to trust her father, he's driving across a bridge and the music is almost identical to the "bom...bombom...bom" theme from The Batman.

Jon Sandys ★

Trivia: Hidden Mickey: One of the red tattoos on Dejah's right arm.

Trivia: Although Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren share top billing, they have no scenes together in the film.

Trivia: Before the One Percenter leader crashes his motor cycle into the chicken truck during the car chase sequence, the Wilhelm scream can be heard.

Trivia: After Will dislocates his own thumb to escape hand cuffs, he forces the cop car to crash. This distracts another cop driver who plows into a building. A civilian wearing a mask is sent flying, and cries out in the iconic Wilhelm scream. (01:03:15)

Quantom X ★

Trivia: The car chase at the end involves a Ford and a Jaguar, an homage to the TV series where Reagan and Carter would drive a Ford Granada and the villain a classic Mk 2 Jaguar.

Trivia: Bubo the owl makes another brief appearance in this film, as it did in its predecessor, when Perseus and the others are in Hephaestus' chambers.