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I don't think it's necessary. If a thief beats up a group of cops, they may be considered "Zako" too. But that's rare, since usually the bigger group are the baddies.

I like this too. It would have made some "Female Combatants Story" movies better. Instead of having 8 stuntgirls playing 100 attackers, who get killed by an elbow to the solar plexus, they could have been knocked out temporarily a few times before being taken out for good.

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A lot of mainstream movies are mainly about good people handing bad people their comeuppance. Often the story is just there to lead from one action scene to another, but the main focus is to see the evil person suffer (in creative, funny ways) and finally die. Indiana Jones is a good example.

Is enjoying this kind of stuff sadistic? Maybe, but then you are in company of millions of people.