# AR · CINEMATIC AUDIT (B, 27 Oct) · films + skins (33) and mids (10)

Rule (CINE_ROLLOUT.md): serious, brutal kills that are not built on a gag stay in rotation as the minority (KEEP). Gag, comic and weak kills are REBUILT as cinematic action sequences or RETIRED behind the switch. The target is about 2/3 REBUILD.

Result: **12 KEEP / 21 REBUILD (64%)** across films + skins.

## FILMS + SKINS

| key | name | what it is | status now | verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ar.runner | LAST REACH | she crawls for her pistol, losing fingers; the stamp | ★ full 8, serious | **KEEP** |
| ar.magazine | THE MAGAZINE | he becomes the next round; the face crushed in the case mouth | ★ full 8, surreal horror, not a gag | **KEEP** |
| ar.zipline | SNAPBACK | the ripped cable whips back and halves her | ★ full 8, serious | **KEEP** |
| ar.bottomless | BOTTOMLESS | the seabed gives way; he sinks through the dark | ★ full 8, horror | **KEEP** |
| ar.skin-taped | HELD TOGETHER | a taped rifle wins one more fight; the barrel through the eye | ★ full 8; a light tape beat, but an action piece | **KEEP** |
| ar.skin-neon | STROBE | she only exists in the flashes; the face torn open | ★ full 8, serious | **KEEP** |
| ar.thermal | THERMAL | the hunt by heat in the smoke; he goes cold limb by limb | serious hunt | **KEEP** |
| ar.human-shield | HUMAN SHIELD | the partner's rounds open the shield; the rifle through the hole | serious, brutal | **KEEP** |
| ar.bayonet | BAYONET | the rifle becomes a spear; the spine stays on the blade | serious, brutal | **KEEP** |
| ar.no-mans-land | NO MAN'S LAND | the trench dead take him over the top onto the wire | horror realm | **KEEP** |
| ar.searchlight | SEARCHLIGHT | the light pins him and shines through him | serious | **KEEP** |
| ar.last-stand | LAST STAND | four at once, one magazine, manga panels | action, not a gag | **KEEP** (name clashes with the LAST STAND style; rename later if needed) |
| ar.timber | TIMBER | felled like a tree; the shins stay standing | gag | REBUILD |
| ar.playing-dead | PLAYING DEAD | the corpse lunges with a hidden knife | gag beat | REBUILD |
| ar.muzzle-climb | HIGH GROUND | the recoil climbs after him | gag | REBUILD |
| ar.walk-it-in | WALK IT IN | he laughs at the bracketing rounds | gag | REBUILD |
| ar.grenade-belt | GRENADE BELT | one round clips the pin out of his own bandolier | gag | REBUILD |
| ar.ladder | LADDER | the rungs shot out from under him | gag | REBUILD |
| ar.tac-reload | TAC RELOAD | the empty mag becomes the weapon | gag | REBUILD |
| ar.underbarrel | TOO CLOSE TO ARM | the 40 mm stuck in his chest | gag | REBUILD |
| ar.own-pit | HIS OWN PIT | walked back into his own spike pit | gag | REBUILD |
| **ar.dance** | DANCE | the player-piano "dance!" | weakest gag | **REBUILD · WAVE 1 · AMBUSH** |
| ar.white-flag | WHITE FLAG | peekaboo over the parapet | gag | REBUILD |
| ar.lighter | LIGHTER THAN AIR | the balloons carry off his arm | ★ full 8, but built on a gag | REBUILD (or retire) |
| ar.barrel-roll | BARREL ROLL | her own oil drum, her own fuse | gag | REBUILD |
| **ar.bullet-time** | BULLET TIME | the Matrix lean under a magazine | gag-built, weak | **REBUILD · WAVE 1 · BULLET TIME** (same name, a real bullet-time fight) |
| ar.clash | CLASH | rounds meet nose to nose in a tug of war | gimmick | REBUILD |
| ar.rewind | TAKE THREE | Faris directs his death in takes | gag | REBUILD |
| ar.skin-classic | TUTORIAL | HUD prompt cards coach the kill | ★ full 8, built on a gag | REBUILD |
| ar.skin-camo | COPYCAT | the mimic copies Faris off the balcony | ★ full 8, built on a gag | REBUILD |
| ar.skin-cartoon | PAINTED TUNNEL | the cartoon tunnel | gag, pending | REBUILD |
| ar.skin-ice | BRAIN FREEZE | the ice-cream headache | gag | REBUILD |
| ar.skin-gold | IDOL | the false idol | gag-leaning | REBUILD |

## MIDS (stay ≤ 3 s; they get the new bar, not a rebuild)

| key | name | note |
|---|---|---|
| ar.mid-lead-poisoning | LEAD POISONING | ★ KEEP |
| ar.mid-say-again | SAY AGAIN | ★ KEEP |
| ar.mid-t-pose | T-POSE | ★ but a glitch gag: KEEP as a mid; flag for the new-bar pass |
| ar.mid-newspaper | NEWSPAPER | ★ but a gag: KEEP as a mid; flag |
| ar.mid-sprinkler | SPRINKLER | 8/7/8/7, serious: finish the new-bar pass |
| ar.mid-stand-off, mid-chin-strap, mid-cell, mid-extinguisher, mid-overdose | | the new-bar pass later (slow-mo punch, detail, LESSONS 1-3) |

## RETIRED (until the shell switch lands)
None yet. A kill is retired only when it leaves the rotation without a cinematic rebuild in its slot. After wave 1 the plan is to
rebuild the 21 REBUILD slots in waves; any gag left over gets `retired: true`.

## WAVE 1 PICKS
1. **ar.dance → AMBUSH** ("BLIND SIDE"): the weakest gag slot, a rebuild from scratch on the same key.
2. **ar.bullet-time → BULLET TIME** ("THREAD THE NEEDLE"): the old slot was a one-gag version of this style; it is rebuilt as a real
   bullet-time fight.