Both can be brutal competitors, and both often have tightly controlled ownership structures that give them the flexibility to play the long game.
Alexander Ludwig, who plays the brutal young competitor Cato, told reporters at the film's Los Angeles premiere, "There was lots of fight training, sword training, hand-to-hand combat — we got really good at parkour and free running as well".
In a world of mobile talent, open markets and brutal competition, it's increasingly difficult to maintain an advantage over competitors through product innovation.
In an event such as this – which bills itself as "Britain's most brutal race" – competitors are operating on the edge and small errors could have serious consequences, with hypothermia and frostbite very real dangers.
Says Lloyds is being more brutal that its competitors towards small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) but Horta-Osório says there is no evidence of this.
"If you're faced with another six months of brutal negotiations and your competitor just launched this, you just get in the market and get a lot of users".
While the competitors' occasionally brutal wipeouts inspire shrieks of "Ouch" from some viewers, dislocated shoulders are the worst injuries the producers said they had seen.
In the brutal New York restaurant business, competitors to Harry Cipriani open every year — serving better food at more reasonable prices and catering to patrons with slavish care and roomier seating — and promptly go out of business.
It also makes sense for Blink to sell now to a company as large as Groupon, as competition in the space is likely to become brutal with such a well-financed competitor.
Triumphalism is avoided, but the Seals' macho talk and a brutal fight between the two competitors for leadership of the assault team strike a false note.
