The trick in those old flicks is all about using real‑world physics to create a sense of weight and scale. In games you can mimic that by treating every prop as something that could realistically affect the environment. If a giant crate is in the middle of a corridor, make it respond to gravity and to the weight of the player’s footsteps—give it a slight wobble or even let it collapse under a heavy weapon. Also, use lighting and occlusion the way directors do: put a light source behind a character to create a silhouette, or use a narrow, slanted corridor to force a shallow depth of field effect on the screen. Another thing: let the camera angles be guided by the level’s architecture—design corners and ledges that naturally pull the player’s view into dramatic compositions. Basically, treat the level as a stage set and let physics be the props that make the story feel like it could actually happen.