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gandhi
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I thought the title said 'last convincing action hero'... I quite like Statham films because they're old school action.
Fujj, my shih tzu, could chew him up and spit him out without breaking wind.
He's completely unconvincing as anything - other than a moron, Raising Arizona is perfect for him - so not surprising really.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
As for Liam Neeson, I love his fight scenes in Taken (the rest of the film is a shit sack but that's the plot) - all knees and elbows and for a tall man in his 50s he is fricking fast - I'd say he's convincing.
Jason Statham doesn't do hero - he can't act like he gives a shit about anyone else... he just whispers in a different way when he talks to them.. slightly different.
Roger Moore seemed perfectly acceptable as Bond until Daniel Craig came along - so what does that say about Dalton and Brosnan? (Dalton was heading in the right direction IMO).
The problem with action heroes is it's an arms race - Weismuller and Crabtree, who I remember watching in Tarzan and Flash Gordon weren't buff... Caradine wasn't that great at martial arts... so they seem improbable these days because action heroes need to be cariacatures of strength, speed etc.
Roger Moore seems funny now - at the time he seemed the business.