Worst 'action star'

[Radec]

Jonesy23 said:

glazbagun said:

peterg1955 said:

No mention of Jean-Claude van Damme yet? perhaps no one here has ever seen any of his movies....

No way. JCVD has been in some stinkers, but he beat Bolo whilst blind and did more acting in those three seconds than Segal ever managed. Plus the film JCVD is brilliant.

He loses points for acting, but has kicked ass in multiple scenes, threw Dolph through a mincer, and did the splits on two volvo trucks. Legit action hero IMO, even if not the best.

https://youtu.be/M7FIvfx5J10

Agreed - he has done quite a lot of good stuff alongside the junk plus was genuinely pretty handy at karate too.

And he was almost in the title role Predator, he was just too short and the suit looked rubbish so they changed all that stuff.

Can't even imagine the Predator doing that little head twitch, flying roundhouse and splits punch to the balls.
Would just be daft lol

[andburg]

Heres 2...action star is debateble but theyve had action roles which haven't gone very well....


Kevin Costner...waterworld

Patrick Swayze...roadhouse

both utterly terrible but for some unknwon reason thats a good thing

[Esceptico]

What I love about this thread is all the people lining up to say how st Seagal, Stratham and Co are...and then confirming how many of their films they have watched! fk you lot are masochists or have too much time on your hands!

[Jonesy23]

Radec said:

Can't even imagine the Predator doing that little head twitch, flying roundhouse and splits punch to the balls.
Would just be daft lol

It genuinely was meant to be a bit of a martial arts ninja type thing though looking at the original suit I can't see how he'd have managed it. You can find pictures online.

It really would have been rubbish if they hadn't redone it, would have made the whole film a joke.

[glazbagun]

Esceptico said:

What I love about this thread is all the people lining up to say how st Seagal, Stratham and Co are...and then confirming how many of their films they have watched! fk you lot are masochists or have too much time on your hands!

My Dad watches endless crap westerns whenever they're on. He's seen them all before and knows the plot, which I invariably find is exactly the same as all the other ones. Yet I can happily watch a movie like Way of the Dragon multiple times and accept it for its important place, or love Robocop for its lampooning of the era it came from.

So might be indicative of when you had the most spare time to consider such things. I had a girlfriend who fell asleep watching the first Mad Max. We didn't last.

[glazbagun]

Jonesy23 said:

Radec said:

Can't even imagine the Predator doing that little head twitch, flying roundhouse and splits punch to the balls.
Would just be daft lol

It genuinely was meant to be a bit of a martial arts ninja type thing though looking at the original suit I can't see how he'd have managed it. You can find pictures online.

It really would have been rubbish if they hadn't redone it, would have made the whole film a joke.

Predator really should have been an absolute bomb of a film when you look at the original plans. A lot of films get slated for being destroyed in post-production, or being stuck in development hell, but I suppose Predator (and Rogue One, I guess) show that the opposite can also be true and great interventions can turn a disaster into a triumph.

[irocfan]

andburg said:

Heres 2...action star is debateble but theyve had action roles which haven't gone very well....


Kevin Costner...waterworld

Patrick Swayze...roadhouse

both utterly terrible but for some unknwon reason thats a good thing

Roadhouse is excellent

[epom]

Nezquick said:

There is only one name for this list:

Dolph Lundgren.

No way, Universal Soldier ?? “Its emptyyy”

[sociopath]

irocfan said:

andburg said:

Heres 2...action star is debateble but theyve had action roles which haven't gone very well....


Kevin Costner...waterworld

Patrick Swayze...roadhouse

both utterly terrible but for some unknwon reason thats a good thing

Roadhouse is excellent

Agreed. If only for Jeff Healey's music and Sam Elliott

[sociopath]

Hubris said:

In no particular order Keanu Reeves and Nicolas Cage are my nominees.

Although their bank accountants will disagree, both seem to be better suited to comedy, in my opinion.

And that's putting it nicely.

Keanu?

Have you seen John Wick?

[glazbagun]

epom said:

Nezquick said:

There is only one name for this list:

Dolph Lundgren.

No way, Universal Soldier ?? “Its emptyyy”

You have reminded me of a film I am yet to track down. Whilst discussing bad action films with a likeminded friend I was informed of a movie in which Dolph plays a badass cop who has PTSD and is thus traumatised by...

... the colour white.

The climax is a shootout with the bad guy in... ... a Dairy in which Dolph must face his demons.

I must locate this film, ut I won't watch i without a few beers and a like minded couch full of action fans as I doubt my lockdown peers are intelligent enough to acknowledge such genius.

I would say that Dolph seems to be a much better bad guy than hero. But that still makes him a star. Universal Soldier (he punched through a guys head, man! That's fking hall of fame!) and Rocky IV with a top ten post-murder quote. He's never going to room 101.

[Radec]

Esceptico said:

What I love about this thread is all the people lining up to say how st Seagal, Stratham and Co are...and then confirming how many of their films they have watched! fk you lot are masochists or have too much time on your hands!

With me personally most of these guys start off really good like in Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Under Siege, Lock Stock, Transporter etc, so then another films comes out and I'm like yeah that was good too, and then a few more which are still decent.
But then the film's get worse and then most of them going straight to dvd/TV and I just don't bother.

Most of them just making whatever crappy film someone puts them in just for a pay cheque and having to make do starring alongside guys like Stone Cold Steve Austin and Big Show.

Edited by Radec on Saturday 6th June 01:45

[DeejRC]

Cena and Stone Cold don’t really count as they haven’t seriously attempted to make many films. Austin freely admits he only did it for a laugh and the dosh.

Anybody who admits to having never seen Raising Arizona doesn’t get a say. Not to mention 4 pages of whining about Cage and not a single mention of Face Off, Con Air or The Rock. Bugger off ppl.

Under Siege was only OK? Have a word with yourself. It’s one of the greatest action films of all time.

Statham? Seriously??! Transporter, Crank, Lock Stock, Spy, F&F stuff(Hobbes & Shaw is just downright damn good fun), Expendables ffs!!!

[bigandclever]

glazbagun said:

epom said:

Nezquick said:

There is only one name for this list:

Dolph Lundgren.

No way, Universal Soldier ?? “Its emptyyy”

You have reminded me of a film I am yet to track down. Whilst discussing bad action films with a likeminded friend I was informed of a movie in which Dolph plays a badass cop who has PTSD and is thus traumatised by...

... the colour white.

The climax is a shootout with the bad guy in... ... a Dairy in which Dolph must face his demons.

I must locate this film, ut I won't watch i without a few beers and a like minded couch full of action fans as I doubt my lockdown peers are intelligent enough to acknowledge such genius.

I would say that Dolph seems to be a much better bad guy than hero. But that still makes him a star. Universal Soldier (he punched through a guys head, man! That's fking hall of fame!) and Rocky IV with a top ten post-murder quote. He's never going to room 101.

You’re looking for Blackjack, a John Woo made-for-tv jobby (literally ) in case you didn’t know.

Big Dolph was also in Viz’s Fat Slags fillum, so, y’know, versatile.

[A Winner Is You]

sociopath said:

irocfan said:

andburg said:

Heres 2...action star is debateble but theyve had action roles which haven't gone very well....


Kevin Costner...waterworld

Patrick Swayze...roadhouse

both utterly terrible but for some unknwon reason thats a good thing

Roadhouse is excellent

Agreed. If only for Jeff Healey's music and Sam Elliott

Red Dawn is also an extremely underrated film, and not the right wing power fantasy it's often dismissed as.

[Gompo]

While not the worst, I'm surprised nobody has brought up Wesley Snipes. I know he starred in some decent 90s films, but if he's the lead in something post-Blade I am prepared for a poor showing.

[epom]

bigandclever said:

glazbagun said:

epom said:

Nezquick said:

There is only one name for this list:

Dolph Lundgren.

No way, Universal Soldier ?? “Its emptyyy”

You have reminded me of a film I am yet to track down. Whilst discussing bad action films with a likeminded friend I was informed of a movie in which Dolph plays a badass cop who has PTSD and is thus traumatised by...

... the colour white.

The climax is a shootout with the bad guy in... ... a Dairy in which Dolph must face his demons.

I must locate this film, ut I won't watch i without a few beers and a like minded couch full of action fans as I doubt my lockdown peers are intelligent enough to acknowledge such genius.

I would say that Dolph seems to be a much better bad guy than hero. But that still makes him a star. Universal Soldier (he punched through a guys head, man! That's fking hall of fame!) and Rocky IV with a top ten post-murder quote. He's never going to room 101.

You’re looking for Blackjack, a John Woo made-for-tv jobby (literally ) in case you didn’t know.

Big Dolph was also in Viz’s Fat Slags fillum, so, y’know, versatile.

Sounds like one big Zoom cinema night is in store so then 😂

[h0b0]

Gompo said:

While not the worst, I'm surprised nobody has brought up Wesley Snipes. I know he starred in some decent 90s films, but if he's the lead in something post-Blade I am prepared for a poor showing.

That’s because the thread title is “worst action star” and not not “good action star with worst tax accountant”. If it was then Wesley Snipes would win all day long but it would be a bit niche for a thread.

Worst action star is either Hulk Hogan or Dolph. For me, my expectations were set very low for Hulk Hogan so I vote for Dolph as he ruined everything he was in including Universal soldier where the comparative Jean Claude Van Damme’s performance was Bard level.

Edited by h0b0 on Saturday 6th June 14:19

[eck c]

Probably not the worst but Sean Bean must be worth a mention.

[Radec]

eck c said:

Probably not the worst but Sean Bean must be worth a mention.

Doesn't he die in most films he's in, so there is that.