Which current actors do you love to watch kick ass?
02-02-09, 09:21 AM
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Which current actors do you love to watch kick ass?
Arnold, Stallone, Van Damme, Eastwood (still love him kicking ass), Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Harrison Ford, Robert DeNiro, Mel Gibson, Wesley Snipes were some of the actors we loved watching kick ass in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, so which are the new crop of actors that we just love watching them kick ass?
There aren't too many current actors I can think of that can make my blood boil when they get a chance to have roles which allow them to do massive amounts of violence onto others. I guess I like the ones listed below because they put serious emotion into whatever they do, rather than just trying to get an acting job over and done with...
Christian Bale
Liam Neeson
Vincent Cassell
Angelina Jolie
Djimon Hounsou (should do more)
Russell Crowe (hot and cold actor though - when he's good, he's good)
Samuel L. Jackson (hot and cold actor though - when he's good, he's good)
Daniel Craig
I like the following actors, but they just don't make me feel anything when they play tough and have ass-kicking roles:
Clive Owen
Tony Jaa
Vin Diesel
Donnie Yen
Milla Jovovich
Matt Damon
There aren't too many current actors I can think of that can make my blood boil when they get a chance to have roles which allow them to do massive amounts of violence onto others. I guess I like the ones listed below because they put serious emotion into whatever they do, rather than just trying to get an acting job over and done with...
Christian Bale
Liam Neeson
Vincent Cassell
Angelina Jolie
Djimon Hounsou (should do more)
Russell Crowe (hot and cold actor though - when he's good, he's good)
Samuel L. Jackson (hot and cold actor though - when he's good, he's good)
Daniel Craig
I like the following actors, but they just don't make me feel anything when they play tough and have ass-kicking roles:
Clive Owen
Tony Jaa
Vin Diesel
Donnie Yen
Milla Jovovich
Matt Damon
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Re: Which current actors do you love to watch kick ass?
There aren't enough real men working in film today. I still prefer watching some of the old gen kicking ass today. Stallone, Willis, Eastwood, Schwarzenegger (come back!)... Nobody today really gets me as pumped as watching Charles Bronson running around with a submachine gun in Death Wish 3 or Lee Marvin serving up ass kickery in Point Blank.
02-02-09, 11:25 AM
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Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Clint Eastwood.
Need more hot women kicking ass too.
For anyone who likes Statham, this site has me in stitches: http://stathamology.com. The only problem is he doesn't seem to have watched a new movie in some time, although he HAS updated this month. Still, I await his wisdom on the rest of Statham's body of work.
Need more hot women kicking ass too.
For anyone who likes Statham, this site has me in stitches: http://stathamology.com. The only problem is he doesn't seem to have watched a new movie in some time, although he HAS updated this month. Still, I await his wisdom on the rest of Statham's body of work.
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Re: Which current actors do you love to watch kick ass?
Vincent Cassel? I love him as an actor but he hasn't really had an ass kicking film..Brotherhood of the Wolf maybe...in a small portion. Overrall though..his characters don't exactly kick ass. What films did he kick enough ass to be put on the list with say..Christian Bale, I mean since Equilibrium onward he's kicked a lot of ass, and Liam Neeson?
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Re: Which current actors do you love to watch kick ass?
Vincent Cassel? I love him as an actor but he hasn't really had an ass kicking film..Brotherhood of the Wolf maybe...in a small portion. Overrall though..his characters don't exactly kick ass. What films did he kick enough ass to be put on the list with say..Christian Bale, I mean since Equilibrium onward he's kicked a lot of ass, and Liam Neeson?
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02-02-09, 11:55 AM
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Vincent Cassel? I love him as an actor but he hasn't really had an ass kicking film..Brotherhood of the Wolf maybe...in a small portion. Overrall though..his characters don't exactly kick ass. What films did he kick enough ass to be put on the list with say..Christian Bale, I mean since Equilibrium onward he's kicked a lot of ass, and Liam Neeson?
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Re: Which current actors do you love to watch kick ass?
Clive Owen
Christian Bale
Daniel Craig
Jason Statham
Kiefer Sutherland on 24
Christian Bale
Daniel Craig
Jason Statham
Kiefer Sutherland on 24
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02-02-09, 12:40 PM
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Re: Which current actors do you love to watch kick ass?
Vincent Cassel? I love him as an actor but he hasn't really had an ass kicking film..Brotherhood of the Wolf maybe...in a small portion. Overrall though..his characters don't exactly kick ass. What films did he kick enough ass to be put on the list with say..Christian Bale, I mean since Equilibrium onward he's kicked a lot of ass, and Liam Neeson?
02-02-09, 01:38 PM
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Re: Which current actors do you love to watch kick ass?
Wrong about Cassell though - Out of all the French actors, he's the most bad-ass. I just thought about all the actors from different countries...he's what came to mind...
02-02-09, 02:21 PM
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Re: Which current actors do you love to watch kick ass?
Jason Statham all the way. Liam is high on the list now after Taken. I still like old favorites like Van Damme, Seagal, Eastwood, Bronson.
02-02-09, 02:22 PM
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I will admit to having a man crush on Mark Wahlberg. He doesn't do a lot of physical fighting but he can be a pretty badass mofo when he needs to be.
I also like Matt Damon but outside the Bourne movies I really don't think of him as someone who kicks a lot of ass.
I also like Matt Damon but outside the Bourne movies I really don't think of him as someone who kicks a lot of ass.
02-02-09, 02:53 PM
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Re: Which current actors do you love to watch kick ass?
Rhona Mitra
Liam Neeson
Uma Thurman
Donnie Yen
Jet Li
Matt Damon
Clive Owen
Djimon Hounsou
Christian Bale
Byung-hun Lee (from A Bittesweet Life, he's also in the upcoming GI Joe movie)
Chiaki Kuriyama (from Battle Royale (Chigusa) and Kill Bill (Go Go), also in the upcoming Tekken movie)
Liam Neeson
Uma Thurman
Donnie Yen
Jet Li
Matt Damon
Clive Owen
Djimon Hounsou
Christian Bale
Byung-hun Lee (from A Bittesweet Life, he's also in the upcoming GI Joe movie)
Chiaki Kuriyama (from Battle Royale (Chigusa) and Kill Bill (Go Go), also in the upcoming Tekken movie)
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