The Last Action Hero
Published: December 1st, 2011
By: Julian Kappel

The last action hero

Is anyone else sick of these random semi-warm days that keep popping up? Neither am I!

I understand the argument that it’s “unnatural” or that it makes it harder to adapt to the cold weather when it finally stays, but I’m a warm weather type of guy and I’m always disappointed to see the nice weather on its way out.

However, I’m going to take a break from complaining about the temperature and instead mention something I’ve wondered for a while: where are all of the good action movies?

Just to specify, I’m thinking about a particular kind of action movie. The R-rated, bad to the bone, normal guy turned hero (not superhero) action movie with plenty of special effects and great one-liners.

By the way, the movie has to fit one other criteria: it has to be good. I don’t mean watchable, I mean it has to be a well-made movie with a coherent plot and acceptable acting.

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