I can face facts. Harrison Ford is over the hill. He is now 68 years old. And Clint Eastwood is, of course, even older (80!). Mel Gibson is a raging lunatic. So it is probably true that we need a new older but pre-geriatric male movie star to take the roles that they used to have when I was growing up.
That said... Liam Neeson?
I don't know why but I just ain't havin' it!
I know, I know. He did a decent job in two of the biggest movie franchises ever (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menance and Batman Begins). But in neither case was he required to carry the movie!
So I skipped Taken and now Mr. Neeson has a new movie coming out (Unknown) where it seems he is playing an action star again (Taken meets The Bourne Identity claims the commercials... what-the-fuck-ever!) - SKIP IT!
So who should be playing these roles? I am open to suggestions but obviously Bruce Willis and Denzel Washington are good options (of course I'm cheating because they already are doing their share of them). We're probably just a few years away from Daniel Craig and Clive Owen - a couple more furriners - taken the choice roles in this genre... in the meantime, let's come up with an alternate option to Mr. Neeson!
What is Tony Danza up to?
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