Search found 1 match: Alain Delon

Searched query: alain delon

by TheDenizen
Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Jason Statham: great, horrible, or in between?
Replies: 38
Views: 16938

Re: Jason Statham: great, horrible, or in between?

lol, sorry for derailing your other thread.

ShogunRua wrote:
TheDenizen wrote:
ShogunRua wrote:I think Statham is the greatest action star today and the second greatest ever, after the legendary Charlie Bronson.

wow. I think you must be the only guy who likes Statham more than me. I think he's a decent actor and a great action movie tough guy...but second greatest ever? I don't think I could go quite that far, and I'm prone to hyperbole.

I'm totally with you on Bronson though.


There's an argument to be made for Tomisaburo Wakayama and Jean Reno, yes. And there are better actors that have played action roles, although I don't consider them strictly action stars. (Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune, arguably Alain Delon)

But among strictly English-language action stars, Statham is the undisputed number two after Bronson. I'm curious who you would put ahead of him.


Ah, I didn't realize we were limiting things to English speaking stars.

I'd probably still put Arnold and Sly ahead of Statham...but mostly because I was raised on a steady diet of 80's action cheese.