I have to say that you all have picked excellent choices. My favorite is Tom Cruise also. I just love the Mission Impossible Movies. I also like a Few Good Men, Top Gun, The Firm, and especially Far and Away (I'm not sure if all these would be considered action hero movies). I have to mention another favorite action hero is Will Smith (Men in Black, Independence Day, and Enemy of the State) and for a woman, Mulan.
Offtopic but, Mission Impossible 3 is expected to come out in 2006 starring Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kenneth Branagh, and Scarlett Johansson |
My Old heros go way back to Errol Flynn in The flame and the Arrow, The Crimson Pirate and Robin Hood (the good one). After that I was hooked on anything that Clint Eastwood did - But my dad's influence shows there.
Personal favourites will have to include Bruce Willis in the Die Hard Movies, Harrison Ford(I already have the original Star Wars Trilogy and Indiana Jones Collection on DVD) and Sean Connery.
My new favourite action heros will have to be Matt Damon who was absolutely brilliant in the Bourne Movies and I think that the Rock is a surprisingly fantastic actor.
Any woman who can kick butt is okay in my book. Angelina Jolie my oh my - they are just not pumping out those Tombraider Movies fast enough.
I agree that Arnold and Jean-Claude are both great action heroes, but my favorite one is Bruce Willis (mainly, but not exclusively for the Die Hard trilogy). Also, I think The Rock is the best newcomer. As for the girls, Angelina Jolie is the undisputed number 1.
P.S. I can't believe Rocky/Rambo had just one "vote".