re: Has Tom Cruise done the most with the least, ever?

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Find any list of greatest action movies and you'll find Schwarzenegger on there a handful of times before any Cruise movies.

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Hell, Stallone's run from Rocky through Cobra (included 4 incredible Rocky films, 2 Rambos, Nighthawks, Cobra - the only real dud where he was a featured actor was Rhinestone) was pretty impressive, and he got a second and third wind probably makes him 2nd to Arnold on pure action credentials.

Although, for a shrimp (not even a husky one) Cruise has been an unlikely and quite successful action star - and his box office performance is unquestionable. And, he delivers the occasional acting performance that Arnold just can't approach and Stallone can hit only in the occasional scene: Magnolia, Collateral, even the "cameo" in Tropic Thunder.

Plus, Arnold or Stallone would have just been lost trying to pull off A Few Good Men, Jerry McGuire or Rain Man.

I think Stallone is a very capable actor when he wants to be. But his voice does him no favors, his way of speaking. Works great in action movies and when playing a semi retarded boxer. Not sure how it'd translate to other roles.