re: Who is your favorite action star?

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Tier Unto Himself Cruise Tier 1 Stallone Keanu Arnold Tier 2 Bruce Willis Chuck Norris JCVD Kurt Russell Tier 3 Seagal Statham Chan Connery (Bond Alone gets him here) Nick Cage Tier 4 Snipes Ford (indy) Bruce Lee Mel Gibson

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I think your list is extremely well thought out and almost spot on. I would switch Russell and Gibson.
Mel is definitely at least tier two if not one. He had the Mad Max films, Lethal Weapons, Braveheart, Patriot, Payback from his prime and even some of his newer stuff like Dragged Across Concrete is really good action. Russel basically had the two Escape movies which honestly don’t really even hold up that well. Other than that I really like your list though.

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Tier Unto Himself
Cruise

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Cruise is weird because someone like Arnold, Stallone, Norris, etc. are purely action stars and nothing else.

Cruise has been in a shite ton of dramas, and a lot of his action credits are later in his career.

Also, there's the physicality aspect; cruise is a diminutive guy whereas everyone else looked like a body builder or had extensive martial arts training.

Cruise has arguably developed into the biggest movie star of all time, but I'd say Arnold is the greatest action star.