5 Once Great Action Heroes Who Are Ready For Retirement

1. Steven Seagal

Act6 To make a Steven Seagal film nowadays, all you need to do is throw two random words together and hope for the best: Shadow Man, Pistol Whipped, Punch Force. Alright, so I might have made the last one up, but I'm sure that's just because he hasn't got around to making it yet. Seagal is pioneer of the straight-to-DVD action crap-fest market which is, nothing to be proud of. His most recent role was in Force of Execution as feared mob boss Mr. Alexander. Forgetting - for a moment - his borderline racist accent in the movie, it's his lack of credibility that really lets him down here. The only saving grace of this film is the presence of Danny Trejo: full circle! When he's not laying down killer jams with his band and dressing like Mike Myers in The Love Guru, he dons his trademark black outfit and expects us to believe that he's a credible tough man. I don't have first experience, but it seems to me that if you can move faster than walking pace, he won't be much trouble. I respect Steven Seagal's work ethic, of course - he's been a film star and has even pretended to be a policeman for television - but sadly his body of work has Val Kilmer'd and, as we all know, there is no known cure for that condition. Like this article? Let us know in the comments section below.
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