MeatHookGekko
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I was thinking back to all the great action movies of the past, and wondering if we'll even have "action" movies again that are not MCU/DCEU related or with "super" people in them?
John Wick is the formula that stands the best chance of success.
Bankable proven "movie star" as a lead. Relatively small budget for the first film. Hope for a franchise.
Outside of Tom Cruise, that leaves Denzel Washington. I mean an actor where fans will go to see anything the actor makes, and enough of them to support a possible franchise.
The Punisher could work as a film trilogy. If the MCU would let it become hard R.
The struggle with modern action movies is you no longer have the larger than life action stars of the 80s/90s. But if I am being fair, the majority of those 80s/90's action movies were pretty bad in retrospect. A few hold up via the test of time - Die Hard, Predator, Under Siege, Terminator, etc, etc, but it gets thin fast.
Commando could get a reboot and might work. Bring back Arnie and Alyssa Milano.