Action Heroes: A History of Kicking Ass, Part 2

Any time you’ve got a successful action movie, a sequel is pretty much guaranteed. Join us for another trip to ass-kicking town, in this week’s Film School’D: A History of Kicking Ass Part 2: The Harder Reckoning Revenge Strikes Again!!! Subscribe: http://goo.gl/9AGRm

With American culture souring on gratuitous violence, explosions, and death and destruction, Hollywood was at a loss for how to make good action (because action = violence, right?!?)

Enter The Dragon. Or, y’know, Enter Bruce Lee, and his martial arts movie compatriots, who made violence graceful, and moved the action star away from the white, male, ultra-suave James Bond type. Who needs explosions when you’ve got the idealized human form?

Well, Bruce didn’t. Arnold Schwarzenegger brought body and explosions together in a glorious symphony of action. But even he must fall in the (beautiful, roguish) face of Harrison Ford’s charisma!

What did you think – did you learn something new? Did you get SCHOOL’D? Who’s your favorite action star? What’s your favorite Schwarzenegger movie? Favorite Harrison Ford role? What should we cover in Part 3?

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