Ah what'd I watch the other day that was good, ah it had the rock in it... thanks imdb, it was Snitch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0882977/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_25
I occasionally stumble upon good action movies just by leaving the movie channel running. There was another good wrestler one actually I saw recently, with Dave Bautista in it - House of the Rising Sun. Aw gee, 4.4 on imdb. Well it was better than that.
The traditional action movies don't seem to make big box office numbers anymore, they just trickle in under the radar.
The comic movies we've been seeing recently aren't really traditional action. They're more fantasy-action.
Watched Oblivion a couple weeks ago, that was great. Who was saying their aren't any good action movies anymore? Or did I just make that up?
Re t1 vs t2... t2 is an action classic. t1 is just one of those dark, budget sci-fi actions from the 80s that people forget about. I certainly did and would pick t2 over it any day, even if t1 is better written.