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Date: 2001-07-30 15:18:53

Comment:

Red Blooded American:

   While I really do not like Segals movies (they're all the same), I do have to give him credit. He is one of the highest ranked practitioners of Aikido in North America, and a respected teacher of said subject. He should do some movies with other martial arts actors, and vary his role a bit. It's almost always the same thing. Other than "Crouching Tiger" I haven't seen a good martial arts movie in quite a while. I don't think Rob Van Dam will ever make it in the movies, like he has in Pro Fake Wrestling. Snipes is too slow to get excited about. Griffith never really found his niche. Alexio didn't have the acting ability. Who knows if Mike O'Hearn will ever get serious about acting. Brandon Lee was Ok, but of course he passed away. The guy from American Ninja turned back to regular acting. Other than that, I don't know of too many other American Martial Arts actors, unless you count boxing as a Military Art, which I don't, it's really more of a street art or sport. I think nowadays the names to watch are Li and Chan, but you never know, another big star may be right around the corner.