Monday, September 01, 2003

Charles Bronson may not have had great range as an actor, but he appeared in many of the greatest "guy movies" in the history of cinema. Though people tend to mostly think of him as having starred in the mediocre "Death Wish" series, they forget that he was also a supporting player in "The Magnificent Seven," "The Great Escape," and "The Dirty Dozen," arguably the three best ensemble "guy movies" of all time. He also made the classic "Once Upon a Time in the West" with Henry Fonda, and the highly underrated bare-knuckles boxing flick "Hard Times," one of my dad's favorites.

With McQueen, Coburn, Marvin, and now Bronson gone, a certain breed of actor has almost left us. At least we still have Clint Eastwood.

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