![]() She says right before she is shot between the eyes “Be reasonable, we’re married” and then whips out a gun from her back. Why is it great: Stone appears later in the film as a last ditch effort to persuade Quaid to join the bad guys and that is marriage is truly real. This scene sets the tone for the first act of the film as characters’ true motivations eventually come to light.Ĭontext: After discovering his marriage to pre-“Basic Instinct” Sharon Stone has been a fraud, Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger goes to Mars to try and figure out what is truly happening and his true identity. Why is it great: Who else but Schwarzenegger could stand naked in the middle of a biker bar filled with all sorts of low life and deliver this line with a straight face. All that is known is he is the badass cyborg with an attitude who always gets what he wants. Quote: I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.Ĭontext: After reappearing naked at the beginning of the 2nd film, the character’s alliances and motivations are still not clear. The girl then asks “What did you do with Sully”, Schwarzenegger replies “I let him go.” The character of Sully ends up being dangled over a cliff and dropped. Why is it great: There are many lines from “Commando” that also could have made the list however, this one sums up his character the best and shows his humor and dialogue delivery which made Schwarzenegger a film icon. That’s why I’m going to kill you last.Ĭontext: Arnold was forced out of “retirement” when his daughter is kidnapped and he is forced to come to her rescue taking on a bunch of hoodlums and a whole island filled with bad guys. Quote: You’re a funny guy, Sully, I like you. He has had a recent resurgence with his appearance in “The Expendables” franchise alongside former nemesis Stallone, and it was great seeing them together onscreen kicking ass alongside one another. Freeze certainly is extreme and over-the-top, but his delivery somehow makes those characters tolerable. ![]() His recent films “Maggie”, “Escape Plan” and “The Last Stand” among others have barely made a mark.Įven in his bad films, “Batman and Robin” for example, his characters are always so much fun that you can’t help but like them. He did eventually start to slip with the less than memorable “Collateral Damage”, “End of Days” and “The Last Action Hero” and is now almost forgotten. He even ventured into success with comedy in “Twins” and “Kindergarten Cop”. ![]() He achieved major box office success with action classics “The Terminator” films, “Predator”, “The Running Man”, “True Lies” and “Total Recall”. Often in “competition” with Sylvester Stallone with competing action films and franchises, his style of film was unique and started many copycat action film stars like Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme. His physical action style combined with his deadpan, Austrian-accented line delivery made for many great memorable one-liners. If you are expecting to read anything poignant, philosophical or deep in any way, this is not the list for you.Įver since he burst on to the action scene in the 1980s, Arnold Schwarzenegger has had a commanding screen presence never seen before.
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