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写下这一标题，心里充满了伤感。一个个生龙活虎的形象，个性鲜明的角色，多年来如老友般相伴，带来过多少欢笑、多少激动。眨眼间二十几年过去了，当年的英雄硬汉们渐渐步入迟暮之年，如今的大银幕充斥的是火爆的特技、离奇的剪辑和高智商的对抗。好看则好看，却总让人不禁怀念当年那些常常汗湿重衫、狼狈不已的动作英雄们，虽不完美却真实，虽孤单却坚韧，总是让人热血沸腾，深受鼓舞。
期待着新片的上映，向曾经的老动作英雄们致敬！只是当这一批热闹的回归潮过去之后，我们还能期待谁？
Arnie, of course, always said he’d be back. But the big screen return of a small army of other 1980s action heroes has come as more of a surprise. Already we’ve had the Austrian Oak dusting off his leathers in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Sylvester
Stallone going one more round in Rocky Balboa and Bruce Willis up against another batch of global terrorists in Die Hard 4.0.
In 2008, John Rambo is back in the sweaty headband and even Indiana Jones will
return, giving Harrison Ford one more chance to be cool. Rumour also has that Mel Gibson will appear in Lethal Weapon 5 and maybe Mad Max 4: Fury Road. Most of these guys are well into their 50s and 60s. They should be playing golf or making cosy courtroom dramas, not jumping onto fighter jets and going 10 rounds with world champion boxers. Only Schwarzenegger seems to have retired, following T3 with the real life role as Governor of California. But even he acts like he’s still in an action movie, vowing to single-2)handily save the world from eco-disaster, “3)Hasta la vista, global warming.”
So why are these action heroes coming back? The 4)cynical answer would be that recently, their careers have been struggling. Whist Stallone battles to maintain his dignity in lame comedies like Spy Kids 3D, Harrison Ford has become a 5)bland and emotionless actor in forgettable thrillers like K19: The Widowmaker and Firewall. Who would have thought that the man who was 6)Han Solo could be so dull. Bruce Willis has been trying hard to become a
7)versatile actor, turning his hand at everything from Fast Food
Nation to animated voice over work in Over the Hedge. But like Ford, his latest films seem 8)drab and uninspired. Gibson meanwhile prefers directing bloody historical epics and
offending entire religious communities to ‘actin’ crazy’ in front of camera.
Yet in the 1980s these men were kings. They were gods who ruled over Planet Hollywood; 9)butch warriors who righted onscreen wrongs and blew the bad guys to hell. They were invincible and dominated over a decade of mainstream event movies. At their best film such as Rocky, First Blood and Die Hard were 10)genre defining. They were 11)gritty, tense and toyed with realism. Above all they were action packed, from John McClane throwing himself of a high rise to Rambo waging a one-man-war against civilisation.
Action cinema had never been like this.
These were great character parts too, mostly focusing on “one man …” and in turn they demanded strong central performances. Stallone excelled in the role of Rocky, so much so that people would mistake him for that character for the rest of his life. He is slow witted (Rocky not Sly), punch-drunk but human and sympathe-tic. He’s a hero any generation can identify with.
Stallone’s career may have slipped into the 12)doldrums recently, but you get the sense that Rocky wasn’t made to simply save his career. He genuinely loves the character and it’s a part of his life.
During filming he commented: “I’m saying goodbye to Rocky and it feels like I’m saying goodbye to Sylvester Stallone too.” This was intended to be his last hooray, a goodbye to his film career, not a resurrection.
Die Hard 4.0 had no such 13)allusions to realism and less noble reasons for a revival. In this case 20th Century Fox was determined for another installment of their popular franchise. Willis was less keen. He was trying to become a versatile character actor remember? But following The Sixth Sense he had struggled to pick winning material.
The 14)macho posturing of this genre had long been out of date. Stars of action movies were no longer muscle bound 15)lunkheads, but method actors like 16)Nic Cage in The Rock or Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity. Even worse, some of them were friendless geeks like Peter Parker in Spider-Man.
The new Die Hard film acknowledges this change and appeals to this new audience with the casting of Justin Long as Willis’ computer-nerd sidekick. Long is there for the younger generation, Willis their dads. John McClane may be 17)archaic but when it comes down to it he gets the job done and we love him. He’s like an old friend and he’s always welcome.
Indiana Jones is another old friend coming back for a big screen visit. Mel Gibson’s recent
18)vilification could see Lethal Weapon’s wisecracking Sgt. Riggs return to smooth over Mad Mel’s public image; series director Richard Donner apparently has a script ready to go. If it goes any further maybe we could even see Steven Segal do an 19)Under Siege 4, Dolph Lundgren making a new 20)Masters of the Universe or Jean-Claude Van Damme in…erm…21)Universal Soldier 2. Oh wait, he already did. It went straight to video in 1999.
Whilst this revival is enjoyable, can these stars really re-establish themselves as movie heavyweights? Or are they a merely a 22)nostalgic reminder of why we used to love these guys, before they fade completely into 23)obscurity? Remember these films are not exactly new and their strengths lie in looking back not forward.
“It is really difficult at this stage to create a new character,” says Stallone. “I don’t have the time or youth to create a new Rambo or Rocky.”
And after these characters have been used up, what next? What can any of them do next? More bland thrillers for Ford and Willis? Maybe Stallone could follow Arnie into politics (Gibson should definitely avoid this move.) Maybe they should just stick to what they’re good at for the rest of their lives and produce 24)Bubba Ho-Tep style rest home action pictures. Why not? Hell, I’d go see them.
当然了，阿诺总是说，他会回来的。然而一小批其他80年代的动作英雄纷纷回归大银幕，却令人更为惊讶。我们已经见到人称奥地利大橡树的阿诺在《终结者3：机器的觉醒》中重新穿上了他的皮夹克，西尔维斯特·史泰龙出演了新一集的《洛奇》，而布鲁斯·威利斯在《虎胆龙威4.0》中又要面对一批新的恐怖分子。
在2008年，系着汗津津的头带的约翰·兰博，甚至印地安纳·琼斯都将回归了，让哈里森·福特又多了一次扮酷的机会。有传闻说，连梅
尔·吉布森都将再次出现在《致命武器5》中，也许还会拍《冲锋飞车队4》（第三部拍于1985年，此处是讽刺说法）。这些家伙大多数都已经五六十岁了，他们应该打打高尔夫或者演演舒服的法庭片，而不是跳上战斗机同世界拳击冠军打上10个回合。只有施瓦辛格看上去是真的退休了，在扮演了T3机器人之后，他在生活中的真实角色是加州州长。不过尽管如此，他的一举一动看起来仍然像是在演动作片，发誓要只身将世界从生态灾难中拯救出来：“再见，全球变暖！”
那么，为什么这些动作英雄们都在回归呢？比较嘲讽的答案是，近年他们的事业都陷入了困境。沉默的史泰龙奋力在拙劣的喜剧片《非常小特务3》中试图保持一点尊严；哈里森·福特在过目即忘的惊悚片《K-19：寡妇制造者》和《防火墙》中变得乏味而死板。谁能想到这个曾经扮演过韩索罗船长的人会变得这么呆滞。布鲁斯·威利斯一直在努力成为一名全面的演员，饰演了各种各样的角色——从剧情片《快餐帝国》到为动画片《篱笆墙外》配音。但是和福特一样，他最近的电影看上去都是单调而平淡的。而吉布森则喜欢执导一些血腥的历史史诗巨制，并触犯了整个宗教群体，以致于他们在摄影机前“行为疯狂”（指他曾经酒后出言不逊，侮辱犹太人）。
然而在二十世纪八十年代，这些人曾经是银幕上的王者，是统治着“好莱坞行星”的神。这些阳刚气十足的战士们在银幕上除恶扬善，把坏家伙们轰进地狱。他们是不可战胜的，并统治着主流大片长达十年之久。他们最成功的影片，如《洛奇》、《第一滴血》和《虎胆龙威》，已经成为了动作电影流派的典范。这些电影大胆决绝、张力十足，随意捐弃现实主义。最重要的是，它们都充斥着动作戏，从约翰·麦克连将从高层建筑上纵身一跃到兰博独自一人向现代文明发起战争，动作片前所未有地辉煌。
这些也都是伟大的角色，大部分的主题都集中在“一个
人……”上，反过来也要求演员有性格鲜明的、以个人为中心的演绎。史泰龙升华了洛奇这个角色，以致于在他之后的人生里，人们都误认为那个角色就是他本人。他反应迟钝（洛奇也不狡猾）、头脑迷糊却充满了人性和同情心。无论是哪一代人都会将他视为英雄。
近年史泰龙的事业也许滑入了萧条期，但是你依然能感觉到他重演洛奇并不仅仅是为了挽救他的事业。他是真心地喜爱这个角色，洛奇已经成为了他生命的一部分。在拍摄期间，他评论道：“我要对洛奇说再见了，感觉上就像是我也在对西尔维斯
特·史泰龙说再见。”这将是他最后的欢呼，是他演艺事业的终结，而非复苏。
而《虎胆龙威4.0》却没有这种对现实的影射，其翻炒也没什么高尚的理由。20世纪福克斯公司不过是决心为他们曾广受欢迎的系列影片再拍一部续集，而威利斯却不怎么热心。他正努力成为一名全面的演员，还记得吗？不过在《灵异第六感》之后，他一直在挑选好片方面头痛不已。
在动作电影流派中的这种男子汉姿态早已过时了，如今，动作片中的明星不再是肌肉纠结的呆瓜，而是演技派当道，如《勇闯夺命岛》中的尼古拉斯·凯奇或者《谍影重重》中的马特·达蒙。更糟糕的是，他们中的某些人甚至是交不到朋友的“极客”，如《蜘蛛侠》中的彼特·帕克。
新的《虎胆龙威》顺应这一变化，投合新观众的喜好引入了贾斯廷·朗这一电脑宅男作为威利斯的伙伴。朗的存在是为了吸引更年轻的一代观众，而威利斯则是为他们的父辈准备的。约翰·麦克连也许很过时，但是只要他完成了任务，我们还是很爱他。他就像是个老朋友，永远都受欢迎。
印第安纳·琼斯则是另一位回归大银幕的老朋友。梅尔·吉布森最近出言不逊，只能靠《致命武器》中满嘴俏皮话的里格斯中士的回归来挽回他的公众形象了；系列影片的导演理查德·唐纳显然已经准备好了剧本，就等开拍了。如果进一步发展下去，也许我们甚至还能看到史蒂文·西格尔出演《潜龙轰天4》，杜夫·朗格主演新一集的《决胜时空战区》或尚格·云顿出演……
嗯……《再造战士2》……噢，等等，他已经演过了——1999年这部影片直接被制成了影碟出售。
尽管这些续集让人欣喜，这些影星们真的能在银幕上重建他们重量级人物的地位吗？或者这些片子仅仅是一种怀旧的纪念，在他们彻底消匿无踪之前让我们回想起为什么我们曾经如此热爱这些家伙？要记住，这些电影并不是真正意义上的新电影，他们的力量也取决于回顾而不是创新的能力。
“在这个舞台上要创造一个新角色真的很难，”史泰龙说，“我既没有时间也没有青春去创造一个新的兰博或者洛奇了。”
还有，当这些角色都被用完了以后，接下来该怎么办呢？他们中的任何一个接着还能做什么？福特和威利斯再演更多乏味的惊悚片？也许史泰龙可以效法阿诺去从政（吉布森当然要避开这一行）。也许在他们余下来的岁月里只需坚持他们所擅长的，炮制出《打鬼王》风格的养老院级动作片（《打鬼王》片中的故事发生在养老院里，演员都是老年人）。那又何妨？见鬼，我还是会去看的。
期待着新片的上映，向曾经的老动作英雄们致敬！只是当这一批热闹的回归潮过去之后，我们还能期待谁？
Arnie, of course, always said he’d be back. But the big screen return of a small army of other 1980s action heroes has come as more of a surprise. Already we’ve had the Austrian Oak dusting off his leathers in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Sylvester
Stallone going one more round in Rocky Balboa and Bruce Willis up against another batch of global terrorists in Die Hard 4.0.
In 2008, John Rambo is back in the sweaty headband and even Indiana Jones will
return, giving Harrison Ford one more chance to be cool. Rumour also has that Mel Gibson will appear in Lethal Weapon 5 and maybe Mad Max 4: Fury Road. Most of these guys are well into their 50s and 60s. They should be playing golf or making cosy courtroom dramas, not jumping onto fighter jets and going 10 rounds with world champion boxers. Only Schwarzenegger seems to have retired, following T3 with the real life role as Governor of California. But even he acts like he’s still in an action movie, vowing to single-2)handily save the world from eco-disaster, “3)Hasta la vista, global warming.”
So why are these action heroes coming back? The 4)cynical answer would be that recently, their careers have been struggling. Whist Stallone battles to maintain his dignity in lame comedies like Spy Kids 3D, Harrison Ford has become a 5)bland and emotionless actor in forgettable thrillers like K19: The Widowmaker and Firewall. Who would have thought that the man who was 6)Han Solo could be so dull. Bruce Willis has been trying hard to become a
7)versatile actor, turning his hand at everything from Fast Food
Nation to animated voice over work in Over the Hedge. But like Ford, his latest films seem 8)drab and uninspired. Gibson meanwhile prefers directing bloody historical epics and
offending entire religious communities to ‘actin’ crazy’ in front of camera.
Yet in the 1980s these men were kings. They were gods who ruled over Planet Hollywood; 9)butch warriors who righted onscreen wrongs and blew the bad guys to hell. They were invincible and dominated over a decade of mainstream event movies. At their best film such as Rocky, First Blood and Die Hard were 10)genre defining. They were 11)gritty, tense and toyed with realism. Above all they were action packed, from John McClane throwing himself of a high rise to Rambo waging a one-man-war against civilisation.
Action cinema had never been like this.
These were great character parts too, mostly focusing on “one man …” and in turn they demanded strong central performances. Stallone excelled in the role of Rocky, so much so that people would mistake him for that character for the rest of his life. He is slow witted (Rocky not Sly), punch-drunk but human and sympathe-tic. He’s a hero any generation can identify with.
Stallone’s career may have slipped into the 12)doldrums recently, but you get the sense that Rocky wasn’t made to simply save his career. He genuinely loves the character and it’s a part of his life.
During filming he commented: “I’m saying goodbye to Rocky and it feels like I’m saying goodbye to Sylvester Stallone too.” This was intended to be his last hooray, a goodbye to his film career, not a resurrection.
Die Hard 4.0 had no such 13)allusions to realism and less noble reasons for a revival. In this case 20th Century Fox was determined for another installment of their popular franchise. Willis was less keen. He was trying to become a versatile character actor remember? But following The Sixth Sense he had struggled to pick winning material.
The 14)macho posturing of this genre had long been out of date. Stars of action movies were no longer muscle bound 15)lunkheads, but method actors like 16)Nic Cage in The Rock or Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity. Even worse, some of them were friendless geeks like Peter Parker in Spider-Man.
The new Die Hard film acknowledges this change and appeals to this new audience with the casting of Justin Long as Willis’ computer-nerd sidekick. Long is there for the younger generation, Willis their dads. John McClane may be 17)archaic but when it comes down to it he gets the job done and we love him. He’s like an old friend and he’s always welcome.
Indiana Jones is another old friend coming back for a big screen visit. Mel Gibson’s recent
18)vilification could see Lethal Weapon’s wisecracking Sgt. Riggs return to smooth over Mad Mel’s public image; series director Richard Donner apparently has a script ready to go. If it goes any further maybe we could even see Steven Segal do an 19)Under Siege 4, Dolph Lundgren making a new 20)Masters of the Universe or Jean-Claude Van Damme in…erm…21)Universal Soldier 2. Oh wait, he already did. It went straight to video in 1999.
Whilst this revival is enjoyable, can these stars really re-establish themselves as movie heavyweights? Or are they a merely a 22)nostalgic reminder of why we used to love these guys, before they fade completely into 23)obscurity? Remember these films are not exactly new and their strengths lie in looking back not forward.
“It is really difficult at this stage to create a new character,” says Stallone. “I don’t have the time or youth to create a new Rambo or Rocky.”
And after these characters have been used up, what next? What can any of them do next? More bland thrillers for Ford and Willis? Maybe Stallone could follow Arnie into politics (Gibson should definitely avoid this move.) Maybe they should just stick to what they’re good at for the rest of their lives and produce 24)Bubba Ho-Tep style rest home action pictures. Why not? Hell, I’d go see them.
当然了，阿诺总是说，他会回来的。然而一小批其他80年代的动作英雄纷纷回归大银幕，却令人更为惊讶。我们已经见到人称奥地利大橡树的阿诺在《终结者3：机器的觉醒》中重新穿上了他的皮夹克，西尔维斯特·史泰龙出演了新一集的《洛奇》，而布鲁斯·威利斯在《虎胆龙威4.0》中又要面对一批新的恐怖分子。
在2008年，系着汗津津的头带的约翰·兰博，甚至印地安纳·琼斯都将回归了，让哈里森·福特又多了一次扮酷的机会。有传闻说，连梅
尔·吉布森都将再次出现在《致命武器5》中，也许还会拍《冲锋飞车队4》（第三部拍于1985年，此处是讽刺说法）。这些家伙大多数都已经五六十岁了，他们应该打打高尔夫或者演演舒服的法庭片，而不是跳上战斗机同世界拳击冠军打上10个回合。只有施瓦辛格看上去是真的退休了，在扮演了T3机器人之后，他在生活中的真实角色是加州州长。不过尽管如此，他的一举一动看起来仍然像是在演动作片，发誓要只身将世界从生态灾难中拯救出来：“再见，全球变暖！”
那么，为什么这些动作英雄们都在回归呢？比较嘲讽的答案是，近年他们的事业都陷入了困境。沉默的史泰龙奋力在拙劣的喜剧片《非常小特务3》中试图保持一点尊严；哈里森·福特在过目即忘的惊悚片《K-19：寡妇制造者》和《防火墙》中变得乏味而死板。谁能想到这个曾经扮演过韩索罗船长的人会变得这么呆滞。布鲁斯·威利斯一直在努力成为一名全面的演员，饰演了各种各样的角色——从剧情片《快餐帝国》到为动画片《篱笆墙外》配音。但是和福特一样，他最近的电影看上去都是单调而平淡的。而吉布森则喜欢执导一些血腥的历史史诗巨制，并触犯了整个宗教群体，以致于他们在摄影机前“行为疯狂”（指他曾经酒后出言不逊，侮辱犹太人）。
然而在二十世纪八十年代，这些人曾经是银幕上的王者，是统治着“好莱坞行星”的神。这些阳刚气十足的战士们在银幕上除恶扬善，把坏家伙们轰进地狱。他们是不可战胜的，并统治着主流大片长达十年之久。他们最成功的影片，如《洛奇》、《第一滴血》和《虎胆龙威》，已经成为了动作电影流派的典范。这些电影大胆决绝、张力十足，随意捐弃现实主义。最重要的是，它们都充斥着动作戏，从约翰·麦克连将从高层建筑上纵身一跃到兰博独自一人向现代文明发起战争，动作片前所未有地辉煌。
这些也都是伟大的角色，大部分的主题都集中在“一个
人……”上，反过来也要求演员有性格鲜明的、以个人为中心的演绎。史泰龙升华了洛奇这个角色，以致于在他之后的人生里，人们都误认为那个角色就是他本人。他反应迟钝（洛奇也不狡猾）、头脑迷糊却充满了人性和同情心。无论是哪一代人都会将他视为英雄。
近年史泰龙的事业也许滑入了萧条期，但是你依然能感觉到他重演洛奇并不仅仅是为了挽救他的事业。他是真心地喜爱这个角色，洛奇已经成为了他生命的一部分。在拍摄期间，他评论道：“我要对洛奇说再见了，感觉上就像是我也在对西尔维斯
特·史泰龙说再见。”这将是他最后的欢呼，是他演艺事业的终结，而非复苏。
而《虎胆龙威4.0》却没有这种对现实的影射，其翻炒也没什么高尚的理由。20世纪福克斯公司不过是决心为他们曾广受欢迎的系列影片再拍一部续集，而威利斯却不怎么热心。他正努力成为一名全面的演员，还记得吗？不过在《灵异第六感》之后，他一直在挑选好片方面头痛不已。
在动作电影流派中的这种男子汉姿态早已过时了，如今，动作片中的明星不再是肌肉纠结的呆瓜，而是演技派当道，如《勇闯夺命岛》中的尼古拉斯·凯奇或者《谍影重重》中的马特·达蒙。更糟糕的是，他们中的某些人甚至是交不到朋友的“极客”，如《蜘蛛侠》中的彼特·帕克。
新的《虎胆龙威》顺应这一变化，投合新观众的喜好引入了贾斯廷·朗这一电脑宅男作为威利斯的伙伴。朗的存在是为了吸引更年轻的一代观众，而威利斯则是为他们的父辈准备的。约翰·麦克连也许很过时，但是只要他完成了任务，我们还是很爱他。他就像是个老朋友，永远都受欢迎。
印第安纳·琼斯则是另一位回归大银幕的老朋友。梅尔·吉布森最近出言不逊，只能靠《致命武器》中满嘴俏皮话的里格斯中士的回归来挽回他的公众形象了；系列影片的导演理查德·唐纳显然已经准备好了剧本，就等开拍了。如果进一步发展下去，也许我们甚至还能看到史蒂文·西格尔出演《潜龙轰天4》，杜夫·朗格主演新一集的《决胜时空战区》或尚格·云顿出演……
嗯……《再造战士2》……噢，等等，他已经演过了——1999年这部影片直接被制成了影碟出售。
尽管这些续集让人欣喜，这些影星们真的能在银幕上重建他们重量级人物的地位吗？或者这些片子仅仅是一种怀旧的纪念，在他们彻底消匿无踪之前让我们回想起为什么我们曾经如此热爱这些家伙？要记住，这些电影并不是真正意义上的新电影，他们的力量也取决于回顾而不是创新的能力。
“在这个舞台上要创造一个新角色真的很难，”史泰龙说，“我既没有时间也没有青春去创造一个新的兰博或者洛奇了。”
还有，当这些角色都被用完了以后，接下来该怎么办呢？他们中的任何一个接着还能做什么？福特和威利斯再演更多乏味的惊悚片？也许史泰龙可以效法阿诺去从政（吉布森当然要避开这一行）。也许在他们余下来的岁月里只需坚持他们所擅长的，炮制出《打鬼王》风格的养老院级动作片（《打鬼王》片中的故事发生在养老院里，演员都是老年人）。那又何妨？见鬼，我还是会去看的。