While other men of his age are eyeing up stair lifts, Harrison Ford is dusting down his bull whip to play all-action hero Indiana Jones one more time at 78.<\/p>\n
He is not the only superannuated male Hollywood star to be pushing the age envelope -- and audiences' ability to suspend their disbelief.<\/p>\n
Clint Eastwood, 90<\/p>\n
Hollywood may be in strict lockdown but it hasn't stopped Eastwood directing Cry Macho, where he stars as a tough, washed-up old rodeo rider taking a dysfunctional family by the scruff of the neck.<\/p>\n
Nor was there was anything lily-livered about the octogenarian drugs smuggler working for a Mexican cartel he played in his last movie, The Mule(2018).<\/p>\n
The tough-talking former mayor of Carmel was pushing 80 when he made short work of gang members in Gran Torinoin 2008 -- \"Make my day, punk.\"<\/p>\n
Sylvester Stallone, 74<\/p>\n
A mere stripling at 74, Stallone is rumored to be limbering up to reprise his role as a mercenary leader in The Expendables 4.<\/p>\n
The action franchise he created has been a boon for Hollywood retirement homes, giving Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme a late ironic glow to their careers.<\/p>\n
Sly is soon to play a hired gun in Little America-- set at a time when China owns America-- and a supervillain in the cartoonishly ultra-violent The Suicide Squad.<\/p>\n
Last year's Rambo: Last Bloodsaw him go into combat yet again as the monosyllabic Vietnam vet, though whether Rambo can retire gracefully remains to be seen. <\/p>\n
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 73<\/p>\n
He may be trying to save the planet in his day job as crusading environmental campaigner and politician, but Arnie can't quite tear himself away from his swords and cyborgs past.<\/p>\n
The Austrian returned in Terminator: Dark Fatelast year and may be about to don his loincloth once again in the forthcoming epic, The Legend of Conan.<\/p>\n
Not even three heart operations in four years -- the last in October -- can stop him. \"I'm back,\" he quipped after his 2018 surgery, the catchphrase of his Terminatorcyborg killer.<\/p>\n
Danny Trejo, 76<\/p>\n
The Machetestar with the toughest face in Tinseltown and the grittiest backstory to go with it, is making up for all those lost years in prison with a plethora of upcoming action roles including in Machete Kills in Space.<\/p>\n
Trejo, a former boxer, was a bit-player until he broke through thanks to his cousin Robert Rodriguez who directed him in Desperadoin 1995, with roles in Heatand Con Airsoon following.<\/p>\n
Look out soon for him in Renegades, The Prey, Death Rider in the House of Vampiresand Zombie Bride.<\/p>\n
Jackie Chan, 66<\/p>\n
One of the world's most beloved martial arts heroes is alive and, well, kicking -- coronavirus pandemic be damned.<\/p>\n
As the virus spread early this year, reports said the Hong Kong born star who has appeared in more than 100 films was under quarantine after catching the virus.<\/p>\n
Worried fans sent him face masks. Chan took to Facebook to say he was virus free -- \"I'm very healthy and safe\" -- and would donate the face coverings to people who actually needed them.<\/p>\n
Chan's latest film, a Chinese action adventure flick entitled Vanguard,was supposed to come out in January of this year, but this was delayed until September because of the pandemic. In this movie Chan plays a UK-based accountant forced to finance the work of a terror organization.<\/p>\n
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