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“Well, the U.S. government spent a lot of time and money teaching me how not to die after they got done teaching me how to kill people.”

Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger – Shooter (2007)

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Swagger’s reply to Sarah Fenn (Kate Mara) after he tells her he’s supposed to be dead, and she asks, “Why aren’t you?”

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Universal confirmed that it is moving forward on The Legend of Conan, as the new movie will be titled (with a planned release in 2014). The project arrives as the latest splashy star vehicle for the Governator, who inhabits a small part in two Expendables films, will be next seen as ...

Tough Guy Wisdom wants to honor Army legend Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley who lost his fight with cancer at age 92.

In the 2002 film “We Were Soldiers,” actor Sam Elliot plays Command Sergeant Major Plumley leading troops in the 1965 battle of Ia Drang during the Vietnam War.

But in 1965, Plumley wasn’t reading off a script, he was living it.

“Some soldiers referred to ...

On behalf of Tough Guy Wisdom I wish to send condolences to the friends, family and students of Karate Champion Joe Lewis, who lost his final battle yesterday, Friday August 31, 2012.

Joe Lewis, who served in the United States Marine Corps, was a fierce fighter of the 1960s and 1970s, earning him the title of ...

Tony Scott, director and producer of many movies, including some Tough Guy films has passed away.  We wish to send thoughts to his friends and family.

Scott took his own life yesterday, Sunday August 19, 2012, by jumping off a bridge in Los Angeles, California after being diagnosed with an inopeerable brain tumor.

Some of Tony Scott’s films:

Top Gun (1983)

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

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