In The Derivative Action Flick 'Bloodshot,' Diesel Delivers Low-Octane Thrills
As a soldier reanimated by nanobots, Vin Diesel — "a lumbering fireplug who runs like John Wayne and fights like Roger Moore" — underperforms.
Vin Diesel coulda been a contender.
In his small role in 1998's and in his vocal performance as the title character in Brad Bird's lovely cartoon the following year, he showed vulnerability and humility — two qualities he purged from his onscreen persona when he opted to spend the next 20 years headlining mediocre-to-awful action/ sci-fi/ fantasy flicks. He's notable mainly for the fact that in a blockbuster marketplace where even comedic actors
