Soft, gentle and always battle-ready: Bruce Willis is an action star to stir the heart

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Out of Death with Bruce in his comfort zone as the retired cop who has to take on a terrifying situation. Related: Bruce Willis to retire from acting due to aphasia diagnosis But even there, Willis’s coolly amiable, faintly contemptuous, always battle-ready presence sprinkled a little much-needed vinegar in the blandness.

And so often in so many different kinds of film, Bruce Willis has been the wild card – or, actually, the trump card. He has been the archetypal super-testosterone male-pattern baldness hombre, the guy who made wearing a vest – not a t-shirt, a vest – look iconic.

Despite being the rebel with bullshit-detector on high alert, Bruce has often been cast as the authority figure. (When I first read PJ O’Rourke libertarian screed Republican Party Reptile, I thought of Willis. )Video: Actor Bruce Willis to retire due to health condition (Reuters)Russia is redeploying troops, not withdrawing them -White House'We'll see' if Russia de-escalates in Ukraine -BidenLogs show 7-hr gap in Trump calls on Jan 6 -reportU.