conan. there was a lot of ideas of returning to traditional notions of masculinity after the sensitive 70s. but these things go in cycles and i think by the late 80s we were ready for an action hero who was a little more sensitive. do you think you have a chance with us, mr. cowboy? yippee kayay [ bleep ]. it is an action movie where the action is great. it is a heist movie where the heist makes sense. you have john mcclain who is not a superhero, who is a regular new york cop who s not only out of his element but he s out of his shoes. that s a great thing to do in an action movie is include something everybody can sympathize with.