Despite being the biggest star and one of the greatest mic workers in the history of the business, Stone Cold's movie roles were never as good or successful as The Rock's, Batista's, and arguably even John Cena's as of late. Was it just bad luck, getting stuck with shitty scrips where he was miscast? He barely did anything in The Expendables and The Condemned was forgettable. In another film of his that I caught on TV once, he played an ex-convict that got wrapped up with drug dealers and then had to fight underground to make enough money to save a kid's life or something, I forget what the plot was. What I do remember was that he played a generic strong/silent anti-hero type and had minimal dialogue. I remember thinking, "you have Stone motherfucking Cold starring in your movie and that's all you give him?" Austin has more range than that. Or maybe he just did in wrestling.
Looking at his filmography, from about 2010-2014 he was in a bunch of direct-to-DVD action flicks that nobody saw. Hasn't been in any films since then. Will there ever be a good resurgence of Stone Cold in movies or was he just never that passionate about it and gave up on a Hollywood career?