He plays lots of characters whose wives die
Just an interesting coincidence.
shareI know, such a cliche, huh?
Half the American action movie genre consists of opening with happy family scenes of domestic bliss when some bad guy, monster, criminal, Russian, corrupt Law Enforcement official, or whatever intrudes for some reason and kills or kidnaps the family and sets loose the action hero on a revenge mission of violent revenge porn. It's boring and sickening.
Funny how they get these well known actresses or actresses themselves become well-known for these short parts. It just shows Hollywood lack of creativity and mindless repetitiveness.