There is a long-standing "conventional wisdom" in the film industry and among movie fans that, in general, audiences are reluctant to patronize action movies in which female characters have the lead. With few exceptions, the box-office seems to bare this out. However, writer Robert J. Elisberg begs to differ, using the recent failure of the female-themed action movie Sucker Punch as Exhibit A. Elisberg says that the film's flop is being pointed to as futher evidence that audiences don't want to see women in action movies. He says all it proves is that audiences don't want to see women in bad action movies. He supplies plenty of evidence that male stars have been allowed to keep their reputations as box-office kings despite strings of bad action movies that were also rejected by audiences. Click here to read