The return of the beef: Dave Bautista and Vin Diesel are throwbacks to the videotape era

Actors Dave Bautista (left) and Vin Diesel star in the comedy My Spy and superhero movie Bloodshot respectively. PHOTOS: GOLDEN VILLAGE, SONY PICTURES
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SINGAPORE - Just when we thought the reign of the muscle-bound action hero was over, this week two of them head two major movies. Dave Bautista, 51, plays a secret agent in the comedy My Spy and Vin Diesel, 52, is a reanimated soldier in the superhero movie Bloodshot.

Is it 1989 all over again?

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