Captain Silas Manner
Moon at Dawn
action stories pretentious blah blah

Pfft, have you read enough to be the judge of that?
Anything can sound pretentious, it just depends on the writer 3nodding
As for cliche, even my story is pretty cliche, it's up to you to make it kick so much a** that no one cares.
I'm one to exaggerate my opinion xD.
I guess it's because I'm a bit annoyed how most amateur (non-professional) writer think that books work the same way as movies.
Also if the main character wasn't a wimp then he/she (hasn't even decided who the main character will be) would've been able to do one of those god outbursts like in animes, and that's no fun.