1/13/2009 5:06 AM
posted awhile ago
Re:Top 5 Ass-Kicking Heroine Films
This is not intended to be as snarky as it probably reads, but looking down this column of movie posters, it's remarkable how many terrible films are listed. I say that even though I've seen most of them and enjoyed many. But when Linda Fiorentino has to be moved over from film noir, the proper category for devious _ but by no means kick-ass _ Wendy/Bridget, you know the pickings are slim in this genre. Nevertheless, here's a few that deserve attention:
Terminator (1984)
Linda Hamilton as a regular woman becoming kick-ass. Honorable mention to Kristanna Loken for the lesser T3.
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Astoundingly beautiful, with astoundingly beautiful assassin Zhang Ziyi.
Serenity (2005)
Even before becoming a Terminator, Summer Glau was a very, very dangerous person. Why are there links to Firefly but not its movie, or is this now supposed to be Firefly Part 2?
Innocent Blood (1992)
Anne Parillaud, the original Femme Nikita, blazes through the very, very narrow category of Vampire against the Mob movies.
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Granted, Catherine McCormack really only kicks Oliver Platt's butt, but she beats the Inquisition as well. Besides, she's too beautiful to ignore, especially with sword in hand.
Aliens (1986)
The installment in which Sigourney Weaver actually kicks butt, rather than merely surviving, and before the series lost any shred of coherence.
Lifeforce (1985)
Mathilda May. Space Girl. Resistance really is futile.
King Arthur (2004)
All right, I concede that at 98 pounds in her training bra, Keira Knightley doesn't make the most awe-inspiring warrior princess. But smeared with woad, or at least blue paint, and strapped into a skimpy and very uncomfortable looking leather harness, Knightley is still quite energetic at defending Roman Britain from the Saxon hordes. Besides, she deserves cumulative points from the ridiculous Domino and never-ending Pirates movies. This is another startling omission from the database.
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