I've been making himself watch all seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer lately (as he never watched it when he was younger..I KNOW) and it got me to thinking about other female TV and film characters that well, kick ass basically. I'm thinking specifically of tough women who can fight, are self-sufficient and at no point need to be rescued by a man. Buffy aside, (because I dedicated a whole post to her before HERE), these are the first of my top 10 Ultimate Female Action Heroes:
Alice, from Resident Evil. OK, so this is cheating slightly because Alice has been genetically modified to make her the superhero she is but nonetheless, she's ridiculously cool and is on a continuous mission to pretty much single-handedly save the world from zombies. The films are kind of terrible from the second one onwards but the first is worth watching for the greatness of Alice alone.
Ripley, from the Alien films. I've loved Alien since I was a chill'un, primarily because of the amazing Ripley. For me, she's one of the best female protagonists of all time- just as tough as her male counterparts, if not stronger because she manages to face off the scariest of creatures and survive. Interestingly, in the films while she's portrayed as an almost masculine space-engineer, she's also very maternal- protecting first a cat and then a small, orphaned child. I always think that was really brave for the time- it was certainly one of the first truly empowering roles for an actress and gave world recognition to Sigourney Weaver.
The Bride, from Kill Bill. Also known as "Black Mamba", the bride is a ruthless warrior trained by a martial arts expert, who following the gunning down of herself (while heavily pregnant) and her fiance on their wedding day, sets out to get her revenge on those who murdered her entire wedding party, with seriously bloody consequences. Each fight scene is more thrilling and gory than the last and aside from the fact that she is justified in her quest, you want her to win anyway cause she's just far too cool.
Sarah Connor, Terminator films. I'm also a huge fan of the first two Terminator films, again after that they weren't so great and that may well have something to do with the lack of Sarah Connor, John Connor's ma. What I love about her is that you really see the evolution of her character from the first to the second film- she starts off as a timid waitress, oblivious to the awful future that awaits her and by the second film has become hardened, muscled, ferocious and completely determined and focused on preventing judgement day and protecting her son. She's just awesome.
Trinity is a very talented computer programmer who escapes from the Matrix, is an expert at operating various different vehicles and is astoundingly good at the old martial arts (that leaping in the air and hovering before kicking the crap out of people move is particularly legendary). Although she is primarily Neo's love interest, her importance in the film is also based on the fact that she helps to locate and 'unplug' new recruits from the Matrix in the war against the machines. She's pretty stealthy.
Stay tuned for Part 2- Black Widow from the Avengers, Hit-Girl from Kick Ass, Katniss from the Hunger Games, Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones and Lisbeth Salander from Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. In the meantime, let me know in the comments who your all time favourite female action hero is!
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