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The wet Bank Holiday has meant that after riding I've tended to stay in, warm up and then watch movies. So many movies.
I love Milla Jovovich in so many things, Kate Beckinsale was awesome in the Total Recall reboot. But this weekend I watched Haywire for the first time since it came out and blimey Gina Carano is really excellent.
Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa, in Mad Max: Fury Road.
Fair call. Have you seen Atomic Blonde though?
There's only one Ripley!
Gal Gadot - Wonder Woman.
Ripley, Aliens.... end of thread.
Fair few honorable mentions though.
Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity
Scarlett Johannson as Black Widow
Not necessarily "movie" but Jessica Jones is pretty damn awesome.
Anne Parillaud in 'Nikita', the original 1990 version.
Gina Davies in The Long Kiss Goodnight, Noomi Rapace(?) in What Happened to Monday and the survivalist girl from that trapped in a house with murderers / boyfriends family film I can never remember the name of. Invaders wear animal masks and it’s like Home Alone crossed with First Blood.
I saw Nikita for the first time only last week. Really enjoyed it.
Still think Gina Carano's fight scenes look the most convincing.
Haywire is a great film. Has she done anything else besides that and Deadpool?
I want to say Ripley, but for me it was always be Leia... now I’ve managed to wash The Last Jedi from my mind anyway.
Frances McDormand as Marge in Fargo (I'm about 40% serious).
Ripley for realz.
As others have already said, Ellen Ripley was my first thought.
Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor? Lovely transition from hapless bimbo in The Terminator to badass in T2.
Various Lara Crofts - I've not seen the new one yet but that looks like she could be great.
And then there's River Tam in Serenity (TTIUWP):
Kate Beckinsale was awesome in the Total Recall reboot
You seem to have typoed "Underworld."
Hows about Melanie Laurent in Inglorious Barsterds?
An unlikely heroine perhaps?
The Bride?
Seem to remember Zoe Saldana in Colombiana being pretty good, just adding to the suggestions, rather than trying to top Ripley
Ripley doesn't strike me as a woman you'd top.
Ripley was the one that sprung to my mind instantly on this topic
River Tam would win any fight though
Alice
Vanessa Helsing
Buffy
Trainspotting.
Edit....Mis-read that
Hows about Melanie Laurent in Inglorious Barsterds?
Good call.
I'm going for Grace Kelly in Rear Window...
Buffy
Faith FTW.
(any excuse to post pictures of my future wife...)
I'd have to go with Zhang Ziyi or Michelle Yeoh. Cynthia Rothrock back in the day.
Terrible film though
Anne Parillaud in ‘Nikita’, the original 1990 version.
This. End of thread, basically.
Is that Laurie Petty in Tank Girl?
Lori Petty...hubba hubba
(Best in Point Break)
No mention of Katniss from the hunger games? (though ripley would still nuke her from orbit, and river would take her in a fight too)
No mention of Katniss from the hunger games?
Were you able to sit through that?
Oh come on, when it comes to action movies it's barely half way down the scale
Kylie in Street Fighter.
(Pictures please)
Oh come on, when it comes to action movies it’s barely half way down the scale
The scale of what? I can't put my finger on it but I found those films to have some kind of hypnotic impenetrable dullness that I just couldn't get passed. I know I'm not the target audience and I do like Jennifer Lawrence but I found them really hard to watch.
And then there’s River Tam in Serenity
Oh yes, be still, my beating heart! 😍😍 Summer has appeared in Terminator - The Sarah Connor Cronicles, Dollhouse, along with the afore mentioned Eliza Dusku. I loved the fight scene in Firefly where she was grabbed from behind by some big bloke, and she kicked him in the back of his head! That’s flexibility, and the source of any number of fantasy scenarios...
Oh, there’s Michelle Rodriguez, from Girl Fight and the Fast and Furious franchise.
Oh yes, be still, my beating heart!
I've met her, y'know. (-: Not the most flattering pic, but:
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Has the thread ended ? Some are calling for the thread to end..
Oh yes, be still, my beating heart!
I’ve met her, y’know. (-: Not the most flattering pic, but:
I enjoyed the many "hover hand" memes she was in.
The Sugarland Express would not have been as good without...
Natalie Portman in Leon.
Well I thought she was a bit of a heroine anyway.
Patricia Arquette as Alabama Worley in True Romance.
if by best you mean most efficient killing machine you'd be hard pressed to beat Kim Ok-bin from the Villainess (korean film) - the opening scene is like a live video game. Very gory.
Though Yanin "Jeeja" Vismistananda in Chocolate (thai film) is pretty good especially as no stunt doubles were used in filming.
Miho in Sin City.
Anna Friel in Land of The Lost
I enjoyed the many “hover hand” memes she was in.
That's just bizarre...!
I met Emily Booth (Bouff!) last weekend. Bet your life I wasn't hover-handing for the photo.
Has to be Ellen Ripley from Aliens. The character defined the genre.
However a couple of honourable mentions
Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander in the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Julie Andrews in The Sound Of Music ..
How she kept the Von Trapp family spirits up in the face of all that Nazi aggression simply by singing a few songs was a wonder to behold ...
Marvellous !
Edit : ..oops forgot to leave this ..
I’ve met her, y’know.
I think you actually need to be in the picture for it to be proof
re hovering hands is there some rule you cannot touch them when you pay for a pic - never been to any of the comic con type events - I am sure i would enjoy it if i did so not a dig.
Other than Ripley......
And if you like "hovering hands" check out "Avril Lavigne meets fans"
I think you actually need to be in the picture for it to be proof
I was the one taking the photos. It was kinda the pre-selfie era. I can send you the link to my Flickr album if you want to see the rest of the photos.
re hovering hands is there some rule you cannot touch them when you pay for a pic
Not to my knowledge. Depends on the guest I suppose. And I didn't (directly) pay for the pic, it was included in the ticket I bought.
Of all guests, I think Bouff is probably the last person to be concerned about someone with a hand around her waist! She was charming and lovely.
I can send you the link to my Flickr album if you want to see the rest of the photos.
Only if at least one of you is naked 😉
+1 for Buffy. Willow and Faith were also "badass". However, the answer is Ellen Ripley.
A few other candidates: Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling; Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity (The Matrix); Jamie Lee Curtis (Helloween).
Only if at least one of you is naked
I am but you probably don't want to see that.
I hope.
Naomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander from the girl with dragon tattoo.
Lee Geum-ja played by Lee Yeong-ae in Lady Vengeance.
Ripley is not bad-ass, she's reacting to her circumstance. The above take control and dictate circumstance.
As serious rather than just eye candy...
Naomi Rapace is a great call, Ripley was up there, Gal in wonder woman was great for the way it played its gender politics.
Rosalind Russell playing Hildy Johnson in 'His Girl Friday'. Fast-talking, sharp-as-a-tack, runs towards danger.
'Don't worry, yeah, I'm on the job'
Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow and Sicario... Well, Benicio did most of the action in the latter, but she was still good!
The answer will be Durham Red when the Strontium Dog movie gets made