The Most Badass Big Screen Action Heroes Film Characters

The Most Badass Big Screen Action Heroes

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There are certain things that make the best movie heroes completely badass - that swagger, that style and most of all, the ability to deliver in a pinch. A sense of humor is a nice touch, as are wardrobe sensibilities ( it takes serious panache to look good in a sweaty, blood & grease stained tank top )... but really, if your hero can beat the odds and save the day when under the gun, all while still retaining a clear enough head to have a snappy bon mot for the occasion ... that's what counts. This is a list of the best, most ass-kicking movie heroes ever created. Vote for your favorites, add any you see missing, and if you really want to impact the ranks, add your own list!
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    Die Hard 2, A Good Day to Die Hard, Die Hard More
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    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Disaster Movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull More
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    GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough More
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    Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope More
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    Batman Forever, American Splendor, Movie 43 More
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    Ultimate Fights, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Rambo
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    The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Identity
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    Sudden Impact, Magnum Force, The Dead Pool More
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    Alien, Aliens, Alien³ More
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    Gladiator
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    John Carpenter's Escape from L.A., Escape from New York
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    The Wolverine, X2, X-Men Origins: Wolverine More
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    Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3, Lethal Weapon More
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    Max Rockatansky

    Mad Max 4: Fury Road
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    Terminator Salvation
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    A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good More
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    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek, Star Trek 2 More
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    Blade: Trinity, Blade II, Blade
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    The Terminator, Terminator Salvation, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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    Predator
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    William Wallace

    Braveheart
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    Rocky V, Rocky IV, Rocky II More
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    Léon

    Léon: The Professional
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    Sex and the Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Animatrix More
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    The Bride

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    Army of Darkness, Evil Dead II, The Evil Dead
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    Fight Club
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    King Leonidas

    300
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    Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

    Apocalypse Now
    added by: scots2008x
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    Transporter 2, Transporter 3, The Transporter
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    Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
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    Atticus Finch

    To Kill a Mockingbird
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    Selene

    Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Underworld, Underworld: Awakening More
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    Rooster Cogburn

    True Grit, Rooster Cogburn
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    The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, The Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! More
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    River Tam

    Serenity
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    Trinity

    The Matrix Reloaded, The Animatrix, The Matrix More
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    Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible More
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    Casablanca
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    Schindler's List
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    Riddick

    The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, Untitled Chronicles of Riddick Sequel, The Chronicles of Riddick More
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    Gerard Butler

    added by: DennisNJ
    Olympus has Fallen
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    Dominic Toretto

    Fast Five, Los Bandoleros, Fast & Furious More
    added by: ejlinehan
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    Anton Chigurh

    No Country for Old Men
    added by: Bootsdad
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    The French Connection
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    Alice

    Resident Evil: Afterlife
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    Big Trouble in Little China
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    Shaft
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    Man of Steel, Superman, Superman II More
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    Hancock

    Hancock
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    1. Pallknowing1
      The Most Badass Big Screen Action Heroes at 1/01/2012 8:17 PM
      ERIC DRAVEN ~ The Crow
    2. Hellion
      The Most Badass Big Screen Action Heroes at 11/18/2011 9:52 AM
      This list is garbage as usual. How do you not include Bruce Lee or Neo from the Matrix. The guy from Drive is on the list??? Huh???

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