TOP TEN: Movie Badasses
TOP TEN: Movie Badasses
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Ten movie folk you don't want to mess with.
10.Chuck Yeager, as played by Sam Shepherd in The Right Stuff.
Chuck Yeager is the American badass—a real hero—but not in the sense of snuffing people or blowing shit up (although he did both as a combat pilot). He's fearless, tough, and impossible to rattle, the pillars of badassosity. As a maverick test pilot, he broke Mach 1 (with a set of freshly broken ribs no less) when many thought the feat would shatter the space-time continuum, and he kept on pushing the envelope for decades to follow. As The Right Stuff correctly depicts him, he's the very mold of all that is man.
Most Badass Dialogue: "I think I see a plane over here with my name on it."
Most Badass Moment: Yeager stalls a jet, falls back to Earth from literally the top of the world, chars half his face off and still marches away from the wreck while chewing his gum. You're damn right that's a man.
9.John Matrix as played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando.
It's always between John Rambo and John Matrix when it comes to the best of mass murdering heroes from ludicrous '80s action films. However, Matrix would never break down like a little bitch as Rambo does at the end of First Blood. And that's why he's here and Rambo isn't. Not to say, Matrix doesn't have a sensitive side; after all, he does teach his daughter to feed Bambi during Commando's opening credits. Yet, when some exiled dictator kidnaps his brat, Matrix doesn't bawl like Hillary Clinton on the eve of a primary. No. He just starts perishing everyone in sight, whether it's on a commercial airplane, the side of a road, or a dictator's front lawn. If you see John Matrix—especially if he's carrying a steel pipe—scurry until your feet snap off. Too late, John Matrix has already expired you and blown your legs off in the process.
Most Badass Dialogue: "I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I'm very hungry."
Most Badass Moment: Matrix kills an army. An entire army.
8.Snake Plissken as played by Kurt Russell in Escape from New York and Escape from L.A.
Considering Kurt Russell has played some mighty badasses, this was another toss up. Originally I leaned towards R.J. MacReady from The Thing because he rocks a sombrero and flame thrower and looks good doing it. However, Snake Plissken sports an eye patch and doesn't take shit from Harry Dean Stanton. Plus he's a fantastic basketball player and Clint Eastwood impersonator. So I swayed like a dashboard hula girl for awhile. And then I remembered the climax of Escape From L.A. In the annals of cynical, I-don't-give-a-damn sociopath anti-heroes, Snake Plissken proves himself the boss with the push of a button.
Most Badass Dialogue: "I don't give a fuck about your war... or your president."
Most Badass Moment: Plissken sends Earth back to a technological Stone Age at the end of Escape From L.A.—probably killing 100s of millions as a result—just as a finger to the US President.
7.Jules Winfield, as played by Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction.
What else do I have to say other than "Bad Motherfucker" is imprinted on the man's wallet? Arguably the best performance of the '90s, Jackson's Bible preaching, fed-up hitman trademarked the ultra-intense, bug-eyed badass persona Jackson is now synonymous with.
Most Badass Dialogue: Every word from Winfield's mouth is a badass delight, but the line that chills my spine: "The truth is: You're the weak. And I am the tyranny of evil men."
Most Badass Moment: Without warning, Jules caps "Flock of Seagulls." Brett's concentration is indeed broken.
6.'Mad' Max Rockatansky, as played by Mel Gibson in the "Mad Max Trilogy"
Mad Max doesn't say much; he let's his driving do the talking—just like me in rush hour except I tally up a smaller body count. The man is a raging animal behind the wheel and has booby traps up his sleeve that makes the Saw films look like a trip to local average dominatrix—in fact; the original Saw's premise rips off Mad Max's climax.
Most Badass Dialogue: "The chain in those handcuffs is high-tensile steel. It'd take you ten minutes to hack through it with this. Now, if you're lucky, you could hack through your ankle in five minutes. Go."
Most Badass Moment: Max gives a wannabe truck-jacker a face full of Mr. Double-Barrel in The Road Warrior.
5.Jason Bourne, as played by Matt Damon in "The Bourne Trilogy"
Jason Bourne is the MacGyver of badasses. If you're fighting him, more than likely he'll grab whatever is lying around and fatally harm you with it. He could make you bleed with a handful of cotton balls. He's wily like that. Plus, he's always one step ahead of everyone else despite not having a clue who he is. His intelligence borders omniscience sometimes. This is why we love Jason Bourne. He never loses.
Most Badass Dialogue: "If you were in your office right now, we'd be having this conversation face-to-face."
Most Badass Moment: Bourne declares open hunting season on Clive Owen in The Bourne Identity. Unfortunately that clip isn't available online, so I give you the clip of Jason vs. Desh in The Bourne Ultimatum... this clip is quite badass as well.
4.The Bride, as played by Uma Thurman in Kill Bill.
Who knew Uma Thurman possessed such steel-eyed grittiness? She and Quentin Tarantino created the meanest femme fatale (with emphasis on fatale) to ever carve up a human body. You shoot her in the head. You throw not quite 88 yakuza killers at her. You bury her alive. And she still won't die because she's so hell-bent on achieving vengeance by blowing your heart up with some fancy masseuse trick. Yeah, that's someone you don't ever fuck with.
Most Badass Dialogue: "Bitch, you don't have a future."
Most Badass Moment: The Bride teaches an arm severing lesson to an obnoxious cell phone user and then calmly moves on to taunting Lucy Liu.
3.Aragon, as played Viggo Mortensen in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
He's a woodsman, the future king of Middle-Earth, and a lovely singer too. A true mixture of swash-buckling orc slayer and Renaissance man. Just like the man who plays him—Viggo Mortensen, the go-to actor these days for violent, badass characters, but also a renowned poet and painter. Essentially, when an army of ugly sonuvbitches are marching my way, I'd want Aragon leading my side because he'll decapitate half the enemy alone. The man has never met a roaring beast who couldn't be silenced with a sword to the solar plex.
Most Badass Dialogue: "You will suffer me."
Most Badass Moment: Suicide be damned he storms an army of orcs at the Gates of Mordor by himself regardless if his crew follows—luckily they do and then I start bawling.
2.Sanjuro Kuwabatake, as played by Toshirô Mifune in Yojimbo and Sanjuro.
Gruff, quiet, and an artist with samurai steel, Sanjuro is the greatest samurai to hack flesh off on the silver screen. With the exception of a tavern keeper, he doesn't care who lives or dies, especially in a town full of villains. He just wants to kill them all and get rich doing it. And if someone gets in his way, they'll be 3-feet shorter.
Most Badass Dialogue: "Cooper. Two coffins… No, maybe three.
Most Badass Moment: Sanjuro slices his way through a gang of 10 faster than it takes most to put their socks on.
1.William Munny, as played by Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven.
Clint Eastwood is the Michelangelo of badass and William Munny is his Sistine Chapel. Among many things, Eastwood's masterpiece can be read as a parable, asking what if Satan stopped his wicked ways and I tried to live the decent life? The answer: His very nature is evil and he'll succumb to it no matter how hard he fights. Unforgiven's climax shows the devil's wrath in full, bottled-up force. And it's bloodcurdling. And badass. But Munny isn't badass simply because he's a quick draw or has killed every form of life on the planet at one time or another. No, he's a badass muthafucka because he points, aims, and slowly cocks just to let you know you're a dead man before the shot even pops. The actually kill is almost merciful to the victim. Munny's threat of imminent violence is where the true aura of his badass nature stems from. And his threats always carry the weight of a sealed death sentence. Most Badass Dialogue: Okay, I'm going to have to go with several here and even then I feel I'm short-changing a few great lines.
"He should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend."
"That's right. I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another. And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned."
"Or I'll come back and kill every one of you sons-o-bitches."
"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it."
"Any man I see out there, I'm gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him, but I'm gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down."
Most Badass Moment: From the shot of Munny's double barrel entering the saloon to his final threat, the last 10 minutes of Unforgiven is the most pure badassosity ever captured on film.
By: David Frank
10.Chuck Yeager, as played by Sam Shepherd in The Right Stuff.
Chuck Yeager is the American badass—a real hero—but not in the sense of snuffing people or blowing shit up (although he did both as a combat pilot). He's fearless, tough, and impossible to rattle, the pillars of badassosity. As a maverick test pilot, he broke Mach 1 (with a set of freshly broken ribs no less) when many thought the feat would shatter the space-time continuum, and he kept on pushing the envelope for decades to follow. As The Right Stuff correctly depicts him, he's the very mold of all that is man.
Most Badass Dialogue: "I think I see a plane over here with my name on it."
Most Badass Moment: Yeager stalls a jet, falls back to Earth from literally the top of the world, chars half his face off and still marches away from the wreck while chewing his gum. You're damn right that's a man.
9.John Matrix as played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando.
It's always between John Rambo and John Matrix when it comes to the best of mass murdering heroes from ludicrous '80s action films. However, Matrix would never break down like a little bitch as Rambo does at the end of First Blood. And that's why he's here and Rambo isn't. Not to say, Matrix doesn't have a sensitive side; after all, he does teach his daughter to feed Bambi during Commando's opening credits. Yet, when some exiled dictator kidnaps his brat, Matrix doesn't bawl like Hillary Clinton on the eve of a primary. No. He just starts perishing everyone in sight, whether it's on a commercial airplane, the side of a road, or a dictator's front lawn. If you see John Matrix—especially if he's carrying a steel pipe—scurry until your feet snap off. Too late, John Matrix has already expired you and blown your legs off in the process.
Most Badass Dialogue: "I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I'm very hungry."
Most Badass Moment: Matrix kills an army. An entire army.
8.Snake Plissken as played by Kurt Russell in Escape from New York and Escape from L.A.
Considering Kurt Russell has played some mighty badasses, this was another toss up. Originally I leaned towards R.J. MacReady from The Thing because he rocks a sombrero and flame thrower and looks good doing it. However, Snake Plissken sports an eye patch and doesn't take shit from Harry Dean Stanton. Plus he's a fantastic basketball player and Clint Eastwood impersonator. So I swayed like a dashboard hula girl for awhile. And then I remembered the climax of Escape From L.A. In the annals of cynical, I-don't-give-a-damn sociopath anti-heroes, Snake Plissken proves himself the boss with the push of a button.
Most Badass Dialogue: "I don't give a fuck about your war... or your president."
Most Badass Moment: Plissken sends Earth back to a technological Stone Age at the end of Escape From L.A.—probably killing 100s of millions as a result—just as a finger to the US President.
7.Jules Winfield, as played by Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction.
What else do I have to say other than "Bad Motherfucker" is imprinted on the man's wallet? Arguably the best performance of the '90s, Jackson's Bible preaching, fed-up hitman trademarked the ultra-intense, bug-eyed badass persona Jackson is now synonymous with.
Most Badass Dialogue: Every word from Winfield's mouth is a badass delight, but the line that chills my spine: "The truth is: You're the weak. And I am the tyranny of evil men."
Most Badass Moment: Without warning, Jules caps "Flock of Seagulls." Brett's concentration is indeed broken.
6.'Mad' Max Rockatansky, as played by Mel Gibson in the "Mad Max Trilogy"
Mad Max doesn't say much; he let's his driving do the talking—just like me in rush hour except I tally up a smaller body count. The man is a raging animal behind the wheel and has booby traps up his sleeve that makes the Saw films look like a trip to local average dominatrix—in fact; the original Saw's premise rips off Mad Max's climax.
Most Badass Dialogue: "The chain in those handcuffs is high-tensile steel. It'd take you ten minutes to hack through it with this. Now, if you're lucky, you could hack through your ankle in five minutes. Go."
Most Badass Moment: Max gives a wannabe truck-jacker a face full of Mr. Double-Barrel in The Road Warrior.
5.Jason Bourne, as played by Matt Damon in "The Bourne Trilogy"
Jason Bourne is the MacGyver of badasses. If you're fighting him, more than likely he'll grab whatever is lying around and fatally harm you with it. He could make you bleed with a handful of cotton balls. He's wily like that. Plus, he's always one step ahead of everyone else despite not having a clue who he is. His intelligence borders omniscience sometimes. This is why we love Jason Bourne. He never loses.
Most Badass Dialogue: "If you were in your office right now, we'd be having this conversation face-to-face."
Most Badass Moment: Bourne declares open hunting season on Clive Owen in The Bourne Identity. Unfortunately that clip isn't available online, so I give you the clip of Jason vs. Desh in The Bourne Ultimatum... this clip is quite badass as well.
4.The Bride, as played by Uma Thurman in Kill Bill.
Who knew Uma Thurman possessed such steel-eyed grittiness? She and Quentin Tarantino created the meanest femme fatale (with emphasis on fatale) to ever carve up a human body. You shoot her in the head. You throw not quite 88 yakuza killers at her. You bury her alive. And she still won't die because she's so hell-bent on achieving vengeance by blowing your heart up with some fancy masseuse trick. Yeah, that's someone you don't ever fuck with.
Most Badass Dialogue: "Bitch, you don't have a future."
Most Badass Moment: The Bride teaches an arm severing lesson to an obnoxious cell phone user and then calmly moves on to taunting Lucy Liu.
3.Aragon, as played Viggo Mortensen in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
He's a woodsman, the future king of Middle-Earth, and a lovely singer too. A true mixture of swash-buckling orc slayer and Renaissance man. Just like the man who plays him—Viggo Mortensen, the go-to actor these days for violent, badass characters, but also a renowned poet and painter. Essentially, when an army of ugly sonuvbitches are marching my way, I'd want Aragon leading my side because he'll decapitate half the enemy alone. The man has never met a roaring beast who couldn't be silenced with a sword to the solar plex.
Most Badass Dialogue: "You will suffer me."
Most Badass Moment: Suicide be damned he storms an army of orcs at the Gates of Mordor by himself regardless if his crew follows—luckily they do and then I start bawling.
2.Sanjuro Kuwabatake, as played by Toshirô Mifune in Yojimbo and Sanjuro.
Gruff, quiet, and an artist with samurai steel, Sanjuro is the greatest samurai to hack flesh off on the silver screen. With the exception of a tavern keeper, he doesn't care who lives or dies, especially in a town full of villains. He just wants to kill them all and get rich doing it. And if someone gets in his way, they'll be 3-feet shorter.
Most Badass Dialogue: "Cooper. Two coffins… No, maybe three.
Most Badass Moment: Sanjuro slices his way through a gang of 10 faster than it takes most to put their socks on.
1.William Munny, as played by Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven.
Clint Eastwood is the Michelangelo of badass and William Munny is his Sistine Chapel. Among many things, Eastwood's masterpiece can be read as a parable, asking what if Satan stopped his wicked ways and I tried to live the decent life? The answer: His very nature is evil and he'll succumb to it no matter how hard he fights. Unforgiven's climax shows the devil's wrath in full, bottled-up force. And it's bloodcurdling. And badass. But Munny isn't badass simply because he's a quick draw or has killed every form of life on the planet at one time or another. No, he's a badass muthafucka because he points, aims, and slowly cocks just to let you know you're a dead man before the shot even pops. The actually kill is almost merciful to the victim. Munny's threat of imminent violence is where the true aura of his badass nature stems from. And his threats always carry the weight of a sealed death sentence. Most Badass Dialogue: Okay, I'm going to have to go with several here and even then I feel I'm short-changing a few great lines.
"He should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend."
"That's right. I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another. And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned."
"Or I'll come back and kill every one of you sons-o-bitches."
"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it."
"Any man I see out there, I'm gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him, but I'm gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down."
Most Badass Moment: From the shot of Munny's double barrel entering the saloon to his final threat, the last 10 minutes of Unforgiven is the most pure badassosity ever captured on film.
By: David Frank
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