Top 5 movie tough guys and gals.

[chloec42]

I'm not on about actors and actresses doing a 'tough person role' here, I'm talking about the actual toughest 'Characters' in the movie world.
The kind of Character that feels so real, you wouldn't pick a fight with in a bar in real life.

Here's mine:

#5: 'Tom Mullen' played by Mel Gibson in the movie Ransom.
Overcoming and bravely standing in, an incredibly compromising situation and beating the odds, to save the life of his kidnapped son, then takes on the kidnapper single handed.

#4: 'Ellen' played by Sharon Stone in The Quick And The Dead.
An uncompromising, but not emotionless woman, who overcomes her inner fear of failure, to get justice for her father's murder against a town full of cowards and dangerous gunslingers.

#3: 'Billy' played by Sonny Landham in Predator.
A Marine, a successful Marine, who is "Afraid of no man". Then faces the Predator while armed with only a machete.
Need I say more?

#2: 'John McClane' played by Bruce Willis in the Die Hard saga.
A tough cop with a past, able to adjust to any given situation and does whatever possible to stay alive and bring the bad guys to justice, all at the same time.

My number #1 is: 'Dillon' played by Charles S Dutton in the movie Alien3.
A murderer who reluctantly takes on the role of group leader in an unusually dangerous situation.
He even says "I'll :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou: you" and shouts "Is this as hard as you bite, Mother:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:er?!" as the Alien is tearing him apart!
Now that's tough!


So...

... what are your top five?
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[Loony BoB]

Superman, Batman, Juggernaut, The Hulk, Colossus. Or is that cheating?

Okay, okay. I'll avoid those with special powers. And Batman, because, well, he's Batman.

These aren't my top five, because it's too difficult to go through every movie I can think of and pick out just five and say they are the toughest. This is a 'random five'.

James Bond (Various) - Okay, sure, he's not the "traditional" kind of hard man. But really, if you put all the crap he's had to put up with over the movies, it's a lot. For example, I'll use a mere opening scene of a single movie: Die Another Day. Tortured for fourteen months by North Koreans. That's enough alone!

Bryan Mills (Taken) - Takes down massive crime ring on his own using every method possible in order to save his daughter. Played by Liam Neeson. What a guy.

John Hartigan (Sin City) - It was pretty hard to pick between John and Marv, but I'll go with John because he did it all while being much older and also with a bad heart. All to save an eleven year old girl. Spends eight years in prison, gets out, finds the girl and saves her - again - by giving his own life to ensure her safety. Played by Bruce Willis. What a guy.

Harry Callahan (Various) - Just so I can say that I noted him first. Played by Clint Eastwood. What a guy.

John Rambo - He's freakin' Rambo. Played by Sylvester Stallone. What a guy.

[Madame Adequate]

T-800
Ellen Ripley
Snake Plisskin
Riddick
Colonel Miles Quaritch

Honorable mention: Samwise Gamgee. No issue starting a fight with him, but Eru Ilúvatar help you if you threaten his friends, especially Frodo.

[Inferno]

Bryan Mills (Taken) - Takes down massive crime ring on his own using every method possible in order to save his daughter. Played by Liam Neeson. What a guy.

Him

and Jason Bourne

[Depression Moon]

I want to hear more from those with female action stars. I can't really think of many myself that were remember-able.

[Dreddz]

Colonel Miles Quatrich (Avatar)
Vasquez (Aliens)
Hicks (Aliens)
Captain Rhodes (Day of the Dead)
Peter (Dawn of the Dead)

I want to hear more from those with female action stars. I can't really think of many myself that were remember-able.

Watch Aliens. You have two great females action stars in that film. Ripley and Vasquez.

[Depression Moon]

I've seen a tiny bit of Aliens I remember a bald-headed chick. Wasn't Samus Aran inspired by that character? Also noticed Ripley and Ridley sound alike.

[Dreddz]

I've seen a tiny bit of Aliens I remember a bald-headed chick.

That sounds like you watched Alien 3. This is Aliens.

[Madame Adequate]

I want to hear more from those with female action stars. I can't really think of many myself that were remember-able.

Also watch Terminator 2, Sarah Connor is dangerously badass.

[fire_of_avalon]

Sarah Connor, anyone? Also Beatrix Kiddo, Cherry Darling, Leeloo, Gail (Rosario Dawson in Sin City), and last but definitely not least Coffy?

Just acquiescing to Moon's request.

[Madame Adequate]

Honorable mention: Samwise Gamgee. No issue starting a fight with him, but Eru Ilúvatar help you if you threaten his friends, especially Frodo.

Oh, and to add to this, as far as I know he's just about the only being in the entire universe who doesn't even need to make an effort to resist the Ring's power. He just shrugs it right off, and he was ready to walk to Mount Doom completely alone in order to destroy it.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Honorable mention: Samwise Gamgee. No issue starting a fight with him, but Eru Ilúvatar help you if you threaten his friends, especially Frodo.

Oh, and to add to this, as far as I know he's just about the only being in the entire universe who doesn't even need to make an effort to resist the Ring's power. He just shrugs it right off, and he was ready to walk to Mount Doom completely alone in order to destroy it.

Tom Bombadil?

[Depression Moon]

Sarah Connor, anyone? Also Beatrix Kiddo, Cherry Darling, Leeloo, Gail (Rosario Dawson in Sin City), and last but definitely not least Coffy?

Just acquiescing to Moon's request.

Oh yeah everybody's seen Terminator 2. Sarah never made me think of badass though. The only one that I could clearly imagine in my head was Beatrix though. When I was originally asking about the females I was looking more as to women in lead roles in action films.

Who are these Cherry, Leeloo, Gail, and Coffy?

[Madame Adequate]

Honorable mention: Samwise Gamgee. No issue starting a fight with him, but Eru Ilúvatar help you if you threaten his friends, especially Frodo.

Oh, and to add to this, as far as I know he's just about the only being in the entire universe who doesn't even need to make an effort to resist the Ring's power. He just shrugs it right off, and he was ready to walk to Mount Doom completely alone in order to destroy it.

Tom Bombadil?

Oh, right. Still, one of the two isn't bad, and anyway Tom wasn't in the movie

[Shorty]

Damn it, foa, I have to agree with most of what you listed. I love Gail, but she didn't make the top five.

Sarah Conner was the first character I thought of when reading the thread title.
Beatrix Kiddo is next, because she is a badass.
John McClane. Come on, walking on glass, people.
Trinity. Let's be honest.
Léon the Professional.