We all know Stallone, Schwarzenegger, van Damme, Willis and Statham as the iron men who make up the action genre. Big jaws, hard fists and tough sayings. But is the action genre an all-male squad? Nope! Women can also hit the shit really hard in films, like this supercut from Clara Darko shows. So if someone should come up with the idea that women are not adequately represented in action films, you can simply show them the video. in the full posting there is a list of the films that ClaraDarko has used. Almost more interesting, however, is the list of films that she deliberately did not use. Very cool!
FILMS USED (listed in order of first appearance):
Aliens
Star Wars: A New Hope
Terminator 2
The Matrix
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
Haywire
The fifth element
Batman returns
Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Doomsday
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Inglourious basterds
Salt
From dusk to dawn
Hero
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Kill Bill, Vol. 2
House of Flying Daggers
Centurion
The Avengers
Serenity
Sin City
Underworld 3
Avatar
Strange days
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
priest
Colombian
The Return of the Jedi
Hanna
resident evil
Death Proof
Total Recall (1990)
Robocop
The Losers
Wanted
Pandorum
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Iron Man 2
Watchmen
X-Men
Long kiss goodnight
Red
I am number 4
Looper
Zombieland
Tron Legacy
The Dark Knight Rises
Thelma & Louise
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Conan the Barbarian
True grit
Nikita
Dawn of the dead
The brave one
River Wild
The quick and the dead
the assassin
Copycat
True Romance
Blue steel
MOVIES I WANTED TO INCLUDE BUT FINALLY LEFT OUT FOR EDITING REASONS:
- The Descent
- Hunger Games
- Leon the professional
- Blade Runner
- Dredd
- Cutthroat Island
- Joan of Arc
- Great
MOVIES I DIDN'T USE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO:
- Underworld, Underworld Evolution, Underworld Awakening, Van Helsing, Total Recall (2012) and any other film that tries to portray big-headed snooty Kate Beckinsale as an action woman
- King Arthur, Domino and the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy (even I could kick Keira Knightley's bony ass)
- Kick-Ass (Hit Girl, too young for me)
- Sucker Punch
- UltraViolet
- Star Wars prequels (Amidala)
- John Carter (Dejah Thoris)
- Charlie's Angels
- Tomb Raider
- Aeon Flux
- Planet Terror
- Catwoman
- The Return of the King (Eowyn)
- Elektra
- Snow White and the Huntsman
- Dead or alive
- Bloodrayne