Top 5 movie tough guys and gals.

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 f*ck you" and shouts "Is this as hard as you bite, Motherf*cker?!" as the Alien is tearing him apart!
Now that's tough!


So...

... what are your top five?
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#5 Quint, from Jaws

Lives through the wreck of the Indianapolis, hunts sharks for a living, only killed when a 25 foot great white shark pole vaults onto his boat and after fighting it with a machete.

#4 John Matrix, from Commando

Special Forces soldier who retires to live with his daughter in the woods. She gets kidnapped, he kills everyone.

#3 "Dirty" Harry Callahan

Owner of more catchphrases than you've had hot dinners. One-hands a .44 S&W and dispatches whoever the hell breaks the law.

#2 "Mad" Max Rockatansky

Former cop gone rogue after the death of his wife and son at the hands of a gang of motorcycle crazies. Kills all of them then embarks upon a post-apocalyptic career of journeys and death in his black Pursuit Special

#1 "Man With No Name" from Yojimbo

Rarely shows any emotion; the inspiration for Clint Eastwood's portrayal of badassness, the Ronin With No Name is so awesome that he dupes two gangs into nearly annihilating each other, escapes a near death beating, and takes out the last of the gang in a Western-style showdown, even though one of the gang members has a pistol and RWNN has a friggin knife. Upon completion, he tells the sheriff to go hang himself and strolls out of the town, seemingly not bothered.

I got just one to put out here.

"John Morgan" from A Man Called Horse

chloec42 said:

#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?

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LOL LOVE this thread already. but I would have to compliment (or object) your "billy" decision with this;

'Blain' played by Jesse Ventura.
This guy is soooo busy being bad-ass, that he doesn't even have enough time to bleed. He is also know as a "god-damn sexual tyrannosaur."

Bill the Butcher - Daniel Day-Lewis in "Gangs of New York" is both my favorite movie villain and the most bad ass. Passionate, ruthless, and he cut out his own eye after being shamed by his rival. All round bad ass. He also has the best outfits ever.

I don't have the time now to come up with a full list. I'll do that later.

First character that comes to mind is Mel Gibson's character "Porter" in Payback.

Classic badass.

I don't know all of the movies on this list, but #5 on their list (Shaft) has to be mentioned.

Holy crap! It's the_bird!

S'up, Walker? I'm around, just finally learned to keep my mouth shut! That, and it's been a ***** finding time to brew.

The guy with the air thingy in No Country for Old men

Detective Bud White (played by Russell Crowe) in LA Confidential.

"Mr. White" from Reservoir Dogs.

Pretty much any character played by Harvey Keitel would work.

Uma Thurman's Character from Kill Bill.

Riddick.

Homercidal said:

Uma Thurman's Character from Kill Bill.

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I cannot WAIT until my daughter's old enough to watch this movie with me. The Bride kicks some major ass.

John Rambo

This your first post on a beer forum?

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BTW how can any one list Mel Gibson after this?

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Blade from the Blade Trilogys

Chev Chelios in Crank

Smith in Shoot 'Em Up

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BTW how can any one list Mel Gibson after this?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA-ZMp6VUAs

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Well, we can have a "*******" thread too.

Kurt Russell in "Tombstone" was pretty badass... "you gonna do something or just stand there and bleed?"

Clint in "Unforgiven" was BAD. When he comes out of the bar and announces that he'll kill any man that takes a shot at him, then kill his family, and burn his farm... That was bad ass.

Samuel Jackson in "Pulp Fiction": "Say what again motherfu..er"... My wallet's the one that says bad motherf..er on it..."

Antonio as 'El Mariachi' in "Desperado" was pretty bad.

Quint in "Jaws" was bad... but the shark was badder.

My money is on Ash.



To skip to the true bad a$$ery go to about 1:30.

Also love Tombstone but I prefer Doc Holliday personally. (Val Kilmer)

Al Pacino in Scarface

Michael Meyers in all Halloweens

Denzel Washington "Training Day" and "Man on Fire"

Bruce Lee

Joe Pesci in "Casino"

beerjunky828 said:

Al Pacino in Scarface

Michael Meyers in all Halloweens

Denzel Washington "Training Day" and "Man on Fire"

Bruce Lee

Joe Pesci in "Casino"

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Good ones!

I'll add Christopher Walken in True Romance. Although he gets very limited screen time that was an awesome character...

Walker said:

"Mr. White" from Reservoir Dogs.

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One of the defining characteristics of any Tarantino movie is that the lead characters, without exception, are complete badasses.

If anyone has seen 'The Book of Eli', Denzel is a total bad ass in that movie.

1. John Hancock from Hancock
2. Del Spooner from I, Robot
3. Captain Steven Hiller from Independence Day
4. Agent Jay from MIB and MIIB
5. Robert Neville from I am Legend (he jumps up to number 3 if they kept the original ending)

someone has a crush on the fresh prince ^^^

the_bird said:

One of the defining characteristics of any Tarantino movie is that the lead characters, without exception, are complete badasses.

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mmmmmmm......Tarantino.

I'm not a fan of film violence by a long way, but that guy makes it truly artistic.

Snake Plisskin: Kurt Russell in Escape From New York

Philo Beddoe: Clint Eastwood in Every Which Way But Loose

HoppyDaze said:

someone has a crush on the fresh prince ^^^

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The only reason Will Smith made Hitch was to prove that he is, in fact, capable of beating up a woman with a single kick to the face. The only reason he made The Pursuit of Happyness was to prove that he is man enough to beat the crap out of homelessness. He then went on to make Seven Pounds to prove that the only force that can stop Will Smith is Will Smith.

My daughter used to have a crush on Will Smith, but I never did. Does that mean I'm a lesbian?

Laughing_Gnome_Invisible said:

My daughter used to have a crush on Will Smith, but I never did. Does that mean I'm a lesbian?

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Yes? Want to meet my wife?

Laughing_Gnome_Invisible said:

mmmmmmm......Tarantino.

I'm not a fan of film violence by a long way, but that guy makes it truly artistic.

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Tarantino kind of fancies himself as being that tough guy.

OK, not a tough "guy" but what about El (or is that Elle) from Kill Bill?

Meaty Portion is winning so far with Quint and Philo Beddo
Add in Rambo and Dirty Harry............. list is complete

Really? I'm the first person to mention Arnold Schwarzenegger as the friggin' Terminator?

Your clothes. Give them to me. Now.



Also don't forget his role as Conan.

Q: What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins. I can deal with movie violence, but that kind of crap just creeps me out!

Russell Crowe in Gladiator
new Caesar tries to have him killed, fails, ends up getting put into slavery and kills enough gladiators to fill the Coliseum, makes a big enough name for himself as a slave to personally fight Caesar and wins even after Caesar fights dirty.

Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke
no one sticks it to the man like cool hand luke and eats 50 hard boiled eggs in a hour.

Steve McQueen - Bullitt
enough said

Daniel Craig - 007
made bond a bona fide bad ass again after the awful Brosnan bond.

Val Kilmer - Doc Holiday
I'm your huckleberry.

Honorable Mention
DeNiro - Travis Bickle
"June twenty-ninth. I gotta get in shape. Too much sitting has ruined my body. Too much abuse has gone on for too long. From now on there will be 50 pushups each morning, 50 pullups. There will be no more pills, no more bad food, no more destroyers of my body. From now on will be total organization. Every muscle must be tight."

Forgetta about it, all these would be tough guys. There all actors, the one true psycotic and mother of all bad guys and one really scary MF ..... GARY BUSEY

honarable mention:

Lee Marvin - The Man that Shot Liberty Valance
Robert Diniro -- Raging Bull
Al Pacino --- Godfather I & II
James Cagney --- White Heat
John Wayne ---- in anything