Action is a special genre of cinema, strictly tied to fights, violence, shootings and pursuits. They illustrate one simple idea - good must be with fists. And the role of the main characters in the action movies are often brutal inflated guys. Steven Seagal, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger became famous and sought-after actors due to filming in action films.
But what about the girls? After all, they too can be strong and very cool. The list of militants with women in the title role is quite large. But here only the best films with the most memorable female characters are selected.
"Lara Croft: Tomb Raider"
We will not evaluate the new film of 2018 for now. With Lara Croft of the 2001 model, played by Angelina Jolie, the audience is more familiar. In this action movie with a woman starring Lara Croft, she appears as a fearless adventurer. She is brave, very smart, athletic and lonely. Not a girl, but just a dream!
The audience liked Angelina Jolie as Lara so much that in 2003 the second film Lara Croft: The Cradle of Life was released.
"Her name was Nikita"
French tape 1990 from Luc Besson. A girl with criminal inclinations falls into a special government program, where they make a special agent on special orders. So the clumsy and wild female teenager turns into a fatal beauty who can easily eliminate any goal.
The character of this action movie with a woman in the title role was so much liked by the audience that the tape was re-shot several times - under the names "No Return", "Killer", "Black Cat". Several series have also been shot, including the anime Noir.
"Catwoman"
This fantastic action movie of 2004 almost destroyed Halle Barry's career. He collected four Golden Raspberries, including as the worst film, and for the worst female role.
But the audience remembered him not only for the bad script, disgusting special effects, superficial study of the characters and a weak connection with the story of Selina (catwoman from comics). Still, Halle Barry, in a torn leather suit and bike, looked very sexy.
"Kill Bill"
"The next in the list of action films with women in the title role is Kill Bill with the gorgeous Uma Thurman who played the killer.
Quinodilogy (2003 and 2004) by Quentin Tarantino is a real masterpiece, filled with sword fights, a sea of blood and Eastern philosophy. The tape should have been included in the list because of only Uma Thurman, but in fact there are many interesting female characters here - Ellie Driver (Daryl Hannah), O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu), Vernita Green (Vivica Fox).
"Charlie's Angels"
The 2000 film became the box office leader among films where the main character was a woman. And in this tape there are three of them - an amazing trio of agents for solving non-standard situations. The cast is stellar - the roles were played by Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz and charming Drew Barrymore. And in order for the beauties to look even better, they added Bill Murray to them.
The tape was so successful that in 2003 a sequel was released - Charlie's Angels: Just Forward, where, in addition to the stars already mentioned, Demi Moore starred as the main villain.
"Resident Evil"
The first film was released in March 2002, and it belonged to the horror genre with elements of science fiction. But the subsequent parts, including the sixth part “Resident Evil: The Last Chapter” (2017), are fantastic action films.
And Milla Jovovich in the role of Alice, in a short red dress, is delightful and beautiful. She fights with the monsters generated by the virus, and with the people who released this same virus into the wild. She's like Sigourney Weaver, but only on Earth, with martial arts skills.
Domino
In this action movie with a woman starring Keira Knightley. She played a bounty hunter, a hooligan and a kid, who is under investigation by the FBI, as a suspect in the case of the theft of a large sum of money.
The girl with the nunchucks, in a leather jacket, with tousled hair was remembered by the audience, and although the tape did not pay off at the box office, it is still worth seeing at least once.
"Bandits"
In this action movie with women in the lead roles, we are talking about two poor girls, Maria and Sarah. The first is from a poor peasant family, the second is the beloved daughter of a wealthy landowner. But both of them have suffered from the actions of the same person and decide to take revenge.
"Bandits" is a western with Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek in the lead roles. The film turned out to be dynamic and fun, and this is one of the best female duets in the history of cinema.
You can also recommend watching the following action movies with women in the lead roles:
- “A Long Kiss for the Night” (1996).
- “Especially Dangerous” (2008).
- Eon Flux (2005).
- "Salt" (2010).
- Ultraviolet (2006).
- Colombian (2011).
- Lucy (2014).