TOUGHEST ACTION HEROES IN MOVIE HISTORY

NADA

George Nada is the main protagonist in John Carpenter’s

classic They Live. He is a quiet man, but with a lot on his

mind, more than likely his feelings on how life is dealing him

a bad hand. So it becomes more of an insult to him when

he discovers that the wealthy elite and anyone in authority

is actually an alien out to decimate and enslave the human

race. So what does he do next? He rocks a pair of shades

that tracks down the aliens and delivers some serious

butt-whooping.

JOHN MATRIX

John Matrix (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a retired

Delta Force op who gets really pissed when the bad guys

make the huge mistake of kidnapping his daughter in a

desperate attempt to force him to assassinate a South

American dictator. Why didn’t they just ask him politely?

Now Matrix is after them and the worst part is that

Chuck Norris is on vacation and can’t help them.

CHANCE BOUDREAUX

Chance Boudreaux is an ex-serviceman, a former Special

Forces operative, back home from the Merchant Marines,

in trouble for back dues and striking a superior, and is just

plain down on his luck. Jean Claude did some serious

butt whooping in this role, plus he had one of the most

ridiculous and hilarious mullets in movie history.

THE BRIDE

Beatrix Kiddo, known as “The Bride” to you and me, was an

elite assassin and member of the Deadly Vipers Assassination

Squad (DVAS). Her code name: Black Mamba. That was

then, though. The Bride wakens from a four-year coma and

the child she carried in her womb is gone. Now she must

wreak vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed

her—her own team. So she wears a super-cool yellow

jumpsuit a la Bruce Lee from Game of Death and

she handles business.

BRYAN MILLS

An ex-CIA spook played by Liam Neeson in the Taken trilogy

is the kind of father every male child wishes he could have

had. However, we must all agree that having your daughter

kidnapped not once, not twice, but three times could be

considered bad parenting.

MARTIN RIGGS

Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs introduces himself to us as a

Vietnam vet and a suicidal cop who wants to go meet his

dead wife. After he tries to commit suicide a couple of times

he realizes that his mission in this world is not yet done

and decides to wipe the floor with all of the bad guys.

THE TERMINATOR

The Terminator a freaking hero? Well, all right guys, not in the

first movie. But one swift reprogramming session ensured

that this T-800 cyborg returned in Terminator 2: Judgment Day

not to go after John Connor but to protect him from a

technologically advanced robot that makes even

Arnie in the original look like a boy scout.

IP MAN

The best part about Ip Man is that this grandmaster was

a real person who mentored Bruce Lee to become the

legend he is today. Apparently, the role gave Donnie Yen

his own chance to shine in this biopic of the teacher’s

youth and Yen didn’t let the chance go to waste.

SNAKE PLISSKEN

A former Special Forces unit “Black Light” lieutenant,

Snake was the youngest man decorated by the president.

Once a war hero in the campaigns in Leningrad and Siberia,

he is now a convicted bank robber. He has long hair and

wears an eye patch, a sleeveless black T-shirt, urban

camouflage pants, and black motocross boots.

Oh yeah, he plays with guns too sometimes!