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How many on-screen badass women can you name?

(I'll update the list periodically.)


Badass On-Screen Women


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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

This meme forgot that Katniss Everdeen was the first female lead in an action movie.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Literally every example OP gave predates the hunger games.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Not according to Jennifer Lawrence, “I remember when I was doing ‘Hunger Games,’ nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie because it wouldn’t work — we were told girls and boys can both identify with a male lead, but boys cannot identify with a female lead.”

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

She said that but she was wrong lol Off the top of my head both the Terminator and Alien series had lead female action hero's that predate the Hunger Games

Also I don't mean to be pedantic, I can't tell if this is a stealth /s discussion or not

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I believe Artyom was being sarcastic, and making fun of Jennifer Lawrence for making such a blatantly incorrect statement

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Thank you for defending my honor random internet stranger, I salute you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Tomb Raider movie

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The Long Kiss Goodnight is a pretty straightforward action movie from 1996 starring Geena Davis in the lead. Samuel L. Jackson co-stars.

Working backward from there:

La Femme Nikita (1990) and the American remake Point of No Return (1994)

Foxy Brown (1974) and Coffy (1973) are offerings from the blaxploitation angle.