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The Movie List - Top 10 One-Man Armies
It doesn't matter whether you're taking on a corrupt sheriff or fighting a pack of man-eating zombies... If you want something done right, you're better off doing it yourself. This list of the Top One-Man Armies shows how some renegades take that lesson to heart with a vengeance.
10. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), The Bourne Identity (2002): He can, and does, kill with household items: Towels, candlesticks, vodka and even a rolled-up magazine.
9. Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson), Death Wish (1974): Thugs kill his wife and daughter, so this New Yorker learns its better to speak softly and carry ... a lot of ammo.
8. The Bride (Uma Thurman), Kill Bill (2003): The most famous element of this spaghetti Western-samurai flick may have been the Bride's yellow tracksuit, but she's no coward.
7. Col. Braddock (Chuck Norris), Missing in Action (1984): Maybe the only army of one whose sequel came first. Parts I and II were filmed together and Braddock's latter heroics were released first.
6. Ash (Bruce Campbell), Army of Darkness (1992): This one-man army has the difficult job of killing people who are already dead. In fact, it took him three movies to kick all that zombie butt.
5. Lee (Bruce Lee), Enter the Dragon (1973): This one-man army performed fights so dangerous, he was cut with a broken bottle, suffered a snakebite and broke a few bones during filming.
4. Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin), Billy Jack (1971): He's half-Native American, half-white and 100% nuts. He's also a pacifist, which means he'll talk his enemies to death before he gets violent.
3. Maximus (Russell Crowe), Gladiator (2000): Both the crowd-pleasing character and the Oscar-winning actor who plays him have had quite a few rumbles in their day.
2. Max (Mel Gibson), Mad Max (1979): This one-man army needed only a souped-up muscle car, a sawed-off shotgun and an accent so thick, it had to dubbed over for Americans.
1. John McClane (Bruce Willis), Die Hard (1988):: Hard to believe that it's 18 minutes before the first gun is fired in this flick that turned a sitcom wiseguy into a killing machine.
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Where is Clint Eastwood. tisk tisk on this list
why isn't Steven Seagal on this list?
Uuuuuh.......Commando? Maybe even True Lies (which was on next). No Arnold = incomplete list.
Oh yeah, and Rambo got the shaft too?
Clive Owen in shoot em up.
I agree with the others....Tom Laughlin & Bruce Campbell but no Rambo, Dirty Harry or Commando? Without Arnold, Sly & Clint this list is just incomplete.....
Great movie selection on AMC! Good seeing "Behind Enemy Lines" last night. One complaint; way too many comercial breaks!
i am surprised the persons who took part in this poll are still alive...cause everyone knows chuck norris only comes in second to chuck norris, yea...i know bad joke, it was worth it though haha
Man,you left out quite a few! Where is the greatest badass of all time-Snake Plissken(Kurt Russell-"Escape From New York/L.A.")? What about Reddick(Vin Diesel-"Pitch Black")? Achilles(Brad Pitt-"Troy")? And if you're talking about Chuck Norris(who I personally loathe-I can't stand his right wing/"wave the flag"/born again politics),what about his only good movie,"The Octagon"(how many ninjas bit the dust in that one)?
I thought missing in action was an awesome movie. I remember this movie in the eighties. I just saw it not too long ago and i love it. cash advance
Hey, the list is still incomplete.. My favorite character "Arnold" is not in the list.
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Hey, the list is still incomplete. My favorite character "Arnold" is not in the list.
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Interesting how this list puts together movies from the mid 70s to early 2000s. But it has to be said here that some movies that were mind blowing have been left out in this list. And for that I would like to mention Arnold which is missing in it.
Nice movie list but i m agree with the people who misses "Arnold" in this list.
You must include him to facinate evry body wih his action.
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Nice movie list but i m agree with the people who misses "Arnold" in this list.
You must include him to facinate evry body wih his action.
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Enter the dragon has to be the best movie on the list. Bruce Lee is such an awesome fighter. It is so fun to watch. Sports Betting Services
I like this movie. I watched it over and over again.
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