14 Action Movies with Kick-Ass Women Front and Center
'Wonder Woman' is just the beginning.
By MEHERA BONNER
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Like countless other women (and hopefully men), we saw Wonder Woman and left the theater with tears of pride in our eyes. Women kick butt. But it's not just Diana Prince. Despite Hollywood being a men's club (and many of the movies with women leads being written/directed by men with a penchant for stereotypes), females are strong as hell. And they've been slaying action movies for a while now.
The importance of the YA genre embracing a strong female protagonist as a hero cannot be overstated. She saved herself, the men around her, and—oh yeah—everyone else.
If you haven't watched Demi Moore in G.I. Jane, please schedule "Netflix and chill" into your calendar and rectify the situation. Let's just say she's better than your faves—at least if one of your faves is G.I. Joe.
What do you get when you hire Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore, and Cameron Diaz to star in Charlie's Angels? Box office gold. Though side note: these women would be just as cool without Charlie.
It's not out quite yet (mark your calendar for July 28), but Charlize Theron's new spy film Atomic Blonde looks atomic levels of spectacular (ha ha ha), so we obviously had to include it here.
Nikita should be on every list of action movies—no matter whether said list is focusing on women or not. The '90s gem (about a trained assassin) is truly iconic, so much so that it was made into a TV show.
File under: that feeling when your father raises you in the woods as an assassin and you turn out completely epic, and then go on a very successful vigilante mission at the age of 15.