DON'T MESS WITH HER
It’s good to know that Angelina Jolie (Lara Croft, Salt) and Uma Thurman (Kill Bill) are not the only actresses doing action parts. When once Modesty Blaise and Charlie’s Angels were more like curiosities, this is the age of the kickass heroine Lisbeth Salander (the Dragon Tattoo girl). It makes business sense too to have more women out there, kicking, stomping, shooting, so directors are not averse to having women at the centre of the action.
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WOMAN ON TOP
Gina Carano, a retired mixed martial arts champion, possesses the distinctive ability to hold both a gun and a stunning evening dress with the same panache. She has thighs that evoke chuckles of admiration and steely dark eyes which reveal much more than her impassive face. While watching Steven Soderbergh's Haywire, one wondered whether the maverick filmmaker stumbled upon his heroine before he found a script to suit her.
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