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Badass moment:The art of execution by plumbing.
Badass moment:William H Macy vs. One of the least likely showdowns in cinema history.
A lesser known Mamet,Spartanfeatures Kilmer as a black ops asset trying to rescue the Presidents daughter.
Badass moment:Tied up and seemingly helpless, Perry initiates an argument with a dangerously unhinged homophobe.
Spoilers: Someone dies.
While she has had some experience with action films, she was never called upon to do much.
As the Lee Marvin to this rather un-Dirty half-Dozen, Marceau is a natural.
If Adi Shankar ever gets that femaleExpendablesmovie off the ground, Marceau should be on the cast list.
But then, did anyone really doubt that she could pull this off?
She could read the proverbial phonebook and get a BAFTA.
While the movie in this case is so-so, Mirren is terrifically blaise as a veteran assassin.
As recently reported, Mirren is interested in being in the nextFast And Furiousmovie.
Heck, make her the Transporter, Bond, and Doctor Who while were at it.
Badass moment:Any movie that features Helen Mirren firing a 50 calibre machine gun is doing something right.
Page is erratic, incompetent, and (almost) unstoppable.
Badass moment:The (literally) die hard comic book fan gets her hands on some Wolverine-like claws.
Contrarian and acid-tongued, Boyle hides a big heart beneath his crabby exterior.
Guy Pearce (Lockout)
Guy Pearce is an underrated talent.
It is always interesting to see him onscreen, and he is always surprising in his choices.
Playing a cynical, witty anti-hero Pearce excels.
Hes so good as Snow you almost wish the movie gave him more to do.
Cracking wise and skulls with equal aplomb, Pearce makes it feel like hes been doing this for years.
Badass moment:Im being beaten up by a guy called Rupert?
In a movie remarkable for its economy, Thirlbys understated, minimalist performance compliments Urbans to a tee.
In an underrated movie, Thirlbys is the most underrated performance.
Daniella Kertesz (World War Z)
Who?
Badass moment:A piece of background action thats easy to overlook.
At the climax, Pitt and his compatriots get ready to sneak into a zombie-infested lab.
Despite having an arm in a sling, Segen picks up a baseball bat AND a gun.
For sheer batshit confidence alone, this is her best moment.
Emily Blunt (Edge Of Tomorrow)
Like Helen Mirren, Blunt is money in the bank.
While he is onscreen for only minutes, Davenport offers a glimpse of a different kind of secret agent.
