Every once in a while we get a theoretical matchoff of various fictional characters. This time, let’s try out some of the heavyweight non-serious badasses.
Jason Statham - Crank
Bruce Campbell - Army of Darkness
Antonio Banderas - Desperado
Bruce Willis - Hudson Hawk
John Cusack - Grosse Pointe Blank
Kurt Russell - Tango & Cash
Clive Owen - Shoot 'Em Up
Hudson Hawk is the one who’s going to be the least like all the others. While they’d all be running around with dual pistols, he’d be planting mines and putting tranqs in their drinks. If a stray bullet doesn’t catch him and he can stay hidden long enough, he’ll win out in the long run.
Probably Crank-dude would be his toughest competitor just out of sheer unkillableness.
Ash’s (Bruce Campbell’s) biggest competitor would probably be Kurt Russell from Tango & Cash. Russell is probably a six shooter and hand-to-hand sort of guy. Ash is a chainsaw and boomstick guy. Those probably even out.
I considered putting Jack Burton up first, but if you watch the movie he really is just a truck driver. Outside of his reflexes, he’s really got no skill with either weapons or hand-to-hand fighting. He works as a main character almost largely because of how much he talks up his own skills just to time and time again fail, then come through right at the end and save the day and get the girl.
Reminds me of the one episode of the Green Hornet I saw on TV once. “You all must fear as I proceed to send my sidekick out to kick your asses, while I sit back and have a nice refreshing coca cola!”