# Let's talk about action movies in which the big bad is a woman. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655 "2014-08-27T17:30:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655/61 "2014-08-28T04:42:03Z")
Mama. ---
**Author:** ![callander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@callander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callander)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655/62 "2014-08-28T05:01:25Z")
Fort Apache the Bronx With Paul Newman, seem to recall a very disturbed prostitute as a cop/serial killer. And probably doesn’t count as action however Fatal Attraction Damn she was scary. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655/63 "2014-08-28T06:16:11Z")
Hansel and Gretel Witchhunters, already mentioned, is a great choice. I second it. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655/64 "2014-08-28T06:50:44Z")
^Speaking of witches, Miranda Richardson’s character is the big bad in Tim Burton’s _Sleepy Hollow_. ---
**Author:** ![Sandwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@Sandwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandwood)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655/65 "2014-08-28T09:38:04Z")
Martial arts movies do count as action, right? _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_ then, with Cheng Pei-pei as Jade Fox. It’s more in the direction of traditional wuxia than the more modern kung-fu type movies, but fighting definitely plays a huge role as a problem-solving tool there too, as required by the OP to qualify as an action movie. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655/66 "2014-08-28T10:24:37Z")
**Kindergarten Cop** features a woman who kills the only witness to her son’s crime before using her trusty car to run over Ah-nuld’s partner, at which point she starts shooting at our hero in the climax of the movie – which, of course, makes her the sort of problem that can only be solved by a baseball bat upside the head. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655/67 "2014-08-28T12:23:27Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle If I were Skald, there would be an additional rule to exclude movies like this. The big bad is because the protagonists are semi-misogynist male fantasy version of women. This would also cover movies like “Supergirl” and “Catwoman.” I’m not entirely sure if obvious comedies should count, either. Having a farcical female villain is not really what I would call a “big bad.” But, hey, I don’t have the fembots and flying monkeys, so I defer to my superior. But I will mention Cruella De Ville, if only because the hobbits have been pissing me off lately and need to be taught a lesson. (And because I think the live action version is kinda Action-y, and I can’t think of anything else right now.) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655/68 "2014-08-28T12:38:46Z")
Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655/69 "2014-08-28T13:11:29Z")
Since we’re past the point of spoilers, I’ll add that SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR is all about this. (Heck, it’s pretty much right there in the title!) ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655/70 "2014-08-28T13:17:26Z")
“Cleopatra Jones” – a blaxploitation / martial arts flick from 1973 > **[Cleopatra Jones (1973) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069890/?ref_=nv_sr_1)** > > Cleopatra Jones: Directed by Jack Starrett. With Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes, Antonio Fargas. During the 1970s, U.S. Special Agent Cleopatra Jones proves to be an invaluable asset to the local police forces in the war on drugs. Also, “Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold” – the sequel, from 1975 > **[Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072791/?ref_=nm_knf_i2)** > > Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold: Directed by Charles Bail. With Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens, Ni Tien, Norman Fell. When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in... ---
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Mangetout: > [@](#): > > Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? She’s certainly bad, but is she really the “big bad” when Voldemort makes an actual appearance? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655/72 "2014-08-28T14:58:44Z")
**Paul** Bonus Points because The Big Bad is Sigourney Weaver, Good Guy in the Alien franchise, who gets to quote her “Get away from her you bitch!” line from Aliens as the baddie I know the OP specified not-TV movies, and Action movies, but I can’t resist mentioning **Madame Sin** , and ABC Movie of the Week in which Bette Davis -=- Bette Freakin’ Davis! – plays essentially a female Fu-Manchu. In that light, consider the 1932 **Mask of Fu Manchu** , in which Boris Karloff plays the evil Dr. Fu Manchu and Myrna Loy plays Fah Lo See, his equally evil daughter. (racist film, with white actors in the lead roles playing oriental villains, but it’s a fragment og its age.) One should also not ignore the many versions of H. Rider Haggard’s **She** , especially the 1935 version that was the only starring role for Helen Gahagan. Lots of people stole images from this film, including (by his own admission) ray Harryhausen (who oversaw the recent colorization and restoration). But also the image of the Evil Queen in Disney’s **Snow White**. 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[https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=AwrB8pOnQv9TGkYAzXyJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTIyNXQ1ZWdpBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMyZTFmNjViNmRmOWM0MmE3MDk5YTY5MDE4ZWQyY2ZlZQRncG9zAzEEaXQDYmluZw--?back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F\_adv\_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dsnow%2Bwhite%2Bdisney%2Bevil%2Bqueen%26fr%3Dyfp-t-500%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D1&w=526&h=600&imgurl=www.dispatch.com%2Fcontent%2Fgraphics%2F2012%2F04%2F09%2F1a-evil-queens-art-gr3goip9-1disney-snow-white3.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Fcontent%2Fstories%2Flife\_and\_entertainment%2F2012%2F04%2F09%2Fevil-queens-merit-more-respect.html&size=132.2KB&name=1a-\evil\<%2Fb\>-queens-art-gr3goip9-1disney-\snow\<%2Fb\>-white3.jpg&p=snow+white+disney+evil+queen&oid=2e1f65b6df9c42a7099a69018ed2cfee&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-500&tt=1a-\evil\<%2Fb\>-queens-art-gr3goip9-1disney-\snow\<%2Fb\>-white3.jpg&b=0&ni=160&no=1&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=13d5jugcr&sigb=13rnsgf74&sigi=130omqfrr&sigt=121fj3uqg&sign=121fj3uqg&.crumb=qaEg0jdeRsQ&fr=yfp-t-500](https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8pOnQv9TGkYAzXyJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIyNXQ1ZWdpBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMyZTFmNjViNmRmOWM0MmE3MDk5YTY5MDE4ZWQyY2ZlZQRncG9zAzEEaXQDYmluZw--?back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dsnow%2Bwhite%2Bdisney%2Bevil%2Bqueen%26fr%3Dyfp-t-500%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D1&w=526&h=600&imgurl=www.dispatch.com%2Fcontent%2Fgraphics%2F2012%2F04%2F09%2F1a-evil-queens-art-gr3goip9-1disney-snow-white3.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Fcontent%2Fstories%2Flife_and_entertainment%2F2012%2F04%2F09%2Fevil-queens-merit-more-respect.html&size=132.2KB&name=1a-%3Cb%3Eevil%3C%2Fb%3E-queens-art-gr3goip9-1disney-%3Cb%3Esnow%3C%2Fb%3E-white3.jpg&p=snow+white+disney+evil+queen&oid=2e1f65b6df9c42a7099a69018ed2cfee&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-500&tt=1a-%3Cb%3Eevil%3C%2Fb%3E-queens-art-gr3goip9-1disney-%3Cb%3Esnow%3C%2Fb%3E-white3.jpg&b=0&ni=160&no=1&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=13d5jugcr&sigb=13rnsgf74&sigi=130omqfrr&sigt=121fj3uqg&sign=121fj3uqg&.crumb=qaEg0jdeRsQ&fr=yfp-t-500) Another novel that was adapted multiple times, especially in the silent days, with an Evil Queen in it was Pierre Benoit’s **l’Atlantide/Atlántida** , filmed most famously in 19032/3 with three different casts in three different languages, with Brigette Helm (heroine in **Metropolis** as the beautiful and cruel Antinea, and filmed in 1949 as **Siren of Atlantis** with Maria Montez. ---
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Christine. ---
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**Doctor Detroit**! The villain is a woman/mob boss known as “Mom” - great stuff! ---
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X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST is _structured_ like this, since the one thing Magneto and Professor X and future-Logan and past-Hank see eye-to-eye on is that – for the good of the world – the quick-kicking criminal with her own reasons for committing cold-blooded murder has to be stopped before she can strike again. ---
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_Constantine_ comes close, but may have to be discounted because Swinton was portraying an androgynous character. ---
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Speaking of flying monkeys, does _The Wizard of Oz_ count as an action movie? I mean, given that it’s resolved by the hero dumping acid all over the villain that melts away her flesh. ---
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_[Mother Russia](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LlA2vGubd2M/maxresdefault.jpg)_ in _Kick-Ass 2_. She was definitively both big and bad. ---
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Wha . . ? Huh . . ? We’ve really had two people try to pass of _Wizard of Oz_ as an action movie?! > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > If there’s not fisticuffs, swordfights, gunplay, or explosions every few minutes, it ain’t an action movie. Are you guys thinking of a different version than the one I am? ---
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Can we include Aquanetta as the Gorilla Girl in 1943’s _Captive Wild Woman_? Or Susan Cabot as _The Wasp Woman_, a Roger Corman flick from 1959? Probably not. But their posters are cool enough to search for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-action-movies-in-which-the-big-bad-is-a-woman/696655.md?page=5)