Ash? Who’s that?
“Dying ain’t much of a living, boy.” - Isn’t that from Unforgiven?
Humphrey Bogart, in pretty much everything he was in.
How about Big Chris from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels? The huge bald soccer player? Man, he was a badass.
Bullet tooth Tony, from ‘Snatch’. Just for the 'shot six times… In one sitting." Story.
Also from ‘Snatch’, the Pikey. Watch the man fight. Nuff said.
Leon, from ‘The Professional’. Not only a badass, but in a movie that showed he was more than just that.
Shoot, I got beat to Ash.
Yet no one has mentioned Samuel L. Jackson as Jules in Pulp Fiction. Ezikiel 25:17, anyone? Total badass.
Eric Draven from the first Crow. He’ll come back from the dead for the express purpose of killing your ass.
Oh, come on! Everybody knows the biggest, baddest bad-ass character in movie history was none other than the original Terminator, of whom was said the following:
'Nuff said!
Barry
The Terminator loses points for wussing out and being all protective in the last two movies. Real bad guys don’t wuss out.
That’s precisely why I specified the original Terminator, doncha know. The second two movies starred different characters (albeit played by the same actor).
Barry
I’m sorry, but unless someone explains exactly who Ash is, I’m going to keep assuming you mean that whinging kid from Pokemon.
And boy what a badass he is!
Bruce the shark from JAWS
Sorry, I thought you were joking.
Ash was the character played by Bruce Cambell in the three “Evil Dead” movies (including the third one that was called “Army of Darkness”).
Not too bright, but full of wisecracks and able to defeat an army of the undead with a shotgun and a chainsaw attached to the stump of his arm.
Barry
Sorry, that should be “Campbell” and not “Cambell.” Just in case you want to look him up at www.imdb.com
Barry
I’ve got to go with Frank, Henry Fonda’s character in Once Upon a Time in the West., simply because watching Henry Fonda play such an evil bastard is soooooo creepy! What amazing casting!
Fie on Ash. the Man With No Name was the original badass of badasses.
And lest we forget: Darth Vader, at least in “Star Wars” and “The Empire Strikes Back,” and before he became a “Real World” contestant.
I second the Pikey from Snatch, although I think being played by Brad Pitt takes away from his overal badasstivity.
Kayser Houze from Usual Suspects. When bad guys took his family hostage, he personally killed his entire family, just to make a point. Then he killed all the bad guys. Now, that’s badass.
Who’s the black private dick
that’s a sex machine to all the chicks?
(Shaft!)
You’re damn right
Who is the man
that would risk his neck for his brother man?
(Shaft!)
Can ya dig it?
Who’s the cat that won’t cop out
when there’s danger all about
(Shaft!)
Right on
You see this cat Shaft is a bad mother–
(Shut your mouth)
But I’m talkin’ about Shaft
(Then we can dig it)
He’s a complicated man
but no one understands him but his woman
(John Shaft)
“dieing aint much of a living boy” is from The outlaw Jesse Wales. He’s getting my vote.
now spit
Thank you! I was wondering who was going to break Jules out of the bag. Jules is also one of the more quotable badasses – not just for Ezekial 25:17:
“… my wallet is the one that says 'Bad Mother Fucker” on it."
“… We’re gonna be like three little Fonzies here. And what’s Fonzie like? … Cool, correctamundo …”
“What does Marcellus Wallace look like? … Does he look like a bitch?”
“I’m sorry … did I break your concentration?”
Another vote for Darth Vader.
“Apology accepted, Captain Needa!”
“The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am!”
Man, those lines are still sending chills down my spine. Definitely my kind of hero :eek:
I am a RAVING Ash fanatic but…
I am gonna have to chime in here and throw out a name.
John McClaine
I am sorry but this guy takes the cake. He is not going for big grandstanding or heroic jack-assery. He practically is just a tough ass bastard to kill and really really HATES bad guys.
But think of it this way he has:
-Jumped off a building wearing a fire hose to survive not being burned alive
-Blown up by a ship
-Got water cannoned out of a Resivoir outlet
-Survived a subway car rollover
-Ran across glass barefoot to escape bad guys
-Killed 5 ex soldiers in close combat elevator gun fighting
-Stood in his underwear wearing a sign in Harlem that could get you erased from existance
All while greasing bad guys, saving countless others, and being able to crack a good joke at his predicament.