# Movies where one good guy picks off a group of bad guys one by one. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332 "2009-02-17T23:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/21 "2009-02-18T02:58:14Z")
Speaking of Payback…I’m reminded also of Man On Fire, which follows that storyline a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/22 "2009-02-18T03:25:23Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Speaking of Payback…I’m reminded also of Man On Fire, which follows that storyline a bit. Crap!! That’s the one I was coming in here to mention, and I was scrolling though, “I hope it hasn’t been mentioned!” Double crap!! :smack: 😛 S^G ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/23 "2009-02-18T03:30:11Z")
A great example is that Australian classic “Mad Max.” There is also a Kevin Bacon movie on one of the premium cable channels right now, but I can remember the name. I saw some of it and wasn’t impressed. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/24 "2009-02-18T03:40:36Z")
**The Crow** would be a great example of this. Alex is on a mission of vengeance and he works his way through the bad guys one by one. **V for Vendetta** is another. ---
**Author:** ![bashere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bashere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bashere)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/25 "2009-02-18T03:57:16Z")
For sufficiently malleable definitions of “Good”, The Professional might qualify. It’s a great movie, regardless. ---
**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/26 "2009-02-18T04:05:53Z")
[Shoot 'Em Up](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465602/) (2007) > [@](#): > > A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman’s baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/27 "2009-02-18T04:12:25Z")
Se7en. Those stupid ass sinners had it coming! ETA: For a serious answer, I Spit On Your Grave. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/28 "2009-02-18T05:05:36Z")
**Kiss of the Dragon** was essentially this, though it was spread out through Paris in multiple locations. It’s not a movie, but **Without Remorse** is about an ex-special forces guy who essentially becomes a serial killer of drug dealers, taking them out one by one. Yes, it’s a Tom Clancy novel, but it may be his best one (since it’s focused more or less on that one central storyline with very little jacking off about the latest military gadgets). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/29 "2009-02-18T06:58:27Z")
> [@Lungfish](#): > > [Shoot 'Em Up](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465602/) (2007) Fantastic movie. It revels in its cheese. About 30 seconds of set up and then boom. I was watching the mid-east Showtime channel and I stumbled onto a Russian Diehard copy. Looking it up on IMDB they call it [Lichnyy nomer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415940/). It was pretty well done with some good action. I was amused by the dubbing. Louise Lombard from CSI is the female lead. I hadn’t realized that she was British, she does a great American accent in CSI. In this movie she plays a British reporter. It is obvious that she spoke her lines in English. It was probably then dubbed in Russian. When it was dubbed back to English for the international release they didn’t use her voice. Same thing with John Amos. He had a Raymond Burr/Godzilla-like cameo in his West Wing Navy uniform. It was not his voice coming out of his mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/30 "2009-02-18T07:06:21Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Fantastic movie. It revels in its cheese. About 30 seconds of set up and then boom. I know I’ll never look at a carrot in quite the same way. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/31 "2009-02-18T07:24:50Z")
[Surviving the game](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111323/). Rottentomatoes only gives it 25% - I guess it’s not a _good_ movie, but I found it good brainless entertainment ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/32 "2009-02-18T07:27:57Z")
This kind of story is a really old one, dating at least back to WW I, and the film _Sergeant York_, which is at least a true story. And I would think the whole _Death Wish_ series with Charles Bronson fits into this type. ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/33 "2009-02-18T09:04:54Z")
Given that we’ve had “Payback” mentioned, it is probably also worth suggesting “Point Blank”, the original version of this movie with Lee Marvin in the lead role, directed by John Boorman. I love that movie - he’s such a forceful presence. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/34 "2009-02-18T11:28:36Z")
[Crank](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479884/)fits the rule. It’s the same idea as Shoot Em Up, but cooler. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/35 "2009-02-18T14:32:58Z")
Crocodile Dundee II. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/36 "2009-02-18T14:55:18Z")
Key Largo. Bogie is the good guy, and gets the girl. Yowza. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/37 "2009-02-18T14:55:59Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > I know I’ll never look at a carrot in quite the same way. Fourthed - this movie is hysterical. I’d seen it after I’d seen a number of Clive Owen movies and remarked to Mr. Snicks, “He really needs to make a comedy.” I think this is as close as he’s gonna get. It’s awesome. Paul Giamatti rules, too. ---
**Author:** ![HolyFreakingMoly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@HolyFreakingMoly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HolyFreakingMoly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/38 "2009-02-18T15:53:24Z")
All the Dirty Harry movies with Clint Eastwood are like that… “Make my day punk”. Loved that character! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/39 "2009-02-18T16:23:36Z")
[And Then There Were None](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037515/) is a more, err, cerebral, take on this theme. Deaths, yes, but not a blow-em-up type of movie. And **Oakie** ’s comment about "For certain values of ‘good guy’ " also applies here. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332/40 "2009-02-18T18:11:31Z")
> **[When the Raven Flies (1984) ⭐ 6.7 | Action, Adventure, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087432/)** > > 1h 49m | R Original title: “Hrafninn flýgur” U.S. title: “Revenge of the Barbarians” It’s basically Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars, but with Vikings. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-one-good-guy-picks-off-a-group-of-bad-guys-one-by-one/486332.md?page=3)