Ass-Kicking Action Flick Chicks of 2010! Plus YOUR 2010 Faves and 2011 Picks!

special by Action Flick Chick Katrina Hill for Newsarama:

Twenty-five years ago, action movies were filled with extremely muscled good guys fighting extremely muscled bad guys in order to save their helpless wives, girlfriends, or daughters…and in some cases to save the world (which everyone appreciates, by the way.) While those films are awesome, there has been a slow evolution of the classic action film in the past twenty-five years. The modern action film doesn’t have to star a bodybuilder of a guy, and women don’t have to be helpless captives. In fact, women have even gone from being a back ground supporting character for the hero to being heroines themselves! Here’s a look at the top 5 action heroines of 2010…

(Top 5 report continued at Newsarama.com)

Venerable mentions:

* Alice Liddell (at least after she armors up) – Mia Wasikowska in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland 3-D
* Black Widow a.k.a. Natalie Rushman, Natasha Romanoff, Natasha Romanova – Scarlet Johansson in Iron Man 2
* Luz – Michelle Rodriguez in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete
* Quorra – Olivia Wilde in TRON Legacy

Some of you may be thinking, “If those get honorable mention, who are the top 5???” Well, haul yourself over to Newsarama and find out. (You should already know who’s #1.)

And post comments so we’ll know if you’d like me to visit Newsarama again sometime. Watch readers over there argue away over the inclusions and exclusions. (“How the hell can you pick that Predators chick over the Black Widow?!”) Watch the movies and track their action! I picked my favorites. You pick yours.

Action Flick Chick (@ActionChick):
Your favorite badass movie heroines in 2010?

Dalanna23: ass kicking horrorish chick was deff a toss up between Alice and Claire in RE
MattBarrett1: Black Widow stole the show in Iron Man 2. She was far more interesting than the main bad guy.
rongraham1: how is it possible to mention “ass-kicking movie chicks” and NOT mention Hit-Girl?
pizzamonkey63: your name should be on that list!
MoxieGrl: 2010 ass-kicking females. Helen Mirren in RED! — Helen was most notable to me. Her role was so out of the norm for her!
TinaReichl: @ChloeGMoretz @MillaJovovich Love movies with kick ass chicks in them!!!
Gordylocke: I was just joking last night with friends wondering if Chloe Moretz ever gets to watch her own movies? lol
to_paraphrase: Hit Girl! 😀
corpzombie: Ooh: Mindy Macready from Kick-Ass is way up on the list!
lola0813: Michelle Rodriguez in MACHETE.
scooterchicken: Hit Girl
Patek4me: milla jovovich resident evil
Jenn Zuko: You know, I hate to admit this, but I like Alice from Resident Evil.
Mark King: My fave was definitely Milla in Resident Evil: Afterlife
trekkerguy: 2010 Fave was Milla Jovovich
Amy Ratcliffe: You know, Salt kinda kicked some butt.
Brian Knox: HIT GIRL!!!
Jeff Stoll: Hit Girl of course.
Gary Fanning: Hit Girl by a long shot! Kick Ass did just that.
Jason D Sousley: My wife loved Milla in Resident Evil, I would like to give an honorable mention Lisabeth from the Girl with a Dragon Tattoo. I didn’t see the movie until this year.
Sue-Ann Cooper: Hit Girl was my absolute fave – a 12-year-old handing bad guys their butts on a platter? Otherwise, I thoroughly enjoyed Helen Mirren as Victoria in RED and Alice and Claire in RE: Afterlife. Oh, and Black Widow in Iron Man 2 – how could I forget?
RyanDM86: Alice from RE4:Afterlife
tenindenmark: Evelyn Salt! She is my pick 🙂
StruggleMuzic: Sherlock Holmes [Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler]
maldevane: For me though, it was all about Isabelle in Predators. Believably tough, lean, and mean. #likesitrough
sirlarryfleming: I am split between @MillaJovovich and Angelina Jolie (2010 movie heroines kicked the most butt)

Action Flick Chick (@ActionChick):
Which movie heroines are you most eager to watch kick ass in 2011?

ComicsPeriod: Which are showing up for longer than a cameo?
Jason D Sousley: Noomi Rapace, she is in the new Sherlock Holmes movie.
Tina Kraft Purnell: ‎”Nevermom!”
Sue-Ann Cooper: The Sucker Punch ladies, can’t wait to see them in action! And Jenn, there’s no shame in liking Alice, it may be way over the top but she still kicks ass.
screamtweets: (@zoesaldana in COLUMBIANA)
urabore: Looking forward to a Bad Ass Action Chick flick. Kind of a cross between Catwoman and the Power Puff girls.
listerart: Very eager to see Sucker Punch!
trekkerguy: Yes, Emily Browning is going to be a badass @actionchick in #SuckerPunch: http://youtu.be/KrIiYSdEe4E
AcesHigh_: Milla Jovovich
ohitsmattsmith: if they do Kick Ass 2, Chloe Grace Moretz – she’s like 10 yrs old but she kicked serious butt!
kristenmchugh22: Hanna is also looking pretty damn good.
Chrissie McBridge: Hanna!!!
RyanDM86: Hana is my prediction for 2011’s badass chick.
CapSteveRogers: Everyone in SuckerPunch.
kristenmchugh22: RT @CapSteveRogers: @actionchick Everyone in SuckerPunch. < -TOTALLY.

And the most anticipated heroine vs. villainess throwdown in 2011 is…
[DEATHLY HALLOWS SPOILER]

mandy302: I wanna see Mrs. Weasley go off on Bellatrix in DH2
elfhybrid: @actionchick Im not. Its too ‘american’.
Goofyfan_Chuck: @actionchick So am I! Ever since I read that fight in the book, I thought, “THAT will be the biggest scene in the movie.” I’m more looking forward to Molly vs Bella than Harry vs You-know-who.
Tekknight: @actionchick that’s what I’m waiting too see! I pray they don’t cut it!
mandy302: @LukeGreensmith @actionchick “Not my daughter you bitch”
LukeGreensmith: @mandy302 @actionchick Now THAT’S an awesome throw down waiting to happen!
Dalanna23: @actionchick i agree with @mandy302 i demand that they keep the scene with Mrs Weasley and Bellatrix true to the book or i will stage a …
scooterchicken: Add me to that list
HP7: Mrs Weasley Strikes Back.