Best Assassin-Protagonist Movie? with Game of Death (2011) DVD Giveaway

What’s the best movie with an assassin in the lead role? Share your thoughts on this topic by the end of this weekend (Sunday night at midnight Pacific). One random respondent will receive a free DVD, Game of Death starring Wesley Snipes, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Answer as a comment in reply to (a) this post, (b) @ActionChick on twitter, and/or (c) the relevant topic on the Action Flick Chick’s Facebook page.

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GAME OF DEATH (2011)

SYNOPSIS:
Action superstar Wesley Snipes is back and badder than ever as CIA Agent Marcus Jones, a professional hit man caught in a double-cross between his partners in the agency, a ruthless arms dealer and a powerful Wall Street broker worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Framed for a murder he didn’t commit and chased by expert assassins, Jones must clear his name before its too late. Also starring Robert Davi (Die Hard), Gary Daniels (The Expendables) and Zoë Bell (Grindhouse), GAME OF DEATH is an action-packed thriller filled with pulse-pounding excitement.

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Katrina Hill – ActionChick: What’s the best assassin-protagonist movie?

Answers on twitter:
· KanUDig_It – KanUDig_It: @ActionChick Leon: The Professional
· Danny Bowes – moviesbybowes: @ActionChick Wanted with Salman Khan is better. He spends the whole movie owning the crap out of everyone AND sings & dances 🙂
· IACEZ – IACEZ: Ogami Itto from the Lone Wolf & Cub films works too.
· John DuBois – J2Jd: @ActionChick Thanks for Following me. My fav hitman movie is “The Professional” with Gary Oldman,Jean _?can’t remem, and Natalie Portman.
· Wildride Robert Roy – wyldride: Remo Williams.
· David Green – monstergreeneye: @ActionChick cant decide on best but top 5 assassins- Jules Winnfield, Leon, Anton Chiguth, Jason Bourne, and The Bride 😀
· tom roth – ryujinXV: @ActionChick Leon?
· Amanda Almeida – Amanda_A85: Silence of the Lambs
· Misha – m_buggie: @ActionChick would “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai” count?
· gam0ra: @ActionChick “Leon”. I don’t think there can really be any question there.
· Paul Singley – SlicerGBA: ‘Ninja Assasin’ The best ever!!
· Matt Smith – ohitsmattsmith: @ActionChick I love that movie! Very well done and plenty of action.
· Jennifer Joseph – jenniferjoseph_: @ActionChick James McAvoy’s accent. Sigh.
· swiv – swiv: @actionchick The Professional – it may not have much action, but it was poignant.
· Philip Joel Martin – PhilipJoelM: @ActionChick definitely Bourne [Anything]
· Mark Stearns – trekkerguy: @ActionChick My pick would have to be Smokin’ Aces.
· Dalanna Bottorff – Dalanna23: @ActionChick Wanted is my pick
· Ben Beige – dariuscardren: [Wanted] it’s a good flick, I’ve always wanted to beat someone w/ a keyboard
· Mike Vance – FourteeTwo: @ActionChick Wanted is one of the worst assassin movies I’ll never be able to unsee.
· Darlene – DarleneEats: @ActionChick I liked Point of No Return when growing up.
· Mike Lee – RocketPatrol: @ActionChick Probably have to go with La Femme Nikita.
· Kristen McHugh – kristenmchugh22: @ActionChick Wanted is excellent, but I’d overall, have to choose the Bourne Trilogy.
· Michael Kinyon – mkinyon: @ActionChick Prizzi’s Honor
· Leroy Lee – LeroyALee: Vincent from Collateral
· Steve Bialik – stevapalooza: @ActionChick The Professional of course
· Mike Dooling mdooling: @ActionChick ahhh… okay. Wanted was pretty good too 😉
· Sam Borowski – Sam_Borowski: @ActionChick Did you ever see THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. Barbara Bach is 1 of the protagonists (although she promises to kill James Bond in it)?
· Todd MacCheap – TwitMoney: @ActionChick In my opinion, the entire Jason #Bourne series was the best!
· Mike Dooling – mdooling: @ActionChick Ultraviolet!!!

Answers on Facebook:
·  Marq Piocos: Assassins and The Specialist are good ones, but #1 on my list – The Professional
· J. Seth Barnard: Agreed with Marq. The Professional.
· Brian Knox: I liked Dame Helen in RED. In fact, the entire “retired wetworks speciallist” plot made me smile.
· Mitchell Ivey: I liked Charles Bronson in “The Mechanic.”
· Harold Burman: Bourne trilogy and Long Kiss Goodnight. But the assassins stopped being assassins, a la memory loss, so not sure they count.
· Christoffer Andersson: Léon (or The professional, whatever title you’re accustomed to). Saw it the first time when I was 12 years old and since then I’ve had an undying crush on Natalie Portman
· Alex Langley: None. They’re all the same… Not really, but a lot of them are really, really similar.
· Jubei Yagyu: Lone Wolf and Cub…the original is the first and best Assassin as Protagonist film.
· Samuel F. Moultrie: My first pick The Professional all the way. Second – Raizo in Ninja Assassin.
· Kanu Digit: The Professional is great. Grosse Point Blank is actually surprisingly good and brings some decent action and violence and comedy. The Killer is a classic of course. John Woo at his height.

This whole discussion also led to an interesting bit of news from Troma filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman.

· Jeff Robinson – partialinfinity: @ActionChick Grosse Point Blank! 🙂
· Chad Elkinsratpack: @ActionChick Leon is def the best IMO. Other notables: Cusack from Grosse Pointe Blank, Travolta in Pulp Fiction, & Clooney in The American.
· Mad Dog McGillicuddyHowlerMonkeys: @ActionChick MARTIN BLANK!!! Is it too late to say Martin Blank…???

Comic-Con: Katrina with Lloyd. (He's the one on the right.)

· Katrina Hill – ActionChick: 3 of you picked Grosse Pointe Blank for best assassin-protagonist movie
· Lloyd Kaufman – lloydkaufman: @ActionChick Steven Pink (Grosse Point Blank) is writing Toxic Avenger remake.
· DoctorSplatter: Do what now? RT @lloydkaufman: Steven Pink (Grosse Point Blank) is writing Toxic Avenger remake.