For the longest time, Hollywood has remained largely male-dominated. However, women are continuously taking up space in the advancement of film in terms of roles and other strong characters. Cinemas evolve too. Women protagonists dominate the market literally flipping the male-dominated industry for fair share.
Despite every story line, action films are packed with women in that genre. They’re a combination of blockbuster films, fan favorites, or either inspiring ones.
You might want to check this list for reference:
HUNGER GAMES
“I volunteer as tribute!”
Hunger Games is a science fiction dystopian series based on the trilogy by Suzanne Collins. It follows the story of Katniss Everdeen in the nation of Panem wherein 12 volunteers from each district will fight against each other to death. This is starred by Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutchinson, and Liam Hemsworth.
WONDER WOMAN
Before becoming a superhero in Wonder Woman form, the protagonist lives her life as Diana—princess of the Amazons and is being trained to become a warrior. Convinced with the stories and curiosity of the outside world, Diana chose to leave their home to stop the ongoing battle during the World War I.
This is her journey towards discovering more of herself and claiming her status full of wonders. This film was directed by Patty Jenkins and starred by Gal Gadot.
HANNA
Hanna is an action/thriller film starred by Saoirse Ronan. Hanna’s destiny is to become a perfect assassin that’s why her father raised her in the wilderness where nobody can ever find them. They perfectly planned everything so they can make their way out. One time, her father sent her to Europe to accomplish a task.
She is now ready to fight all these people who want to get off her. In this film, Hanna will try to re-asses her normal life together including herself, her family, her true identity, and with the kind of skills she has at present.
LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER
This is a 2001 action-adventure film based on Tomb Raider video game series portrayed by Angelina Jolie. Lara’s journey starts as she embarks a dangerous quest to retrieve artifacts which controls time and she has to do it at a very limited time. She is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, weapons training, and even foreign languages. Lara Croft’s character was hailed as the female version of ‘Indiana Jones’ as her expeditions were also full of action, suspense, intrigue, and death while continuously slaying in those bomb-ass outfits.
ATOMIC BLONDE
Charlize Theron plays the brilliant, vicious, does-whatever-she-wants elite spy in this sensual and savage action film. She plays the role of Lorraine Broughton who is willing to use all her lethal skills just as so she can survive her impossible mission. She travels and find her way to team up with a station chief to get her through the deadliest game of spies.
ANNIHILATION
Annihilation is sci-fi, action, and horror film about a biologist and a former soldier, Lena, who joins a mission to uncover the reasons about what happened to her husband. While on the journey, she discovers horrifying secrets and creatures in different landscapes and is now risking all the dangers that threatens both their lives and sanity.
This stunning film is starred by Natalie Portman and directed by Alex Garland.
