You should never judge a book by its cover. It may seem like a distant memory now-especially considering the behind-the-scenes issues that allegedly plagued Blade: Trinity(check out Patton Oswalt's interview for more details) and the man's three-year stint in jail on tax evasion charges-but there was once a time when Wesley Snipes was one of the biggest action stars in the world. In fact, Snipes practically owned the 1990's and early 2000's, starring in action hits Passenger 57, Demolition Man, Drop Zone, Money Train, and Murder at 1600. And while he boasted an impressive kill count of 30 in Demolition Man, it wasn't until his role in Blade that his totals really began to climb.Īs everyone's second favorite vampire slayer (nobody beats Buffy), Snipes used his martial arts skills and an array of guns, bombs, and, well, blades to dispatch vampires by the dozen, killing 65 in the original film, another 47 in the third, and an incredible 155 in the second. Once he was out of prison, Snipes did what any former action star would do and he joined the cast of The Expendables 3, quickly returning to form and racking up 73 kills as Doctor Death. All things considered, it's no wonder the internet took a liking to assigning him such near-omnipotent abilities. Those films, of course, pale in comparison to his tv series Walker, Texas Ranger (in which he fought a bear) and 1996's Forest Ranger where he stopped a chainsaw with his bare hand (yes, that really happened). In the forty years between, Norris starred in Delta Force 1 and 2, the Missing in Action trilogy, The Hitman, and even played himself in Sidekicks. In 2012, (at the ripe old age of 72) Norris would appear alongside the aforementioned JCVD in The Expendables 2 where he racked up 87 kills, the most in any single movie of his career. Despite boasting some pretty impressive chest hair, Norris would ultimately lose the fight, and his life, when Lee snapped his neck. The 76-year-old (who, let's be honest, doesn't look a day over 73) first arrived on the scene in 1972's The Way of the Dragon where he fought none other than Bruce Lee. He, however, is only responsible for one of them. Come on, Captain Splits, you can do better than that.Ĭhuck Norris, the man whose legend has inspired countless "facts" about his various feats of strength, comes in at number thirteen on our list. Van Damme also appeared in The Expendables 2, a film that features an absolutely insane 489 on-screen kills. Van Damme notched another fifteen kills as Colonel Guile in Street Fighter (though we didn't include the death of the franchise in his kill total) and another 76 as Luc Deveraux in the Universal Soldier films (45 of which came in the third entry alone). Yes, Dennis Rodman), and Timecop (where he played. After that, he would go on to become one of the industry's biggest action stars, showcasing his impressive martial arts skills in films like Double Impact (where he played twins), Double Team (where he took down Mickey Rourke with the help of Dennis Rodman. Jean-Claude Van Damme, also known as JCVD, also known as the Muscles from Brussels, also known as Captain Splits (all right, we made that last one up) burst onto the movie scene in the late 1980's with films like Black Eagle, Bloodsport, Cyborg, and Kickboxer. Who can beat that? Here are the 15 Deadliest Action Stars, Ranked by Body Count. Please keep in mind that some kills are subjective and so this list is the best estimates we could tally.Ĭlint Eastwood, surprisingly enough, is just shy of our list with only 382 bodies to his name. past kills) were not included in a star's total. a hero and villain are locked in a room, then the next scene shows the hero leaving the room and the villain dead on the floor). Kills that occurred outside of the runtime of the movie (e.g. For a kill to qualify it must have occurred on-screen or have been heavily implied off of it (e.g. Since we already ranked horror's deadliest villains, it seemed only fitting to do the same for action's biggest stars to see once and for all who's the best at busting baddies. For this list, we included kills of all shapes and sizes (including, but not limited to, vampires, zombies, and animals). Fans go in expecting to see dazzling fight choreography, pulse-pounding chase sequences, and, above all, the film's star using everything in their arsenal to dispatch evil henchmen by the boat load. Romantic comedies simply must include an adorable meet-cute, an easily avoidable miscommunication that leads to all sorts of shenanigans, and, of course, a happy ending. Action films are no different. Watching a movie of a particular genre comes with certain expectations. When it comes to horror, we expect a superhuman villain, some gratuitous sex scenes, and a character tripping at the most inopportune moment.
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