2012 Action Flicks With Kick-Ass Chicks

Celebrating the trailers that promise female-centric action movies

In 2010, we were treated to a few movies with women as action heroes (Kick-Ass, Sucker Punch, I Spit on Your Grave) which were met with varying degrees of success. In 2011, that niche stayed carved with the release of the critically acclaimed Hanna, the less-lauded Columbiana, and the upcoming and almost surefire smash that will be David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Next year, it looks like we’ll be getting an even bigger dose of films with ladies taking names front-and-center–hopefully indicating a growing trend that’s here to stay.

Haywire (January 12)

Premise: Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone closer to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who know her every move, Mallory must find the truth in order to stay alive. -Relativity Media

Underworld: Awakening (January 20)

Premise: Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. -Screen Gems

Mirror Mirror (March 16)

Premise: The newly titled film Mirror Mirror stars breakout star Lily Collins as an exiled princess who enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright and Oscar

Tags: David Fincher, government security contractor, journalist, Kate Beckinsale, Kick-Ass, Lily Collins, Mallory Kane, Oscar, princess, Sucker Punch, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, trained operative

Eric Glover

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