Cool Steel Femme Fatales

Jet Li, Jason Statham, and Sylvester Stallone. Oh, my. They've got the big guns, and they're firing this way. And the box office is going down in flames, and the reels rip, scream, and tear, flapping in the breeze against legends. But they're missing one thing. A woman's touch.

5. Michelle Rodriguez

If angels had no wings but fists of fury, the earth would quake beneath her feet. Cool steel eyes penetrate the façade of innocence, and nerves tighten, waiting for the attack. Guns loaded, ammo ready, and knives begging for blood are her tools of destruction, and tension is the slither of sweat lingering against her skin. She has walked through the valley of the dead, seen the evil that lurks behind the lost, and knows no fear at the enemies bent on shooting her down. If she goes down, they are going with her. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Hell hath no holds bar when it comes to a woman like Michelle Rodriguez.

4. Lucy Liu

Beauty are the black diamonds glinting against the darkest of night, and green, emerald dragons entwined across her beating heart. Shadows flashed past, and she is lightning. Swift blades cut her enemies down, and blood slides down steel without hesitation. She is angelic with grace but charged and ballistic, spiraling into the arms that would break her apart, but they are no match for her. And twin blades clash, spark, and heat with intensity, and she is the sweet breath of the dragon's kiss, embers of a warrior that burn across history. And among the mighty that will rise to journey, she will never fall but soar higher and higher into destiny.

3. Uma Thurman

Warriors are never born but molded like a sword. Tragedy are the broken shards slicing deep, but strength is the furnace engulfing raw metal, steel of nerves. Determination wraps around the hand to hold steady, and revenge is the thirst burning cold. Blood are the tears never to be shed, and love is the faint echo inside a heart now encased in glass. And her life is far from pulp fiction. She is a reservoir dog, ready for war, and no matter the sacrifice, she would win in the end. But she need not play the hero or deny the deadly killer instinct ready to wreak hell. All she that is belongs to the warrior that she has become.

2. Eliza Dushku

Who we are to become rests across the true lies that we must break. We must dive deep into the truth denied to know what we really are. Are we ready to face the demons that wait, the vampires that would bleed us dry, heart and soul? Are we able to slip past the infrared lines of truth and fiction? She has heard her calling. Innocence melts away into definition, casting aside the porcelain doll, and she can no longer be broken. The world is hers for the taking, and she is ready to take down the ones that would stand in her way, deny her from knowing all that she was. But are they prepared for all that she has become?

1. Milla Jovovich

The world is falling fast into darkness. Screams for help are now faint but bitter whispers of wind. Chaos reigns across a no longer starry night, and hope burns in the trash cans warming those trying to survive. There is no rescue. There is no element to turn the tide of misery. Heaven is the ultraviolet light seen only in a glimpse, and the fires of evil burn in the eyes of the ones coming to take us apart. There is no perfect getaway, no haven from hell, but all is not lost as long as she remains. She is the silencer to doom, the olive branch struggling not to break, but is the weight of the world too much for her to bear? She is no hero, no angel but a force to be reckoned with, and she is our only chance for salvation. But would she save us? Could she save us from our hands of destruction, the brink of extinction, or are we doomed to open Pandora's box again and again? What world awaits, if we survive tomorrow, and what if she loses the war today? And we dive deeper into darkness, chasing Alice, and begging the white rabbit to stay.