8. Martin Riggs
Martin Riggs is the over the edge character we would all like to be at some point in our lives. When the grind of daily life gets you down, and you finally reach the breaking point where you just want to snap, most normal people instinctively realize there is an actual line that cant be crossed, even when frustrated and angered. Well, Martin Riggs takes that good in theory concept and throws it out the window. What makes it even that much more enviable for us guys is that he does it all while being employed as a police officer! Being a cop is a dangerous career to begin with, but Riggs pushes it a step further. He appears on the surface to be a fearless and heroic cop. Truthfully though, he is just being completely reckless as he doesnt actually care about his life anymore. Dont make the mistake of thinking he is simply a cop who is off his rocker though. Riggs is as lethal a weapon as there is, hence the name of the film series. His partner even jokes that he should be registered as such a lethal weapon due to his array of martial arts skills, his weaponry background, and his proneness to just lose his cool and snap like a twig. Putting the whole mentally not stable aspect of it aside for a minute, who wouldnt want to be referred to as a lethal weapon? Aiding in the desire to be Martin Riggs is the fact that he is a care free and fun loving guy. He is always pulling pranks on his police officer friends. He even takes advantage of the fact he can painfully dislocate his shoulder to escape a strait jacket for the sole purpose of winning a bet. Now again, while not the most mentally and emotionally together guy out there, he certainly makes up for it in other lethal ways.