10 Most Badass Movie Hitmen

Though we know little of her time as a member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, The Bride (AKA Black Mamba), more than proves her incredible prowess over the course of Quentin Tarantino’s two part marital arts epic. The films are stylishly violent, and it’s Uma Thurman’s vengeful Bride who is at the centre of much of this bloodshed.

Left for dead by her former colleagues, The Bride sets out to get her revenge and to kill the squad’s infamous leader, Bill. Along the way she proves just how deadly she is both with and without weaponry. It is with the sword in particular that she really excels however and it is with this weapon of choice that we see her defeat an entire army of Yakuza henchmen with unflinching bloody gusto.

The fight against the Crazy 88's is dazzling cinema, but The Bride's almost serene encounter in the snow with Lucy Liu's master swordsman O-Ren Ishii that is perhaps her most impressive performance. Revenge is a powerful motivator and it drives The Bride to go to some extreme lengths in order to see her quest through.