1. Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah) - Kill Bill Vols I & II
Cruel, unsympathetic and more likely to act out of spite than revenge, Elle Driver is arguably the least predictable member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. Lacking any redeeming qualities, shes not so much a contract killer as a bad girl who enjoys messing with people. Like Christina Lindbergs character in Thriller: A Cruel Picture, Elle was blinded in one eye by a man she later killed, but the similarities end there. Unlike Lindbergs mute village girl, who transforms into a passionless aggressor, Elle has never known innocence or vulnerability and is bad to the core. We get a taste of just how bad she is when she sets a trap for Budd (Michael Madsen), who she mistakenly believes has slain the greatest warrior I ever met. Planting a Black Mamba in a suitcase full of cash, she watches as the snake bites Budd, then taunts him as the venom takes effect. The amount of venom delivered from a single bite can be gargantuan, she says, reading aloud from her notebook. You know, Ive always liked that word gargantuan.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
