10 Toughest Movie Heroes Ever

Speaking of mothers!

The Bride was already an elite, expertly-trained katana twirling assassin before the first of Quentin Tarantino's bloodthirsty duology debuted. What elevated her beyond the stratosphere was her determined vengeance at coming after the former comrades who wronged her on her wedding day.

A shabby, shotgun wedding albeit, but the head of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad did Beatrix Kiddo wrong and she wasn't going to stop until they all paid the price.

There's something about a movie hero staring down a small army of goons and barely breaking a nervous sweat as they make their stand. While The Bride does try to catch Vernita Green and Elle Driver off guard before their scraps, it might be her one-woman war against O-Ren Ishi and the Crazy 88's that solidifies The Bride as one tough mother.

While it is easy to use the showdown in the House Of Blue Leaves as the perfect example of her resilience, let's fast-forward to the second part of the duology in which Budd buries The Bride alive and leaves her to die. Unbeknown to her fellow assassins, The Bride uses a legendary one-inch punch technique to break through the solid wooden coffin and claw her way through six feet of soil.

If fifty-odd Yakuza agents, a samurai princess warrior, a gun-toting housewife, two bitter ex-assassins AND a literal live burial weren't enough to stop Beatrix "Black Mamba" Kiddo, good old Bill was never going to stand a chance.