Nano assistance.

[swestrup]

I need some help with some background material. I'm not a movie buff, but one of my characters is. Can folks help me come up with a list of movies where a normal-looking woman turns into an unstoppable killing machine? No robots.

So far, all I can think of is Species and Ginger Snaps. I've ruled out Eve of Destruction and the latest Terminator due to the No Robots thing...

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[cpirate.livejournal.com]

Well, to a degree you could use Alien 1-N. The Matrices are also contenders. Also springing to mind: Thelma and Louise, Kill Bill, and Natural Born Killers. All have varying degrees of applicability. I'm a bit surprised I can't think of more.

[cpirate.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero both have a certain amount of unstoppable-female-killing-machine action.

[swestrup]

This is true, but I was thinking more along the lines of a female version of the hulk, as opposed to someone who needs years of training and/or a massive arsenal.

Tank Girl cannot just head down the street in her tank and not get noticed...

[sps.livejournal.com]

Ok, if you want stealth destructiveness, I like Read or Die. I mean, I wouldn't call Agent Paper 'unstoppable' or really so much of a 'killing machine' but she's got a really high score for weapons stealth.

And of course Storm (in both X-Men movies) and Jean Grey (in X2).

Oh, and what's-her-name, Mina, the vampire in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

[cpirate.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. I pretty much got nothing then. You may want to consider some sort of vampire movie, but I haven't seen many myself.

[dcoombs.livejournal.com]

House of Flying Daggers, in a similar vein.