Uma Thurman, Scarlett Johanson, Angelina Jolie ... On the occasion of the premiere of the film, which is based on the graphic novel 'The Coldest City', we review the actresses who have revolutionized the genre

? Charlize Theron in "Atomic"

? Everything ready for the premiere of Atomic, the new film in which Charlize Theron shows why she is one of the most comprehensive actresses and why she is one of the most talented when it comes to performing action scenes. The film is based on Antony Johson's graphic novel, "The Coldest City" and recovers the entire underworld of spy films during the Cold War with their moles, double and triple agents, international intrigues and treacherous death traps. He has a villain spirit, a playful and mushy aesthetic and drinks from the immersive universe of the video game as well as from the genre of hard-boiled literature and the most stylized Korean action films. It also includes a soundtrack to the rhythm of the milestones of the eighties that takes us from David Bowie's Despeche mode to The Cure.

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? Charlize Theron - "Atomic"

? One joy after the other through a whole series of uncontrolled, hallucinogenic visual pyrotechnics and with sequence recordings of authentic virtuosity and originality, which show that the director David Leitch, who is responsible for this great instant classic with Chad Stahelski, John Wick, there is a lot to tell within the genre.

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? Atomic coverage

? Although Atomic is full of qualities, the real star of the show is a full-fledged Charlize Theron, platinum blonde, ice cold and hermetic, meticulous, precise, and dressed to death, with endless high-heeled boots that won't prevent him from moving like an elegant gazelle, to leave KO to his opponents. He has already proven his qualities in Mad Max: Fury on the Street (2015) with his legendary Empress Furious and in Aeon Flux (2005) by Karyn Kusama, and now with Atomic he is responsible for reminding us The action has a new muse.

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? Outstanding heroines

? The truth is that even though we've now crowned her queen of current action cinema, the competition in this sense is very tough, and for this reason it's fair to review some of the most outstanding heroines within a genre of the action, which differs from that Testosterone clichés have to be solved and open to a new contemporary sensibility in which the female figure appears as the true protagonist. Hopefully, Wonder Woman will tear down some walls of prejudice in this sense.

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? 1. Sigourney Weaver

? He has faced alien four times. He more than earned first place on the list. In addition, she was responsible for changing gender roles in action cinema by taking on a character, Ripley, designed for a man who was so brilliant and powerful, so iconic. She is the real queen of space.

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? 2. Linda Hamilton

? If the eighth passenger was difficult to crack, the terminator was no less difficult. In the second part of the saga, he founded clubs and became a reference icon in the golden age of bodybuilding. After separating from James Cameron, his career began to decline, in part due to the bipolar disorder he suffered. But your Sarah Connor will always be in our hearts.

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? 3. Jamie Lee Curtis

? Since his discovery on Halloween night (1978), he has not stopped running. In addition to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tony Curtis' daughter was a true heroine in films such as Kathryn Bigelows Blue Steel (1990) or James Cameron's Lies Risky (1994). A benchmark for fully experienced women.

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? 4. Uma Thurman

? Quentin Tarantino gave her the role of her life in the two parts of Kill Bill, and she was preparing to become the deadliest of the hired killers, taking up the entire oriental tradition of martial arts of Japanese Sonny Chiba and Hong Kong Kung Fu Expert Gordon Liu. The bride, the black mamba, Beatrix Kiddo. Uma Thurman with katana and yellow tracksuit to remember.

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? 5. Michelle Yeoh

? He was surely one of Uma Thurman's references for the preparation of his character, as well as other great figures in oriental cinema from which Tarantino drank so much for his diptych. This is the case of the Japanese Meiko Kaji, who, thanks to Lady Snowblood (1973) or the female prisoner saga, was anchored in imaginary justice. As for Michelle, it is true that the general public knew her skills thanks to Tiger and Dragon (2000), but she had been an action heroine in Hong Kong since the 1980s, alongside idols like Jackie Chan. In films like Supercops: Blood on the Streets (1985) by experienced choreographer Corey Yuen, she was the real boss. Another of his mythical films is Trío heroico (1993), by the great Johnnie To, along with two other spectacular women, Anita Mui and Maggie Cheung.

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? 6. Milla Jovovich

? started out as a teenage boy in Back to the Blue Lake (1991), but the former Russian model soon put her batteries together to become the intergalactic protagonist of The Fifth Element (1997). From that moment on there was no turning back. He played the role of Alice in Resident Evil in six films and his face will be embedded in the imagination of popular culture forever.

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? 7. Kate Beckinsale

? Another veteran of a longstanding saga. At the beginning of her career she seemed to have resigned herself to playing roles (we saw her in Mucho-Larm and a few nuts in Emma), then she became an icon of the pop generation in Como pez en el agua (1997) and The Last Days of Disco (1998) together with Chlöe Sevigny. In 2001 it seemed like his career was starting thanks to Pearl Harbor, but the film's terrible critics made him seek refuge in action cinema with a point in Serie B. That is, in the underworld and in his role as vampire Selena in the eternal struggle with lycanthropes during four episodes. There she met until recently her husband, director Len Wiseman, who also launched a new version of Total Challenge (2012).

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? 8. Michelle Rodriguez

? Since we met her, we have seen her hit Mamporros. It was in Girlfight (2000), Karyn Kusama's debut film, in which she played a young woman who learned to channel her violence problems through boxing. This small independent film gave her various awards as a new actress, such as the Independent Spirit Award or the National Board of Review. Most of his works release strength, nerves and adrenaline from all four sides. We saw her in The Fast and the Furious: At Vollgas (2001), Resident Evil (2002), as Surfmadchen in On the Edge of the Waves (2002), in SWAT Harrelsons Men (2003), where she was Das sole Madchen in a cast, in Avatar, Machete ... She still has a great lead, but Michelle Rodriguez

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? 9. Scarlett Johansson

? Most recently, the former indie muse has specialized in action roles, especially since taking on the role of Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow in the Avengers saga. To take advantage of his great physical preparation, he got involved in the psychotronic film by Luc Besson, Lucy (2014), and this year he became the cyborg with conscience in the high-tech adventure adaptation of the manga and anime of the same name Gosth in the bowl.

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? 10. Angelina Jolie She

? was one of the contemporary pioneers when it came to configuring the powerful and hypersexualized image of women in action films. Her first outing was in the film Car 60 Seconds (2000), but it was from Tomb Raider and her role as Lara Croft when her reign began that was expanded thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008) should) and the spy band Salt (2010).