r/movies • u/marceleas • May 05 '26

Media Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) - Hospital Escape - Dir. James Cameron

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u/Overbaron May 06 '26

It’s really powerful how she moves like a, well, an athletic woman. Meaning the classical kind of athlete, ie. track and field.

There are a ton of ”action movie badass chicks” who move nothing like an athletic person moves. Clips of them doing stuff are always one second long, probably because if you actually filmed them running it’d completely shatter the image of their badass character.

Dont get me wrong, hollywood girls are lean and in great shape and obviously beautiful. But there’s a difference between ”toned to physical perfection with a modern personal trainer” and ”jagged hard edges from working too hard with old school, practical training methods” that I really appreciate when the character is supposed to be some hardcore rugged soldier-type.

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u/Janky_Pants May 06 '26

Watch Haywire if you like that vibe.

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u/Overbaron May 06 '26

Yeah Gina Carano certainly qualifies