Top Twenty One-man Armies
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Top Twenty One-man Armies

Whether taking on a corrupt sheriff or man-eating zombies, these guys and gals do it all themselves. Who's the most unstoppable?

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1 Lee (Bruce Lee), Enter the Dragon
Lee performed feats so dangerous that he was cut with a broken bottle, suffered a snakebite, and broke a few bones during filming. 439 945
2 John McClane (Bruce Willis), Die Hard
Hard to believe that it's eighteen minutes before the first gun is fired in this flick that turned a sitcom wise guy into a killing machine. 413 929
3 John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), First Blood
This Vietnam vet didn't discriminate. A warning to small-town sheriffs or Vietcong: if you get in his way, you're in trouble. 396 892
4 Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), The Bourne Identity
He can, and does, kill with household items: towels, candlesticks, vodka, and even a rolled-up magazine. 372 900
5 Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood), Dirty Harry
Through five movies Eastwood laid down his own brand of justice, spawned countless imitators, and made vigilantism cool, sort of. 372 828
6 Maximus (Russell Crowe), Gladiator
Both the crowd-pleasing character and the Oscar-winning actor who plays him have had quite a few rumbles in their days. 270 848
7 Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), Taken
Bad guys quickly learn what happens when you take this ex-soldier's daughter: he kills you. Each and every one of you. 262 812
8 The Bride (Uma Thurman), Kill Bill
The most famous element of this spaghetti-Western-samurai flick may have been the Bride's yellow tracksuit, but she's no coward. 220 882
9 William Wallace (Mel Gibson), Braveheart
The toughest man ever to wear a skirt, Wallace destroys half the British army with a variety of weaponry, sans pants or underwear. 200 782
10 Mad Max (Mel Gibson), Mad Max
This one-man army needed only a souped-up car, a sawed-off shotgun, and an accent so thick that it had to dubbed over for Americans. 196 724
11 John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Commando
His body counts are the stuff of legend. Proves the rule that, if you kidnap a tough guy's daughter, he will eliminate you. 183 749
12 Neo (Keanu Reeves), The Matrix Reloaded
A man in black for the new millennium, he'll destroy anyone in his path, whether it's with a gun, his fists, or super-slo-mo karate moves. 91 763
13 El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), Desperado
Will he play you a soulful ballad or murder you? Not knowing is why you don't tangle with a gunman named El Mariachi. 86 690
14 Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson), Death Wish
Thugs kill his wife and daughter, so this New Yorker learns it's better to speak softly and carry a lot of ammo. 78 642
15 Ashley J. Williams (Bruce Campbell), Army of Darkness
This one-man army has the difficult job of killing people who are already dead. In fact, it took him three movies to kick all that zombie butt. 73 669
16 Braddock (Chuck Norris), Missing in Action
Maybe the only army of one whose sequel came first: parts one and two were filmed together, but Braddock's later heroics were released first. 24 656
17 Doctor Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), The Silence of the Lambs
Sure, he's penned in a cage, but nothing can stop him from escaping and killing guard after guard in the process. 20 722
18 Chris Vaughn (Dwayne Johnson), Walking Tall
Yet another former military man returns to the Pacific Northwest only to find out that he's got quite a few skulls to crack. -120 638
19 Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin), Billy Jack
He's half-Native American, half-white, and 100 percent nuts. He's also a pacifist, which means he'll talk to his enemies before he gets violent. -142 590
20 Aaron Hallam (Benicio Del Toro), The Hunted
Like Rambo before him, Del Toro leaves the military, cracks up, and then takes to the Pacific Northwest to go on a killing rampage. -177 567