Kwigz
10-16-2004, 08:18 PM
A while back I posted a top 10 list of anti-heroes....
1 Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver, 1976)
2 Leon (Jean Reno - Leon, 1994)
3 D-Fens (Michael Douglas - Falling Down, 1993)
4 Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood - Dirty Harry, 1971)
5 Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange, 1971)
6 Mad Max (Mel Gibson - Mad Max, 1979)
7 Dr Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs, 1991)
8 Jack Carter (Michael Caine - Get Carter, 1971)
9 Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell - Escape from New York, 1981)
10 John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone - First Blood, 1982)
It seems to me that in the last 10 years Hollywood seems to have given up on the anti-hero, with the notable exception of Tom Cruise's character Vincent in Collateral. Is it just me or can anyone else name some decent anti-heroes of late?
1 Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver, 1976)
2 Leon (Jean Reno - Leon, 1994)
3 D-Fens (Michael Douglas - Falling Down, 1993)
4 Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood - Dirty Harry, 1971)
5 Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange, 1971)
6 Mad Max (Mel Gibson - Mad Max, 1979)
7 Dr Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs, 1991)
8 Jack Carter (Michael Caine - Get Carter, 1971)
9 Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell - Escape from New York, 1981)
10 John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone - First Blood, 1982)
It seems to me that in the last 10 years Hollywood seems to have given up on the anti-hero, with the notable exception of Tom Cruise's character Vincent in Collateral. Is it just me or can anyone else name some decent anti-heroes of late?