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Homeworld Remastered: 37 Minutes of Gorgeous HD Gameplay – PAX…

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Homeworld Remastered: 37 Minutes of Gorgeous HD Gameplay – PAX South 2015

Action Women Movie Montage from ClaraDarko on Vimeo.My tribute…

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Action Women Movie Montage from ClaraDarko on Vimeo.

My tribute to my favourite action women in cinema (61 films, no animation). EDITED IN 2012.

MUSIC: “Derezzed” by Daft Punk, extracted from the soundtrack album of “Tron Legacy”.

I tried to avoid superpowered characters (Jean Grey, Storm, Elastigirl, Liz Sherman).

FILMS USED (listed in order of first appearance):
Aliens
Star Wars: A new hope
Terminator 2
The Matrix
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
Haywire
The fifth element
Batman returns
Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Doomsday
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Inglourious basterds
Salt
From dusk till dawn
Hero
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Kill Bill, Vol. 2
House of Flying Daggers
Centurion
The Avengers
Serenity
Sin City
Underworld 3
Avatar
Strange days
The girl with the dragon tattoo
Priest
Colombiana
The Return of the Jedi
Hanna
Resident Evil
Death Proof
Total Recall (1990)
Robocop
The Losers
Wanted
Pandorum
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Iron Man 2
Watchmen
X-Men
Long Kiss Goodnight
Red
I am number 4
Looper
Zombieland
Tron Legacy
The Dark Knight Rises
Thelma & Louise
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Conan the Barbarian
True grit
Nikita
Dawn of the dead
The brave one
River Wild
The quick and the dead
The assassin
Copycat
True romance
Blue steel

MOVIES I WANTED TO INCLUDE BUT FINALLY LEFT OUT FOR EDITING REASONS:
– The Descent
– Hunger Games
– Leon the professional
– Blade Runner
– Dredd
– Cutthroat Island
– Joan of Arc
– Super

MOVIES I DIDN’T USE BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT TO:
– Underworld, Underworld Evolution, Underworld Awakening, Van Helsing, Total Recall (2012) and any other film that tries to portray big-headed snooty Kate Beckinsale as an action woman
– King Arthur, Domino and the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy (even I could kick Keira Knightley’s bony ass)
– Kick-Ass (Hit Girl, too young for me)
– Sucker Punch
– UltraViolet
– Star Wars prequels (Amidala)
– John Carter (Dejah Thoris)
– Charlie’s Angels
– Tomb Raider
– Aeon Flux
– Planet Terror
– Catwoman
– The Return of the King (Eowyn)
– Elektra
– Snow White and the Huntsman
– Dead or alive
– Bloodrayne

Sword Fights Movie Montage from ClaraDarko on Vimeo.My tribute…

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Sword Fights Movie Montage from ClaraDarko on Vimeo.

My tribute to my favourite sword duels in cinema (60 films). EDITED IN 2009.

SONG: “Don’t let me be misunderstood”, performed by Santa Esmeralda, extracted from the soundtrack album of “Kill Bill”.

FILMS USED (listed only the first time each one of them appears):
00:01 – Kill Bill
00:06 – Hero
00:08 – Seven Samurai
00:09 – The Princess bride
00:11 – Hero
00:13 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
00:14 – Gladiator
00:16 – Conan the Barbarian
00:17 – Troy
00:19 – Batman begins
00:21 – Dragonslayer
00:23 – Kill Bill Vol. 2
00:26 – The Empire strikes back
00:29 – Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
00:33 – Zatoichi
00:35 – Hellboy 2
00:37 – The mask of Zorro
00:40 – The phantom menace
00:45 – Peter Pan
00:47 – Pirates of the Caribbean: The curse of the Black Pearl
00:49 – Revenge of the Sith
00:52 – The duelists
00:54 – LadyHawke
00:55 – The Count of Montecristo
00:56 – Kingdom of Heaven
00:58 – Blade
01:03 – The 13th warrior
01:05 – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
01:06 – The Fellowship of the Ring
01:07 – Highlander
01:12 – Cutthroat Island
01:13 – Dangerous liaisons
01:14 – The adventres of Robin Hood (1938)
01:20 – The attack of the clones
01:26 – Stardust
01:28 – House of Flying Daggers
01:30 – Matrix Reloaded
01:32 – The flame and the arrow
01:35 – Willow
01:36 – Cyrano de Bergerac
01:48 – Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves
01:49 – Monty Python and the Holy Grail
01:50 – Hamlet (1996)
01:52 – Rob Roy
02:02 – Young Sherlock Holmes
02:08 – The Crow
02:12 – Casanova
02:20 – Star Wars: A new hope
02:29 – The Four Musketeers (1974)
02:31 – Dragonheart
02:33 – The return of the Jedi
02:38 – Hook
02:40 – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
02:44 – Army of Darkness
02:55 – Azumi
02:57 – 300
03:01 – Excalibur
03:03 – Blind Fury
03:05 – The Curse of the Golden Flower
03:38 – Equilibrium