It’s official, comic books aren’t just for nerds anymore. We all saw Wolverine, Iron Man and The Dark Knight in theaters and learned these superheroes are pretty bad ass. Mutant healing factors, high tech gadgetry, and the Batmobile all add up to guys we don’t want to cross. Now we have the authoritative list of the Top 5 Bad Ass Movie Superheroes. Read on to see who made the cut.
5. The Punisher
Frank Castle was just an ex-Special Forces member trying to enjoy a reunion with his family. Unfortunately the mafia did not approve of this joyous reunion. A few bullets made the coleslaw entirely unappetizing, and Frank Castle’s family was gunned down in front of him. Unlike most people, Frank Castle did not lay down on a psychiatrist’s couch and discuss his feelings. Frank Castle outfitted himself with every weapon imaginable, bought a black shirt with a skull on it, and killed every thief, murderer, and jaywalker who dared to cross his path. That is Clint Eastwood level bad ass.
4. Spawn
Al Simmons was pretty bad ass before he came Spawn. He was essentially an assassin, but his boss had him killed when Simmons got too good at his job. Not one to go down without a fight, Simmons made a deal with the devil so he could see his wife again and became Spawn. He was supposed to lead Hell’s army, but Spawn decided to scrap that plan and defend humanity from the war between Heaven and Hell. There are few things more bad ass than a superhero who alternates between tearing limbs off of demons and crazed angels and helping the local detectives solve cases.
3. Wolverine
Wolverine is a beast. You could probably tell that by his name. His mutant healing factor makes him extremely tough to kill, allows him to smoke cigars nonstop without fear of cancer, and has him age slower than most others. It also means that when somebody shoots him he just gets pissed off. Combine that with an unbreakable skeleton, claws that can cut through just about anything and those berserk rages he goes into and you get one ferocious package. Oh, and did I mention his heightened sense of smell allows him to hunt people down? Being a complete killing machine qualifies Wolverine as a grade A bad ass.
2. Deadpool
Deadpool, like Wolverine, has a mutant healing factor. This makes him very hard to kill. Also like many others on this list, Deadpool is not quite right in the head. This manifests itself in random hallucinations, voices in his head, and extremely violent tendencies. It also makes Deadpool absolutely hilarious. How many heroes would sing “Row Row Row Your Boat” as they decapitated numerous villains? Deadpool would. He is also more of a reluctant hero, what with the whole being a mercenary and all. Really, you have to give Deadpool a bad ass title because he is willing to kill you simply because it makes him giggle.
1. Batman
What differentiates Batman from everyone else on his list is pretty simple. Batman refuses to kill. That doesn’t mean that he has any qualms to beating criminals within an inch of their life, but he never crosses that line. You have to respect a guy with morals like that. Add in the fact that he has no super powers, he just trains to be the best at everything he does, and goes up against super powered psychopaths on a nightly basis and that makes Batman one bad ass hero. Plus he drives the Batmobile, a vehicle that could make Steve Urkel as cool as Samuel L. Jackson.
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