Coolest bunch of warriors / fighters / bad asses?

[Bug Hunter]

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There have already been some excellent cinematic examples given here, so how about some badasses from TV?


BREAKING BAD

Gustavo Fring, Mike Ehrmantraut, and Jesse Pinkman in their business trip over the border. Of course, Walter White, Jesse, and Mike make up a pretty bad ass team too. Oh, and don't forget crazy Tuco and his two silent but psychotically deadly twin cousins.


ROME

Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo.


GAME OF THRONES

Tyrion Lannister, The Hound, and Bronn during the battle of Blackwater Bay.


BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

Bill "Husker" Adama, Col. Tigh, Starbuck, Apollo... ah hell, pretty much the whole damn crew of the Galactica, except for Gaius Baltar. "So say we all."

[karsten]

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The 100 or so British soldiers at Rourke's Drift in Zulu, facing off against 4,000 African warriors. All the more badass because that actually happened...and unlike the Spartans at Thermopylae, they actually won.

I agree. I found the film's depiction of them quite effective, especially with the character of the colour sergeant keeping the soldiers disciplined. One gets so used to seeing British redcoats made out as villains and/or losers in Hollywood films, with the British formations presented as liabilities in the face of guerrilla warfar, that it's a refreshing change to see the redcoats presented as an effective fighting force.

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In keeping with the O.P.'s request for warrior groups that have a more-or-less uniform look, I would add the Myrmidons, Achilles's warriors, in another film that I consider terribly under-appreciated, Troy.

These were the first ancient Greek warriors that I had ever seen in a film that made me believe that they were an authentic fighting unit, and not just a group of actors wearing rented costumes, as in old Hollywood sword-and-sandals films from the '30s to the '60s. The helmets, the shields, the spears, the armor, all had a "used universe" look that suggested authenticity, yet at the same time the dark metal looked intimidating.

[entlassen]

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The 100 or so British soldiers at Rourke's Drift in Zulu, facing off against 4,000 African warriors. All the more badass because that actually happened...and unlike the Spartans at Thermopylae, they actually won.

[JibJib]

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Six String Samurai.

[Levenger]

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House Hufflepuff

[BeefMissile]

The Wild Geese(1978)...

I'd watch the solid action flick; The Wild Geese(1978).

The acting, plot & action scenes are all great.
Imdb.com & Roger Moore reported how the crew/cast were blasted on a lot of weed during the production of The Wild Geese.

Richard Harris gives one of his best acting jobs, too.

Beef

[sasqits]

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Having just watched Expendables2, I must add them to this list. I was underwhelmed by the first installment but this one knocked it out of the park for me.

[ChadStrohl]

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The Centobites looked badass, and they sure did talk a good game (well... at least their spokesman, Pinhead, did), but they kept getting all jacked up whenever someone manged to figure out their supposedly unfigurable box.

[karsten]

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You gotta have a cool ride, too, in most cases. Be it a bike, car, horse, or flying dragon-bird-type thing in the case of the Na'vis.

Oh, my gosh. I can't believe this warrior group didn't come to mind sooner -- but it did as soon as you mentioned the flying steed.

The Ringwraiths, from LOTR.

Absolutely incredible on horses. Even more so on their saurian, dragon-like, winged fell-beasts.

[Rantanplan]

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You gotta have a cool ride, too, in most cases. Be it a bike, car, horse, or flying dragon-bird-type thing in the case of the Na'vis.

[pjc]

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Forgot one-

COBRA!

That's not a good one, Stallone worked alone in that film..

Although Cobra, the Stallone cobra, had a good villain gang, or was it a cult?

Seriously though, Cobra, If your talking the 80's cartoon, suffered the same fate as the 80's Deceptions. They could have been badass, but they always F'ed up their plan somewhere along the line. Usually because of overconfidence, in fighting, or incompetence.

-- Man that was an even geekier post then mentioning Avengers...

[Levenger]

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Terminators.

[ABerat]

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A guilty childhood pleasure - Battle of the Planets.

[ABerat]

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Oh hell yeah! Although THE WILD BUNCH are probably neck and neck. I mean, does it get any manlier than Warren Oates going buck-****ing-wild with a Browning machine gun? I don't think so!

Cheers,

B

Browning machine guns are cool.

[Harbinger]

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Forgot one-

COBRA!

Stormshadow, Firefly, Zartan, Destro, Serpentor.

....... DREADNOKS!! (!)

Nuff said!