From femme fatales like Matty from Body Heat to fearlessheroines like Ripley from the Aliens franchise, women have come into their own as deadly film characters.Deadly Ladies of the Silver Screen takes a look at some of the best of the best where deadly ladies are concerned and gives film fans a list of movies that offer hours ofentertaining, and lethal, action. If you’re looking for women who not only break through the glass ceiling, but who blow it up and leave nothing but smoldering ruins in their wake, this is the book for you. This book focuses on the stories and the context that these characters appear in, from films that redefined action movies, such as Foxy Brown to films that took the maternal instinct to a deadly level, such asTerminator 2, some of the most compelling, most fascinating and, in the end, most effective killers on the screen have been women. If you want to learn more about how these characters broke through stereotypes and, in some cases, helped to launch the careers of some very fine actresses, this book will provide plenty of great reading. In-depth analysis of the characters and stories that goes beyond the same facts and figures you can find most anywhere allows the reader to better appreciate what these characters really mean and why, when you need a great hero, sometimes it’s best to look for the right woman for the job rather than reflexively looking for yet another killer male character.