Girls with guns

Girls with Guns is a trope used in various films. More often than not, it is intended to be exploitative, and tends to feature attractive women in various states of undress, or otherwise skimpy outfits, who also adopt masculine qualities such as picking up an assault rifle and blasting the crap out of everything in the room. The trope was popular in low-budget action fare in the 1970s and 1980s, but regained more positive momentum in the late 1990s. Modern "girls with guns" movies are less exploitative than their predecessors, though the contrast between sexuality and violence is often maintained.

Appearances

 * Atomic Blonde
 * Hard to Die
 * Kill Bill, Vol. 1
 * Spaceballs
 * Tomb Raider