Deadliest Action Heroes

Our in-house movie buffs have reviewed more than 350 titles including the Expendables, Aliens, Resident Evil, The Terminator and Die Hard to rate actors by their character kill count, with zombie-slayer Milla Jovovich topping the list.

Chinese martial arts star Jet Li's first Hollywood film appearance was in Lethal Weapon 4 in 1998. Since then he has gone on to star in Romeo Must Die, Kiss Of The Dragon and all three Expendables films with Sylvester Stallone.

Action star Dolph Lundgren got his break in the Rocky movies. Since then he has gone on to star in sci-fi movies Red Scorpion and The Punisher as well as action movies such as Universal Soldier and Missionary Man. he's also one of the brainiest movie action heroes around with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Royal Institute Of Technology.

From the Terminator franchises to Predator, Commando, Total Recall, True Lies and so many more, Arnie has cemented the market in action movie heroes, with his fame propelling him to politics with his appointment as Governor of California in 2003.

Hong Kong born Chow Yun-Fat made his name in a series of John Woo directed action movies including The Killer and Hard Boiled. In 2014 Chow was the second highest earning actor in Hong Kong.

From Rocky to Rambo, Sly has cornered the market in hi-octane action movies. He recently reprised the role of Rocky Balboa in the boxing movie Creed in 2015 and achieved new-found action fame as a 60-something in The Expendables series of movies alongside fellow pensioners Dolph Lundgren and Harrison Ford.

British action star Jason started practicing kickboxing and martial arts while he worked on a market stall in London. It paid off. After success in the Guy Ritchie movie Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels he starred as Frank Martin in the Transporter series of action movies as well The Fast & The Furious franchise, The Mechanic and more recently The Expendables alongside Sly Stallone.

Probably one of the less overtly action movie stars in the list, Costner has nevertheless made his name in some high grade action thrillers including The Untouchables, Waterworld, and The Bodyguard.

With a black belt in karate, Wesley Snipes was made for an action movie hero role including Passenger 57, Demolition Man, The Marksman and Blade.

Although a diverse actor, Cage hit paydirt in the late 90s with a series of box office action hits including The Rock, Face Off, Con Air and, latterly, National Treasure, Lord Of War and Ghost Rider.