Franka Potente, Run Lola Run (1998)


 

Making light work of a highly unsuitable ensemble - naively pairing snug, lime-green slacks with clodhopping army boots - Lola cuts an impressive swathe through urban Berlin. And, after a fashion, time itself. An admirable effort.

Speed: Varies from run to run, so 5

Power: Head up, arms flexed, 8

Manliness: In the most patronisingly complementary sense, 7


Blazes away from...


Ian Charleson, Chariots Of Fire (1981)

A fly-catcher of the first water, our Christian-playing hero’s lower jaw seems to come unhinged at the pistol crack, then gradually widens until he finally crosses the line looking like a man trying to gob-off an invisible whale.

Speed: Ok, yes, he’s nippy, 8

Power: Cruelly afflicted by the dread ‘windmill arms’, 3

Manliness: Apparently not next to Godliness, 3

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