Drumroll, Please: These Are the Kickass Women of 2018's Most Exciting Movies

Taraji P. Henson is kicking ass and taking names as an assassin in this gritty thriller. After years of males playing hitmen on the big screen, Hollywood has gotten the message that we'd like to see more women as the fierce antiheroes, following in the footsteps of recent hit Atomic Blonde and followed by another 2018 project on this list, Red Sparrow.

Release date: Jan. 12