Top 10 Most Efficient Military Helicopters

Helicopter is a type of rotor-craft, and in this the engine driven rotors provide the lift and thrust to the helicopter. Helicopters enable us to do achieve many tasks pragmatically and in an effective manner which a fixed-wing aircraft would not be able to do. Helicopter can take off and land vertically and can also fly forward or backward. These are used in myriad military operations and other tasks like saving lives of people in a catastrophic situation for e.g. flood. It can remain still in the air for much time and this facilitates the soldiers to perform various activities which otherwise would not be possible. The first operational helicopter was Focke-Wulf Fw 61 and was developed in 1936, This post id all bout most efficient best helicopters ever invented in the world, let’s see the most efficient helicopters in the list below.

10. Bell 47 OH-13 Sioux

It is a general utility helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. Its maximum cruising speed is 83 mph and the core armament is two 7.62mm Machine guns. It became famous in the Korean war and the distinguishing features of this are exposed welded-tube tail boom and bubble canopy.

9. Focke-Achgelis Fa 223

It was developed by Germany during World War ll. It could cruise up to 175 km/hr and gain an altitude as high as 7100m. its carrying capacity was 1000kg at a cruising speed of 121 km/h. Focke was powered by a Bramo 323 radial engine.

8. Lynx

It was manufactured by Agusta Westland and is a light utility helicopter. The max cruising speed is 152 mph but in 1986, a stripped-down lynx set a new record for the highest speed achieved by a chopper at 249 mph. its main weapon is two 20-mm Cannons, two 70-mm Rocket Launchers and eight Tow missiles.

7. CH-47 Chinook

It was manufactured by The Boeing Company and is a medium transport helicopter. Its max cruising speed is 165 mph. An historic fact about Chinook is that it was first deployed to Vietnam in 1965. It can carry soldiers and equipment in plethora. The uniqueness of its design is in the 60-foot-long contra-rotating rotors.

6. MI-24 Hind

It was manufactured by MIL Moscow Helicopter Plant and is basically a two-seat Gunship Helicopter. Its max cruising speed is 185 mph with a carrying capacity of 8 troops. It was delivered to the Russians for the first time in 1970’s. It is two in one as it is actually a attack helicopter but at the same time can carry a large number of troops in its cabin.

5. Oh-6 Cayuse

It was manufactured by Hughes Helicopters and McDonnell Douglas and is a light observation and attack helicopter. It has a max cruising speed of 137 mph and its nickname is “flying egg” as the maneuvers it could perform outsmart the other helicopters. It is powered by Allison T63-A-5a Turboshaft.

4. AH-1 Cobra

It was manufactured by Bell Helicopters and is a attack helicopter in general. Its max cruising speed is 173 mph and is powered by 2 X General Electric T700-Ge-401 Turboshafts. It is especially designed for a close support in the battlefield for the troops.

3. Uh-1 Huey

It was manufactured by Bell Helicopter and has a cruising speed of 115 mph. Talking of its carrying capacity, it has the capacity to carry 11-14 troops or 3,000 pound cargo. It first flew in 1956 and is still used. It was first introduced in Korean War to serve the purpose of robust and fast troop insertion into the battlefield.

2. Uh-60 Black Hawk

It was manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft and is a multirole, medium helicopter. Its maximum cruising speed is 160 mph and nicknamed the Night Stalker. It has a protective armor that can resist to 23-mm shells. Its carrying capacity is around 11 troops or 8,000 pound of cargo and the main armament of it is two 7.62-mm Six-Barrel Miniguns, 16 Hellfire Anti-Tank missiles.

1. Ah-64d Apache Longbow

It was manufactured by The Boeing and is primarily a attack helicopter. Its max cruising speed is 165 mph and first entered in the service in 1984 in America’s response to the fear of Cold War with the Soviet Union. It is equipped with various latest technologies as pilot night vision system, target acquisition designation sight and GPS etc.

Top 10 Best Movies To Watch In 3D

A 3D film is a type of technology that enhances the illusion of depth perception in motion pictures. 3D films technology has a long history that dates back in early 1950s but it was considered as a failure because of the expensive equipments and hardware, despite all this 3D technology became a prominent figure in the film market and as the time progressed it was successfully revived in the 1980s and 90s by the IMAX and Disney theatres. 3D film technology enjoyed greater success in 2000s and re-entered the mainstream cinema when genius James Cameroon’s Ghost of Abyss was released in 2003 which became the first full length 3D IMAX feature film. This was followed by Spy Kids 3D: Game Over and The Shark Boy and Lava Girl 3D. All of the mentioned films were well received by the audiences. This technology was adapted by many directors from 2003-08 and they found a great deal of success in shooting the films in 3D. In 2009 and 2010 majority of the films were shot in 3D and was highly successful and now in 2011 we will see more than 60% of the films in 3D and believe me that the time will come when all the cinemas in the world will be converted in 3D and all the films will be shot using 3D technology. So focusing on the above written paragraph I have gathered the information about the top 10 best movies to watch in 3D. Let’s have a look.

10. Drive Angry

 

9. Tron: Legacy

 

8. My Bloody Valentine

 

7. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Trader

 

6. Final Destination IV

 

5. Clash of the Titans

 

4. Alice in Wonderland

 

3. Journey to the center of the earth

 

2. Cloudy with a chances of meat balls

 

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Top 10 Best Bodybuilders In The World

Though it is a tough one but is beneficial for all of us. Bodybuilding helps you keep hale and hearty even in your old age because it strengthens your muscles and energizes your body as a whole. Going to gymnasium regularly and following a stringent diet schedule and workout plan is really a tough job to do guys. That is why you can see very little guys with attractive physique and bulging biceps and chest. I am not a bodybuilder as such but go to my local gymnasium daily just for fitness purpose. My uncle is my inspiration as he is touching 50 years of age and is still physically fit. Are you looking for an inspiration? Let us get to the top 10 list of the best bodybuilders.

10. Franco Columbu

He was born on August 17, 1941 and is an Italian actor apart from being a marvelous bodybuilder. His height is 5 feet 5 inches and according to some sources it is reported to be 5 feet 3 inches, but his miniature structure was not a hindering factor for Franco at all. He won the title of Mr. Olympia in 1976 and 1981. He also competed in the World’s Strongest Man competition but was not able to win the title, rather he ended up in a dislocated leg. Columbu received $1 million as a compensation for that. He was light in the legs but has tremendous back and delts.

9. Flex Wheeler

His original name is Kenneth Wheeler but is commonly known as Flex Wheeler. He was born on August 23, 1965 in California, United States. He started his career as a police officer but then left this job and determined to become a professional bodybuilder. He won the first award at the NPC Mr. California Championships in 1989. He was a Iron Pro winner for 5 times, enjoyed tremendous victories in France Grand Prix and he is also the 4-time Arnold Classic winner. Wheeler had a great back and 17 inch arms. His height was almost 5 feet 8 inches.

8. John Grimek

He was born on June 17, 1910 in New Jersey. He cemented his place in various bodybuilding articles and magazines and was the symbol of outstanding bodybuilding in his times. He represented United States in weightlifting at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Grimek was also very magnificent gymnast and his win in a Mr. Universe contest in London is conspicuous of this fact. He died on November, 1998 at the age of 88.

7. Steve Reeves

He was born on January 21, 1926 in Montana, USA. He was great bodybuilder as well as a good actor. He was the highest paid actor in Europe during the peak of his career. He had a phenomenal physique and set the standard of a ideal figure for the years to come. He had a narrow waist, wide shoulders and a narrow hip. His height was 6 feet 1 inch and was incredibly handsome and good-looking. His short history of bodybuilding awards is; 1946 – Mr. Pacific Coast, 1947 – Mr. Western America and 1948 – Mr. World. He died from complications of lymphoma.

6. Reg Park

He was born on June 7, 1928 in West Yorkshire, England. He was a multi-dimensional person was a businessman, actor and a bodybuilder at the same time. Although at the start, he was more into playing football than lifting weights but at the age of 16, after meeting a famous muscleman David Cohen, he got himself into bodybuilding. His height was 6 feet 1 inch and had a behemoth arm of 20 inches. He had an attractive figure and starred in many films also. He died on November, 2007 with metastatic melanoma, a form of skin cancer. He achieved many awards some of which are Mr. Britain 4th (1946), Mr. Universe –NABBA- overall winner (1951), Mr. Universe – NABBA- overall winner (1965).

5. Bill Pearl

He was born on October 31, 1930 and was a stunning American bodybuilder during 1950’s and 1960’s. Apart from achieving phenomenal success in the field of bodybuilding, he was also the first professional bodybuilder to author bodybuilding training courses. Overall, he had a real huge size but where he lagged behind was his ineptitude to cut his thighs. Some of his bodybuilding career achievements are 1956 N.A.B.B.A., Mr. Universe, Professional, Tall Man’s Class (London, England), 1952 Mr. San Diego, 3rd place (San Diego, California), 1952 Mr. Oceanside (Oceanside, California) and 2006 PDI Night of Champions Lifetime Achievement Award.

4. Ronnie Coleman

Ronnie Coleman, nicknamed Big Ron, was born on May 13, 1964 at Louisiana. He is an American national and has had the honor of winning 8 straight wins as Mr. Olympia. He has a B.S in accounting degree to his credit and after graduation served as a police officer. He joined a gymnasium called Metroflex and after training won first place in Mr.Texas competition. He has a gigantic arm and a perfect back muscle. He has a behemoth structure and more than 270 pounds. He won many titles as 1990 Mr. Texas (Heavyweight & Overall), 1996 Canada Pro Cup, 2000 Grand Prix England, 2001 Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic and 2005 Mr. Olympia etc.

3. Dorian Yates

He was born on April 19, 1962 in Staffordshire, England. He won 6 Mr. Olympia titles consecutively in a row and is known for his thickness. His height is 5 feet 10 inches and has got a huge arm of 20 inches. Currently, Yates is the CEO of his own global supplement company called DY nutrition. His career titles are 1985 World Games, 7th (amateur), 1992 Mr. Olympia, 1st, 1995 Mr. Olympia, 1st, 1996 English Grand Prix, 1st and 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st etc.

2. Arnold Schwarzenegger

He was born on July 30, 1947 and is an Austrian-American professional bodybuilder. Along with being a bodybuilder he is also a fabulous actor, politician and businessman. He has written myriad articles on bodybuilding. Arnold was the 38th governor of California and was succeeded by Jerry Brown. He belonged to the Republican political party. He has won the Mr. Olympia award 7 times whereas he won the first one at the age of 20. He started his training at the age of 15. He remained a under the spotlight in the career of bodybuilding for a much longer duration.

1. Sergio Oliva

He was born on July 4, 1941 in Cuba. The nickname of Oliva is “The Myth” and if you want to know why then see him at the 1967 Montreal World’s Fair. A sun worshipper coaxed him into this field of bodybuilding and he is the only bodybuilder to ever defeat Arnold in a Mr. Olympia contest, 1969. He is the second bodybuilder to win Mr. Olympia contest. Peeping a little into his personal life, he got shot by his then-wife Arleen Garrett and sustained 5 bullet wounds but The Myth survived that because he is a myth. His height is 5 feet 9 inches and has got a 20 inch arm. Although some of you might consider Arnold to be at the top spot but I will back my ranking by the statement of Joe Weider as he said to Oliva that when he was in his best shape, no one could stand parallel to him. The numerous title won by Oliva are 1965 Junior Mr. America – AAU, Most Muscular, 1966 Mr. World – IFBB, Overall Winner, 1966 Mr Universe – IFBB Winnera and 1985 Olympia – IFBB, 8th etc.

Top 10 Most Popular Celebrity Moms

10. Jennifer Hudson 

Jennifer Kate Hudson is an American recording artist, actress and a spokesperson. Her claim to fame was as one of the finalists in 2004 American Idol, where she came at seventh place. She debuted in movies through Dreamgirls (2006) and also won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for it. She got engaged to David Otunga, who is a WWE wrestler, in 2008. With him she had a son in 2009.

9. Halle Berry

Halle Berry is an American actress, a former fashion model, was a first-runner up to Miss USA (1986), and is a Revlon spokeswoman. She also produced many of her own films. She won the hearts of the critics through her performance in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999). She won an Oscar for Best Actress in 2001 for Monster’s Ball. Till date, she is the only African American to win that honour. Halle had married twice and divorced twice. While her marriage with her second husband, Eric Benét, she adopted his daughter named India. She divorced in 2005 from him and in the same year started dating her first domestic partner, the French-Canadian supermodel Gabriel Aubry. She has one daughter with him upon whom they are both in legal custody battle.

8. Reese Witherspoon

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon is an American actress and film producer. Her breakthrough performance came in Legally Blonde (2001). She worked in other successful films as Election (1999) and Sweet Home Alabama (2002). She received an Oscar for Best Actress for Walk the Line (2005). She married Ryan Phillippe in 1999 with whom she had a daughter and a son. They divorced in 2007. Recently in 2011, she married talent agent from CAA, Jim Toth.

7. Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress and also sings at times. She attained international recognition through her role in Shakespeare in Love (1998) for which she also won an Oscar for Best Actress. Her other acclaimed roles are in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Shallow Hal (2001), Proof (2005) and Iron Man (2008). She was formerly engaged to Brad Pitt from 1994 to 1997. She also had relationship with Ben Affleck from 1997 to 2000. She is married Coldplay’s lead vocalist, Chris Martin in 2003. With him she has a daughter and a son.

6. Courteney Cox

Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress who gained fame from NBC sitcom, Friends (1994-2004). She is also known for starring in the movie series of Scream. She married actor, David Arquette in 1999 with whom she had a daughter in 2004. They both separated in 2010 and as of now are trying to come to terms with each other in their marriage.

5. Jennifer Garner

Jenifer Anne Affleck, famously known as Jennifer Garner, is an American actress. She gained fame through her work in the thriller drama series on ABC, Alias (2001-2006). She played many minor roles in the movies initially, but later also starred in supporting as well as leading roles in Daredevil (2003), 13 Going on 30 (2004), and Juno (2007). She divorced actor Scott Foley in 2003 and married to actor and director, Ben Affleck in 2005 with whom she now has two daughters.

4. Nicole Kidman

Nicole Mary Kidman is an Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel and humanitarian. She received the honour of a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), which is the country’s highest civilian honour and holds a dual nationality that of Australia, her home country and the place where she resides now, the USA. She received an Academy Award nomination for the musical, Moulin Rouge! (2001) and won her first Oscar for Best Actress for her role in The Hours (2002). She was recently nominated the third time this year for Rabbit Hole (2010). She is amongst the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. She has three daughters and a son. She has an adopted daughter with Tom Cruise, and a son from him. She has two daughters from her second marriage with Keith Urban, and the last one was born through a surrogate mother.

3. Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion is a Canadian recording artist and an entrepreneur. She became one of the most successful artists in pop music history from her fame in the 1990s and is the best-selling Canadian artist of all time. Her album, D’eux, is the best-selling French-language album of all time. She received Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards for becoming the best-selling female artist of all time. Her music ranges from rock and R&B to gospel and classical and she is praised for her technically skilled vocals. She took a break from her work to start a family in 1999 and to spend time with her husband, Rene Angelil who was diagnosed with throat cancer that year. He is also her manager, whom she met in 1980 when she was only 12 and he was 36, but they began their relationship in 1987 and got engaged in 1991. They married in 1994 and renewed their wedding vows in 2000. In 2000, Celine underwent two small operations for fertility treatment. Her first son was born in 2001 and then she had two boy twins in 2010. Now she is finally a proud mother of three sons.

2. Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones is a Welsh actress who came into the spotlight with her roles in the movies, The Mask of Zorro (1998), Entrapment (1999) and Traffic (2000). She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Chicago (2002). Most recently in 2010, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a musical, A Little Night Music. She has also received an honour of the Order of the British Empire. She married actor Michael Douglas, who is exactly 25 years her senior in age. They met in 1999 when Michael was still married to his former wife. They married in 2000 and have two children, a son and a daughter.

1. Sandra Bullock

Sandra Annette Bullock is an American actress and producer who rose to fame in the 1990s with such movies as Speed (1994), While You Were Sleeping (1995) and she also received critical acclaim for her performances in Miss Congeniality (2000) and Crash (2004). In 2009, Sandra starred in the most financially successful films of her career, the Proposal and The Blind Side. For her role in the latter she won an Oscar for Best Actress. She is also amongst the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and in 2007 she was ranked at the 14th richest female celebrity. She married her now divorced husband, Jesse James in 2005 when she arranged for her ten-year-old godson to meet Jesse as a Christmas present. Sandra won full legal custody of James’ five-year-old daughter he had with his second ex-wife. She divorced him in 2010 and carried forward with eventually adopting a baby boy as a single parent.

Top 10 Reasons Why Facebook is Better than Twitter

People have become so addicted to Facebook that one window is always open where they are online through this social network. Around 600 million use Facebook whereas Twitter has around 200 million users. In that sense, Facebook is more widely connected and international than Twitter. Facebook is for close family and friends, whereas Twitter is to follow those people whom you want to be friends with or share some interests alike. Both Facebook and Twitter have their own fan following, each is competitive for the services they provide. Both are the one of the largest social networking sites and each day they are evolving with addition of newer and better features than ever before. This generates more users and hence more involvement on their platforms. But here are 10 reasons why Facebook is better than Twitter:

1. Better Expression

Profiles on Facebook are more elaborate and exclusive. You can get to know them better through reading their pages, whereas Twitter lacks that connectivity of people. The tweets are anything about anything, but on Facebook people tend to right more thought-provoking and discussion driven statuses which then leads to more excitement and involvement of people on the platform. One can clearly see and tell who are friends with whom on Twitter as there is elaborative categorizing on Facebook, whereas on Twitter one is not sure of how much a follower is closer to the person he or she is following.

2. Interest Oriented

Another better thing about Facebook is that it constantly suggests people whom one might know to connect with them on the site. Whereas there is only a conventional way of finding friends out on Twitter through various email services that one might be using. Through those email services one can see who is part of the website and can request connection. But on Facebook one knows who are friends with whom and in that way can find like-minded people easily forming groups and supporting causes that one believes in. This is how Facebook is more interest oriented.

3. News Feed is Better

Facebook is really good at suggesting news and making you reach out to the details of an event or happening that you might be eager to know exclusively about, whereas Twitter will only break the news for you. It works more like a breaking news tickler and a channel for headlines only. To get to know the depth of a story and to cover it better, Facebook is a better option certainly with enthusiastic debates and discussions on every day events that affects our lives.

4. Personal Connection

On Facebook, people tend to present themselves virtually, as if it is their virtual lives and their virtual existence. Whereas on Twitter, people just tweet whatever that they are thinking momentarily and might even change their mind on that. So in this particular sense, whatever that is being said or much rather written on Twitter does not necessarily stand for longer. It changes with the passage of time and is not a status so as to say.

5. Instant Connectivity

On Facebook one can have better connectivity with their contacts than on Twitter as there are many means to communicate, like writing on their profile walls, sending messages or simply writing a status and indicating them. Whereas on Twitter, the connection is only through tweets and messages, and one cannot have more in depth discussion or thought exchange in such a limited platform.

6. Different Environments

Facebook is where you can express yourself and show who you are, whereas on Twitter the window to self-depiction is very narrow. Both of these sites have basic differences in what their purposes are and the means through which they achieve them. Their environments are different and their uses have thus been deemed to be different when it comes to social networking. To each his own, therefore, for some people Facebook might coincide with their purpose and method of usage better than for someone who prefers Twitter for their own interests. It is all about what suits ones needs better than the other and one should choose that option.

7. Everything At One Place

On Facebook one can find everything at one junction only and one does not has to roam around to get all that one needs to keep up with. There are photos, videos, links and status updates, and all that in one place. Around more than a billion photos have been shared on Facebook by 2010. Whereas on Twitter one has to use couple of other services to get see whatever one wishes to through different formats.

8. Branding Opportunity

One of the best features that Facebook has is that of personal profile that one could create along with a page or group for any business or any other purpose. Facebook pages work almost like mini-websites for the brand promotion and information. Whereas on Twitter there is no such privilege. One has to just follow the profile or account or more specifically their channels, but there is no such thing as pages or groups on Twitter, which then again leads to its uses being limited only.

9. Chatting With Friends

On Facebook one can easily chat with friends and send instant messages. There is a threaded type discussion on Facebook which you could follow as it informs you instantly whenever someone has posted a new comment on your status or your photo or any other link that you have shared. This is the biggest feature of connectivity that Twitter lacks. As it is just about writing limited 140 characters tweets with no messaging to friends and no chatting with them online.

10. Supports Games and Apps

The interesting thing about Facebook is that it has games to play and have fun, where your friends could also join in as competitors, which doubles the excitement. According to a statistics, about 20 million people play games on Facebook daily. Besides this, it supports thousands of apps to enjoy and kill boredom. Whereas on Twitter there is no such exciting activity going on, which then makes it a bit dull.

Top 10 Most Popular Actors Who Do Their Own Stunts

Even though there is much technology available that is being used in movies these days. In fact, many directors apply their own methods of technological innovation to capture the magic of their story-telling in the most vivid way. There seem to be an ever increasing number of science-fiction and animated movies made every year. But the real action thrill comes from the fact when it is done actually by someone. That someone is mostly a stuntman hired to do the tricks and make it look as if the actor has done it. But we all know the truth about it. Here is a list of actors who actually like to do their stunts, not because they have their adrenaline rushing fast, but because they like to keep it real. This approach is an authentic and honest one to their art of movie making.

10. Angelina Jolie

Very recently Angelina did her own stunts for the movie The Tourist (2010) just in order to impress her kids. All moms want their kids to be happy with them and will do whatever to make them proud of their moms. For Angelina, she had jumped from a moving car and hung from a tall building. For the movie Salt (2010, she walked on a narrow ledge from a 12-stories high building all the time having only a single wire to protect her in case she fell. She said that she did it also to get back in shape after pregnancy.

9. Matt Damon

Who does not remember Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity series? He did most of his own stunts for these movies himself which is why they are all so riveting to watch. A thoroughly action packed thriller time. For this movie series, he did multiple scenes in the water and jumped off from a bridge despite there was a threat of drowning in the deep water. He also performed all of his car crash stunts himself.

8. Christian Bale

Christian is one of the fittest guys for any role demanding physical pressure. He has reportedly reduced himself to 121 pounds for his role in The Machinist (2004) and then immediately put on weight to get to 260 pounds for his role in Batman Begins (2005). The most interesting of his stunts was when he refused the director to have a stuntman for a scene in Rescue Dawn (2006). His movies are always full of thrilling action and more so for the stunts that he does himself.

7. Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is a well-known leading man, but he has also been able to hold an image of a true action hero by performing his own stunts for Mission: Impossible series and in other movies. The next movie, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol will be released sometime by the end of this year. For this film, he has scaled the world’s tallest building while filming his own stunts.

6. Zoe Bell

She is a stuntwoman and an actress as well, who has performed all of her own stunts in the films. She made her debut as a stunt double for Lucy Lawless and Sharon Stone in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof (2007) and appeared in the film playing herself as well. She also did stunt doubling for the Kill Bill series, Catwoman (2004) and Inglorious Basterds (2009) amongst the others.

5. Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen performed all of his own stunts for the movie series of Lord of the Rings. It is reported that he insisted on carrying a real steel sword instead of aluminum or a fake rubber one to give more effect to the scenes and deliver well in his acting. His brilliant horse-racing in the movie, Hidalgo (2004) was solely his own work. He is said to have even bought the horse that he rode in the movie.

4. Arnold Schwarzenegger

This macho man did most of the stunts in his films himself, especially in Conan series and Commando (1985). The reason that he said he had to do his stunts was the difficulty in finding his look alike double who could replace him well. But now he is into his own action with action sequences performed by him alone. He will be back with more action and his own stunts again in the upcoming movies in the Terminator series.

3. Jason Statham

He is the former Olympics diver who does all of his own stunts with all the kicks, explosions and of course, driving. His driving stunts in the Transporter series are spectacular to say the least. He did a marvelous performance in The Bank Job (2008). In one of his interviews, he said that, “The adrenaline is a great rush. I love it, but it is quite stupid.” We cannot argue with what he enjoys doing and we enjoy seeing, that is to see him in real action.

2. Harrison Ford

Despite him being in his mid-sixties now, he is full of charge when it comes to actions on sets. He did most of his stunts in the recent Indiana Jones movie. According to Shia LeBeouf, his co-star in the film, he did 90% of those action sequences himself despite of his old age. This is the kind of real leading man that is required to make the action look as real as it could get. He will be seen this year in Cowboys & Aliens, which is a sci-fi Western movie based on the novel of the same name by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg.

1. Jackie Chan

There is no secret in the fact that Jackie Chan does all of his own stunts. Initially, he was training for having a career in the Peking Opera, which is traditional Chinese theatre, but his interest was more in performing difficult stunts involving martial arts. Today, he is amongst the world’s top martial art movie actors. The many injuries that he receives do not stop him from continuing performing his own actions in the movies. He holds the Guinness World Record for “most stunts performed by a living actor”. His every movie is to be seen for his stunt sequences, like Rush Hour series, Police Story series, The Spy Next Door (2010) and The Karate Kid (2010) to name just a few of the recent ones.