Hawt Shots Believe It or Nots

We here at DeSantis are not against eye candy, especially when it comes to movies. But the way we see it, there are gun molls and then, there are gun mauling molls. Sure, there are lots of actresses traipsing around the movies these days, a large caliber weapon covering more of their body than the costume they are almost wearing.  Been there; done that. And while computer generation allows filmmakers to visually run amok - like replacing Rose McGowan's leg with a machine gun, the characters in these movies seem more like Fembots than real women. We'd like to remind everybody that being sexy, feminine and believable while shooting a weapon - even on celluloid - is not a given; it is an art.  So, straight outta Hollywood, here are our favorite Hawt Shots, Believe It (or not):

10. When CARRIE-ANNE MOSS comes up in cinematic conversation, we typically picture her in a MATRIX spandex body suit, hair cropped short and holding some kind of freakish proto-weapon. But we prefer the au naturale, scheming scammer she plays in MOMENTO. In that film, she never has to use kung fu or a gun. She IS the weapon. Sexy, sassy and classy. Carrie on, Carrie-Anne.

9. It's kind of hard to miss Milla Jovavich. In addition to being gorgeous, in THE FIFTH ELEMENT, Luc Besson decided to give her spagetti-os orange hair and cover her body with what basically amounts to a few scraps of paper. On top of that, she handles a gun very nicely, making her the best element of this campy sic-fi film.

8. PAM GRIER dropped even more jaws than villains with her lead role in FOXY BROWN, a ground breaking blaxploitation film about a woman taking revenge on her husband's murderers. At the time, the film's director complained Grier's wardrobe was a little too...distracting. Isn't that the whole idea?!

7. In 1995, Salma Hayek set the world en fuego with her movie debut in DESPERADO. In addition to being bi-lingual, this Mexican-born beauty showed she could convincingly handle a firearm.

6. JENNIFER LOPEZ, another luscious Latina, scores high on the list here for her portrayal of Karen Sisco in OUT OF SIGHT, one of the most memorable female L.E.O.'s in recent movie memory. Just like George Clooney's character, we'd be willing to toss our spare tire for the chance to be locked up in a car trunk with J-Lo.

5. And then there's Diana Rigg, best known for her Oxford-Educated, Akido flippin' sleuth Emma Peel in the British TV series THE AVENGERS. But among Bond aficionados, Diana is known simply as the Best Bond Girl - Ever. Though trapped in a lesser Bond film (ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE), her combination of smarts and jaw-dropping beauty made her the only women who could believably make James Bond consider monogamy. We can't blame him.

4. Has there ever been an arse-kickin' assassin hotter than ANGELINA JOLIE. We don't think so. In MR. AND MRS. SMITH, she even makes being a married assassin sexy.

3. The French can be annoying with their attitude and cultural superiority complex, but let's give them a little credit for ANNE PARILLAUD. Have you ever seen anyone shoot a .50 caliber handgun while running in high heels through cobblestone streets and still looking smokin' hot in a black designer mini dress? For LA FEMME NIKITA alone, Congress should make a motion to restore French Fries to the Capital Hill's cafeteria.

2. This list of holstering hotties would not be complete without a Film Noir Femme Fatale. And there was none better (or badder) than Barbara Stanwyck - sort of the grand moll of gun molls. She had a detached way of holding a gun on a man so that you couldn't tell if she was about to kiss him or kill him. Lady killers; meet a real Lady Killer.

1. At the end of the day though, Faye Dunaway is the moll we'd most like to see in a gun brawl. Her portrayal of Bonnie Parker in BONNIE AND CLYDE was dead to rights: treacherously feminine; ferociously violent yet surprisingly fragile, Dunaway got away with the gun moll roll of the last century. Hats off to you, Faye. Although you look even sexier with that hat on!