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How is Derek not an action icon?


Ok, so most people have never seen this movie, so lack of public knowledge is a given. But whenever some "movie experts" makes one of their "baddest action heroes" or "toughest movie chaaracters" or whatever lists, how is Derek not included?

He falls about 50 feet to his apparent death, but doesn't die. His skull is poppsed open and his brains leaking out, but he doesn't quit. He stuffs pieces of his brain back into his skull, and finds ways to secure his skull back into place (hat, belt). And while it takes him most of the movie, eventually he drags his lunatic butt back into the fight and kills the main boss.

Derek is easily one of the most badass heroes of all time, if not the top!

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Yes, Derek Rules. Not to mention, he also stuffs pieces of someone elses brain in there, because he accidentally stepped on his own.

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AGREE'd times a TRILLION, no one's got swagguh like Peter Jackso- UH I mean, Derek.

Derek needs his own movie, no lie.

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There's room for a sequel =P At the end, Derek shouts into the phone "I'm coming to get you #$F%^!!"

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But of course Derek is an icon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf6_CzRbDK0

Would love to see that guy in a sequel. Or better yet, the entire team back for another film. Would be fun. :)

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I can NOT get enough of Derek

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haha! yes you bring up the truth right here :) He is a bad ass action character by miles.


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I'm as disappointed as you are man, I wish we could have seen Derek: Bad Taste Part 2 and many more sequels, however, I was reading Empire magazine's Top 100 characters of all time or something a while ago and Derek was included haha.

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