What are some of your favorite fight scenes? Preferably 2-person fight scenes, but I'm also interested in seeing larger scenes, such as the gunfight in The Wild Bunch, and the bank heist in Heat.
One of my perennial favorites is the "glasses" fight in They Live. "Put on the glasses!"
One of my perennial favorites is the "glasses" fight in They Live. "Put on the glasses!"
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Tue, July 5, 2005 - 1:16 PM
One of my favorites is also the only good scene from "Superman 3". Christopher Reeve did a great job in using different fighting styles as Clark Kent fighting Superman.
For all-out chaos is the end fight in "The Cannonball Run" - it's just a hoot.
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Wed, July 6, 2005 - 6:38 AMCompletely going against the '2 person' preference of the original post, I am going to nominate the all-in brawl at the end of the Wanderers... two stand out moments amongst money are the guy who leaps backwards _before_ a bench sweeps his feet out from under him, and the cry : 'Fuck, its the Ducky boys!'
Oooh, scary
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Wed, July 6, 2005 - 11:16 AMI've had a chance to go through lots of fight scenes lately.
"Mean Streets" has a hilarious fight scene in a bar. In particular, two guys beating a third one around the room while the camera follows them.
"Kill Bill vol 1" has a great living room fight.
"Troy" has a terrific fight between Hector and Achilles
"They Live" has a delightful fight
"Fatal Attraction" had an amazing fight between Michael Douglas and Glenn Close (I had forgotten about it)
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" had a great courtyard fight scene -- I think it's the first big fight in the movie.
"The Wild Bunch" big shootout. Wow.
The bank heist in "Heat". Pretty cool.
This was a hella fun evening!
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Wed, August 31, 2005 - 9:32 PMAlso ignoring the 2 person rule, I'm going to have to go with the graveyard zombie brawl in Dead Alive, because there's little that makes me happier than Father McGruder screaching "I kick ass for the lord!" shortly before joining the living dead himself.
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Wed, July 6, 2005 - 12:46 PM2 Days in the Valley - between Charlieze Theron and Teri Hatcher. Not to be missed.
Evil Dead II - Bruce Campbell vs his hand.
House of Flying Daggers - The bamboo grove.
Enter the Dragon - The whole damn movie.
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Wed, July 6, 2005 - 1:54 PMCouple others I thought of:
"Raising Arizona", between Nicholas Cage and the Biker character, had a comically epic feel about it.
"Mark of Zorro" (NOT "Mask..." ugh), between Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone, a great furious duel, accentuated by the pinging of the swords.
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Wed, July 6, 2005 - 3:32 PMYour swordfight brought to mind "A Princess Bride" with Mandy Patamkin and Cary Elwes.
Should we keep it to B- Movies though?
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Tue, August 16, 2005 - 12:25 PMThe John Goodman fight in "Arizona" was fantastic too.
Large men, small space, textured plaster.
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Wed, January 17, 2007 - 4:13 AMRaising Arizona is such a great movie :)
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Wed, July 6, 2005 - 5:32 PMPractically all the fight scenes from The Warriors were largely entertaining. -
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Wed, July 6, 2005 - 11:45 PM* The botched robbery at Northfield, Minnesota in "The Long Riders."
* The nasty Rod Taylor/William Smith brawl at the end of "Darker Than Amber." Two large, strong men smash the bloody matter-of-fact hell out of each other in a small room, with the villian winning only to flip out and get caught by cops minutes later. This 60s rarity was directed by Robert Clouse, who went on to do "Enter The Dragon."
* Fred Williamson and crew smoke a house full of L.A. mafiosi in "Black Caesar."
* The mall takeover in the original "Dawn of the Dead."
* Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing duel to the death in "Horror of Dracula."
* The extended bit in "The Great McGinty" in which Brian Donlevy, collecting protection money for gangsters, goes from being polite to punching out his "clients.'
* The final shootout in "The Killer Elite."
* John Wayne goes to glory, taking three hardasses with him in "The Shootist."
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Thu, July 7, 2005 - 6:14 PMRicky-oh: The Story of Ricky - Pretty much the whole damn movie. Highlights include a prisonyard fight where a man gets disemboweled and tries to strangle his attacker with his own dangling entrails. Another classic shot has our main character punching his fist thru an opponent's skull.
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Fri, July 8, 2005 - 7:03 AMHang on, is there ANY B-Movie thread for which Ricky-Oh isnt your preferred exemplar?
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Wed, July 13, 2005 - 12:55 AMAll fights in Switchblade Sisters. -
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Wed, July 13, 2005 - 1:00 PMAhhhhh, I need to see that anyway. -
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Thu, August 4, 2005 - 12:04 PMAgain, any hand to hand fights featuring Bud Spencer are GOLD!
The large actor would throw these ridiculous punches which could send an oppenent sailing into the air and land about a mile away.
Other than that, the battle of wits and skills between Gordon Liu and his bride to be in Heroes of the East were fascinating. rarely have I seen such clever use of chopsticks and eggs in a lovers' spat. -
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Tue, August 16, 2005 - 12:23 PMShark vs. Zombie from Fulci's Zombi
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Tue, August 16, 2005 - 12:49 PMOh, YEAH! I should've listed that! A truly bizarre moment in horror movie history. Fulci rocks! -
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Sat, August 27, 2005 - 11:26 PMthe most memorable fight scene i can think of is still from a movie called WIZARDS. animated (probably a cult classic) but i love the part when the good wizard looks at his (twin) brother and says "I'm going to show you sumthin that mom showed me when you were away!" then he pulls out a gun and blows the evil wizard away. talk about the sudden end of a climax! -
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Sun, August 28, 2005 - 12:52 AMThat scene was such a problem for me. I mean, it really wasn't a fight, and the annoying thing is that Avatar uses one of Blackwolf's weapons to defet Blackwolf -- which affirms the superiority of Blackwolf's weapons. Makes me shake my head... -
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Mon, August 29, 2005 - 5:05 AMisn't the hypocrassy of the climax almost the entire point of the movie? of course Blackwolf technology was superior... that was never the issue... it was the use of it. still if that is the case, it never really resolves itself. that is one of the things that i love about it! and hate. -
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Wed, August 31, 2005 - 9:00 PMdefinetly the Wizards scene, abso-fucking-lutely the shark vs zombie scene (thats is so beautiful for its time)
but, you have to love Dante and Randals food fight at the end of Clerks. so poetic. -
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Wed, August 31, 2005 - 9:11 PMactually, the debate about the death star technical support crew really got to me. i never thought of it before. not really a physical fight but definitely an intelectual tussle. -
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Wed, August 31, 2005 - 9:19 PMKevin Smith is a God (we dont count Jersey Girl, it didnt happen) -
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Wed, August 31, 2005 - 9:23 PMokay... everyone is allowed one screw up anyway right?
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Wed, August 31, 2005 - 9:44 PMre: Wizards
i have to argue with you about the "superiority" issue. Blackwolf's main weapon was all about *Shock and Awe* -- something that hadn't ever been seen (in that age); i don't think it was ever really superior to magic, just new and scary. So for Avatar to use a weapon was definitely a suprise -- it wasn't what Blackwolf was expecting or prepared for -- which i think was more the point. but ironic either way... dontcha think? -
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Thu, September 15, 2005 - 4:53 PMI have to say that any Godzilla fight scene is awsome.
I also liked the fight scene in Paris at the beginning of Team America, World Police. Puppets fighting are cool. -
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Thu, September 15, 2005 - 9:48 PMThe zombie fight scene is great.
My Fav is the Cow fight scene in Kung Pow
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Fri, September 16, 2005 - 9:37 AM'Raising Arizona'
Fingers scraped against textured plaster.
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Fri, September 23, 2005 - 1:36 PM"Faster Pussycat Kill Kill! " has some of the best fight scenes ever! One good "chop" can take any man down..... :) -
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Thu, October 27, 2005 - 4:45 AMthe rooftop scene @ the end of Jackie Chan's Who Am I
the final scene of Hard Boiled
the fight in Chyrstal
most of Kung Fu Hustle
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Fri, October 28, 2005 - 11:51 AMAny of the ones in Orgazmo--especially the ones involving floppy sex toys.
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Tue, January 30, 2007 - 5:34 PMI'll second that. Tura Satana kicked some serious ass.
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Fri, October 28, 2005 - 11:54 AMIn "Maximum Risk," the inimitable Jean-Claude Van Damme fights this HUGE Russian mafia bruiser in a men's bath house (Russian bath house, not gay bath house) while they are wearing towels...and they never lose them!
Gotta love double-sided tape! hahahahahaha
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Fri, October 28, 2005 - 1:18 PMcmon people this thread almost spells Fight Club!
almost every fight scene in that movie was gold.
also being a Pitt fan I thought almost every fight he had in Snatch was AWESOME!!!!
-the man just wanted a new caravan and to take care of his ma.
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Fri, October 28, 2005 - 3:04 PMWithout a doubt the alley fight scene from 'They Live' 20 mins of pure bollocks, anyone else would be dead after all that punishment, but not Roddy and Keith...
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Fri, October 28, 2005 - 3:17 PMYeah, I think for sheer unbelievability and audacity, and yet accessibility and the whole knowledge that it completely centers around a single pair of glasses, that fight is truly one of the stand-out fights in B-movie history.
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Sat, November 4, 2006 - 6:15 PMDid anyone mention the fight scene with patricia arquette and james gandolfini in true romance! And anything in the matrix.... -
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Sun, November 5, 2006 - 10:42 PMHighlander..... do I really have to pick a scene! -
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Mon, November 6, 2006 - 7:40 PMhow about the all girl diaphanious smackdown scene in Manos The Hands of Fate...? -
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Wed, January 17, 2007 - 9:21 AMIn the movie, "Gymkata" (sp?) the fight scene in the streets of china. I thought the best combination of gymnastics and martial arts. -
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Wed, January 17, 2007 - 10:15 AMhow 'bout all those old Sonny Chiba movies were the camera is to close and out of focus to tell what the hell is going on...i mean that's kinda how it is in a real fight, just a blur, no slow-mo. -
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Wed, January 17, 2007 - 10:47 AMOh, and I can't forget about "The Master Of The Flying Guillotine".
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Tue, January 30, 2007 - 12:38 AM>how 'bout all those old Sonny Chiba movies were the camera is to close and out of focus to tell what the hell is going on...i mean that's kinda how it is in a real fight, just a blur, no slow-mo.
It's only like that to the outsiders. When you are in serious combat your time sense slows down as your adrenaline level rises, especially the more you expect it to turn deadly. -
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Fri, February 9, 2007 - 9:06 PMThat's correct, of course, but PbA's right from an onlooker's standpoint, which is precisely where a movie puts one! That's one of the problem's I've always had with most post-1970s movie violence- combat goes on forever without visible trauma. -
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Fri, February 9, 2007 - 11:19 PMCertain. That's understood.
I agree about the lack of trauma and real consequences.
The single biggest problem with media violence and the issues with negative impact on behavior is the lack of showing proper outcomes which are the result of the actions of the people involved and it perpetuating an atmosphere of mythical perceptions about violence which leads to inappropriate decisions and attitudes.
Violence without context and logical results leads to delusional behavior in people w
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