Author Topic: What are the best movie fight scenes ever? (Read 7599 times)

JackNelson23 · « **on:** November 08, 2017, 03:04:54 PM »

What do you guys think?

Purge_WTF · « **Reply #1 on:** November 10, 2017, 05:33:03 AM »

Desolate · « **Reply #2 on:** November 29, 2017, 06:14:05 PM »

Way of the Dragon (Lee vs. Norris)
The Octagon (Norris vs. Samurai-like guy)
Silent Rage (Norris vs. Kirby)
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (Norris vs. Colonel Yen)
Roadhouse (Dalton vs. Jimmy)
Rocky IV (Rocky Balboa vs. Ivan Drago)
Fear City (Tom Berenger vs. Serial killer)

There are others...

Montague · « **Reply #3 on:** December 02, 2017, 07:32:08 AM »

I believe that scene in They Live was mostly ad-libbed.
Supposedly, Piper and David went off script and went by feel - almost treating it like a wrestling match that has a general direction and pre-determined outcome, but doing everything leading up to that on the fly.

I enjoyed some of the fight scenes in the first two Transporter movies.
I found them entertaining; they seemed like a nice homage to a lot of the cheesy action films I grew up with in the 80's.

(Getbig is giving me problems embedding videos.)

Purge_WTF · « **Reply #4 on:** December 02, 2017, 08:23:13 AM »

Quote from: Montague on December 02, 2017, 07:32:08 AM

I believe that scene in They Live was mostly ad-libbed.
Supposedly, Piper and David went off script and went by feel - almost treating it like a wrestling match that has a general direction and pre-determined outcome, but doing everything leading up to that on the fly.

I remember reading how Carpenter asked them to make full contact below the neck to make the fight look as realistic as possible.

Montague · « **Reply #5 on:** December 02, 2017, 08:43:32 AM »

Quote from: Purge_WTF on December 02, 2017, 08:23:13 AM

I remember reading how Carpenter asked them to make full contact below the neck to make the fight look as realistic as possible.

The movie was nominated for an academy award.
Do you know if it was for anything related to that scene?

BSN · « **Reply #6 on:** December 03, 2017, 12:30:34 AM »

great fight scene

Straw Man · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2017, 01:14:36 PM »

daron_e · « **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2017, 02:10:33 PM »

Lethal weapon 1....choreographed by Royce Gracie...

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jjfit · « **Reply #9 on:** December 29, 2017, 08:54:31 PM »

undisputed - wesley snipes and ving rhames play boxers convicted and now in prison, whole movie leads up to the fight
goon - seann william scott, throughout the whole movie really love the brutal beatdowns, he plays a hockey enforcer and the last fight is the best. based on a true story
honorable mention: once were warriors - the emotional rage beatdown, verycathartic as it was well deserved

Vince G, CSN MFT · « **Reply #10 on:** January 13, 2018, 07:33:25 AM »

This is the ONLY GETBIG APPROVED FIGHt SCENE...PAY ATTENTION!!!!

Vince G, CSN MFT · « **Reply #11 on:** January 13, 2018, 07:40:27 AM »

Mackey Rick · « **Reply #12 on:** January 14, 2018, 02:00:38 AM »

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sync pulse · « **Reply #13 on:** January 14, 2018, 06:04:56 PM »

it's not on youtube....but this is up there with the top.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x344z6g

Agnostic007 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2018, 08:43:50 PM »

There are a lot of candidates. One thing that disqualifies a fight scene from being good for me is people taking blows that would obviously incapacitate or render them unconscious, yet they regain their faculties before the next punch.

The Ugly · « **Reply #15 on:** January 17, 2018, 10:43:22 AM »

Sensei Sinatra, hands down.

dr.chimps · « **Reply #16 on:** February 09, 2018, 07:38:53 PM »

Old Boy. Hammer scene. One take.

CalvinH · « **Reply #17 on:** February 10, 2018, 06:21:44 AM »

Quote from: dr.chimps on February 09, 2018, 07:38:53 PM

Old Boy. Hammer scene. One take.

Gunfight at the end of ''The Magnificent Seven"

Taffin · « **Reply #18 on:** February 10, 2018, 11:02:18 AM »

Quote from: Montague on December 02, 2017, 07:32:08 AM

I believe that scene in They Live was mostly ad-libbed.
Supposedly, Piper and David went off script and went by feel - almost treating it like a wrestling match that has a general direction and pre-determined outcome, but doing everything leading up to that on the fly.

I enjoyed some of the fight scenes in the first two Transporter movies.
I found them entertaining; they seemed like a nice homage to a lot of the cheesy action films I grew up with in the 80's.

(Getbig is giving me problems embedding videos.)

Taffin · « **Reply #19 on:** February 10, 2018, 11:03:22 AM »

Quote from: daron_e on December 08, 2017, 02:10:33 PM

Lethal weapon 1....choreographed by Royce Gracie...

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dr.chimps · « **Reply #20 on:** February 17, 2018, 11:57:38 AM »

Quote from: CalvinH on February 10, 2018, 06:21:44 AM

Gunfight at the end of ''The Magnificent Seven"

Hell, yeah. How about the end of The Wild Bunch. I love when Thornton shows up and Bishop's hand is still on the Browning. Dead men, everywhere.