C'mon: If you are an action movie buff (Like Me) or you only like GOOD action movies (Like Me) You will love a good fight scene. Mine are:
- T-Rex VS Spinosaurus (Jurassic Park III) 6/10
- The House of Blue Leaves (Kill Bill Vol. 1) 10/10 **MUST SEE!**
- RoboCop VS ED-209 (RoboCop) 7/10
- Queen Alien VS Power Loader (Aliens) 10/10 **MUST SEE!**
- Qui-Gon jin & Obi-Wan Kenobi VS Darth Maul (Star Wars Episode 1) 9/10
- Ash VS Bad Ash (Army of Darkness) 6/10
- Ash VS Skeletons (Army of Darkness) 10/10 **MUST SEE!**
- Neo VS Agent Smith (The Matrix) 9/10
- Hellboy VS Sammael: Round 1 (Hellboy) 6/10
- Hellboy VS Sammael: Round 2 (Hellboy) 8/10
- Ash VS Ash's hand: Round 1 (Evil Dead II) 10/10 **MUST SEE!**
- Ash VS Ash's hand: Round 2 (Evil Dead II) 7/10
- Ash VS Henrietta (Evil Dead II) 8/10
- Gwangi VS Elephant (The Valley of Gwangi) 6/10
- Arnold VS Predator (Predator) 7/10
- Alien VS Predator (err...Alien VS Predator) 7/10
- Neo VS Super-Smith (The Matrix Revolutions) 7/10
- Trinity & Morpheus VS The Twins VS Agents on highway (The Matrix Reloaded) 10/10 **MUST SEE!**
Well, those are just a few of mine. What are yours?
PLEASE NOTE: The **MUST SEE!** Logo only applies to fights with 10/10.
The bodyguard fight in THE DEEP. I will just say that it involves an outboard motor.
The bodyguard fight in THE DEEP. I will just say that it involves an outboard motor.
'Bleep', I did it again.
QuoteQui-Gon jin & Obi-Wan Kenobi VS Darth Maul (Star Wars Episode 1) 9/10
the fight in Star Wars Episode one is good but they ruined it by cutting and intersplicing the sequence with all the other stuff that was happening - plus the way Maul dies was pretty crappy.
QuoteNeo VS Agent Smith (The Matrix) 9/10
Even though Reeves and Co only had a few months to train, they pulled it off - its such a shame that their fighting styles were dumbed down in the later movies.
If you look at the top 20 fights of all time, you'll see Jackie Chan is in almost all of them.
My personal favorites are:
Police Story 2 - the bit in the playground where Chan has to face lots and lots of hoods.
Meals and Wheels - The fight between Chan and Benny the Jet was superb, but the re-match in Dragons Forever wasn't as good, IMO.
Fist of Legend - every fight is very good.
there is a Donnie Yen movie that I like too but I can't remember the name of it, but its meant to re-define what is meant by hyper-kinetic fight sequences.
Legend of Drunken Master or Drunken Master II (uncut Chinese version, not the hatchet US version) is perhaps the best hyperkinetic fight and is yet to be rivalled.
Three that spring immediately to mind are:
Roddy Piper and Keith David in They Live
The punch-up at the end of The Quiet Man
The brawl at the end of Blazing Saddles
Almost any fight scene in Equilibrium.
By far the greatest fight scene ever is that from the Matrix 2 on the freeway. I will say that it would be hard to ever surpass anything like that.
However, I am sure you all know David Twohy of Pitch Black fame. I think he is the greatest action director of our time. The scenes he comes up with in Chronicles were masterful, and he isn't afraid of killing the hero.
My favorite martial artist is Jet Li, and Kiss of the Dragon is his finest film. When he takes out the room of black belts and then the Russian twins, it is just tres impressive.
Lets not forget these classics
Spider Man Vs. Green Goblin
Arnold Vs. T-1000
Indiana Jones Vs. The bald Nazi and the propeller plane
These scenes will never cease to amaze me.
Does the movie ROADHOUSE count as a fight scene? (:
I included the highway sequence.
Jack Corbett wrote:
> I included the highway sequence.
Uhh...that's ROADHOUSE which starred Patrick Swayze, Sam Elliot, and Kelly Lynch.
I was talking about The Matrix Reloaded. Sorry, but I have not yet seen "Roadhouse".
Menard, I need to ask you something REALLY important. Did you have a discussion yesterday with a person called Travis or BOB? If so, that was one of my friends at school. I am panicking that he was kicked off of the website. Could you please answer?
I posted replies to and received such from someone using the screen name Travis and also someone using the screen name Bob (and bob, and BOB). All originated from the same IP address. We had a good thread going about the TV show AMAZON. Unfortunately, when the address was banned and their/his posts were removed, so was that entire thread.
Ah, great...
He said to me today, after I told him, that he didn't know. He also said that he forgot to write the "Bob" back exactly. So that explains it.
He also said you were a funny bastard.
Great. Just when I could hve a discussion with someone I know from nearby...
I take it that 'bastard' is a compliment. It must be if it was used to describe me. (heh..heh)
If I call someone a funny bastard, it IS a compliment.
Ooh, wait, what about this:
Jack "Can't Get Enough Space" Corbett VS Menard and Brother Raganarok (Bad Movies.org) 10/10 **MUST SEE!**
C'mon, I seriously cheesed those two off with the spaces. Isn't that right, Menard?
That Bruce Lee movie where he was on the island competing in that tournament - it was either Enter the Dragon or Return of the Dragon. He sneaks down into the secret basement of the place and takes on about 50 guys. That was filmed in such a way that you could almost feel the bones cracking in every guy he hit. Fantastic direction, acting, camera work.
There were several other fights in that movie that were among the best of all time as well.
Favorite fight scenes are chick fights from bad b movies like Swamp Women, or High School Hellcats. lol Just kidding.
Luke versus Darth Vader in the 3th Part of the "good" Trilogy
All fights of Bud Spencer/Terence Hill against nonames/nobodies/the bad guys
Wence wrote:
> All fights of Bud Spencer/Terence Hill against nonames/nobodies/the bad guys
Agreed. Their fights were always fun. And you always knew that a bunch of badguys were going to gang up on Bud, but he would always toss the whole bunch like ragdolls.
I like their fancy talking, too.
SpencerHill - that duo is an absolute must for b-movie-fans!
Wence wrote:
> I like their fancy talking, too.
>
> SpencerHill - that duo is an absolute must for b-movie-fans!
What about their eating habits? Especially anytime they were among 'civilized' people.
Yes, especially in that western where they pose as government agents.
Alot of burbs and farts in a upper class restaurant, yeah, that´s what I like...
Their movies is what I understand as "working class entertainment" and often they play figures that are described best as working class heroes.
AndyC wrote:
> Three that spring immediately to mind are:
>
> Roddy Piper and Keith David in They Live
>
>
Dangit, that was my vote. ;)
I hope Swamp Women is as good as you say, I just ordered it off Ebay last night - for a penny ;)
Well, plus $3.95 shipping.
Mine is between Ripley and the Queen in "Aliens".
Mr. Hockstatter, Swamp Women is the type of movie, that if you enjoy bad movies, it will be your cup of tea. I enjoy films like that with saturated color. Let me know what you think.
FINALLY!!!
Someone likes the Aliens finale other than me and my friends at school!
Ooh, wait:
The Underwater stand-off (Alien Resurrection) 10/10 **MUST SEE!**
I liked Alien Resurrection. Unlike some people...
(Walks off grumbling, sounding a bit lik Gregg the Grim Reaper)