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The best movie fight scenes are the ones that are a visceral gut punch. The ones that make you stand up from your seat, blood pumping, and karate chop the air, feeling invincible. They are an elaborate dance, choreographed to perfection. When you think about the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best action movies, these are the scenes that come to mind.
We've gone back through the cinematic archives to pick 50 of the best movie fight scenes that have ever screened. Plus, when it comes to💃 our very favorite – the last on this list – we even spoke to one of the people involved. And, just for clarity, when it comes to franchises, we've picked our favorite scene rather than having multiple from the same series – otherwise thꦐis list would be all John Wick and The Raid. So, sit back but don't relax as we go through some of the best setpieces ever witnessed.
Watchmen (2009)
The fight:🔯 Setting up the plot (and tone), this opening scene sees a bath-robed Comedian get attacked in his apartment by a shadowy assailant. It's a thumping tussle with absolutely no regard given to the Comedian's furniture.
Killer move: The finis🔯hing touch – the battered Comedian is hurled through his window to the tune of slow-motion shattered glass and falls to his death, smiley face badge an' all.
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
The fight: The blind Mei is ambushed in the middle of the bamboo forest 🌱and, while she valiantly defends herself against her attacker, she clearly needs help. Luckily, lone warrior Wind is at hand to save her.
Killer move: With one wooden spear thrown towards Mei from afar, Wind sees it just in time and throws his sword toward her too. With a split-seꦍcond reaction played out in slow-mo, we see Mei step back just as the sword split the spear in two, with both ends flying safely away.
The Warriors (1979)
The fight: So many to choose from in this film, but were opting for the showdown between the Warriors and tꦿhe Baseball Furies. When the sports-themed thugs chase d🦄own our anti-heroes, they are come to blows in Riverside Park, with the Warriors Ajax and Swan more than making up for the shortfall in numbers.
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Killer move: Having man🌃aged to win them꧃selves a couple of their opponents bats, the two gangs engage in down and dirty thumps around the head and gut punches.
Gladiator (2000)
The fight: Having already gained the audiences approval, Maximus is pitted against Tigris of Gaul in the arena, all while surrounded by chained tigers held back by ha🍷ndlers who have been given specific instructions by evil Commodus to target our Max.
Killer move: The real killer move is, of course, Maximus defying the emperor to spare Tigris life and earning respect from the crowℱd and his fellow fighters. But well still opt for the moment when a tiger leaps onto Maximus back for sh▨eer heart-stopping terror.
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
The fight: Maggie finally gets the big fight she always wanted: a $1m𓃲illion match agains🐭t WBA women's welterweight champion, Billie The Blue Bear, an ex-prostitute and renowned dirty fighter.
Killer move: In the single moment that changes this sporting underdog tale into a harrowing tragedy🐷, The Blue Bear sucker punches Maggie after the round ends and she lands on her corner stooꦐl, breaking her neck and leaving her paralysed.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
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The fight: News has spread that SHIELD has been infiltrated by HYDRA. Captain America, the symbol of all that's good, now knows that he's been working for the bad guys this whole time. In an elevatoꩲr on the way out of the SHIELD base, the guards are ready to turn on Cap. "Does anyone want to get out?" he asks. Cue fight.
The move: Frank Grillo's Crossbones is the last man standing. "I just want you to know, this isn't personal," he says before lunging in with a taser stick. Cap throws him against th✨e ceiling, deliveꦐrs his quip ("It kinda feels personal") then a shot from above as everyone lays defeated on the ground. It's the moment many of us fell in love with the Avenger.
Dodge City (1939)
The fight: Errol Flynn takes on all-c🅷omers in this seminal Western brawl, a sequence so famous it became used as stock footage for many other Westerns. Let the bottle-throwing commence!
Killer move: Th💦e old chair across the back would become a staple of many bar fights to 🌸come...
Aliens (1986)
The fight: Ripley takes on the Xenomorph Queen in this unconventional catfight, with a souped-up forklift truck f𒈔inally triumphing over the snapping jaws and razor-sharp tailꦰ.
Killer move: Ripley manages to l🦄ure the Xenomorph into a cargo lock, allowing her to blast the beastie bac🌱k into space where she belongs.
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
The fight: Nev𓃲er mind the dead🧸ites, the biggest fight Ash faces in Evil Dead 2 is one with his own hand. The treacherous little brute has got a fair few moves in its locker
Killer move: Ash realises what must be done, grabbing a chainsaw and severing his hand at the wrist.𒈔 Who's laughing now, eh?
From Russia With Love (1963)
The fight: Sean Connery's 007꧂ tangles with SPECTRE agent Red Grant in a cramped train carriage in one of the more 𒐪bone-jarring fight scenes in the James Bond series. Two men, one compartment no rules.
Killer move: Bond turns the tide by retrieviꦺng a tiny knife from a concealed compartment in his briefcase. Cheers, Q!
Batman Begins (2006)
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The fight: Throughout Batman Begins, Bruce repeatedly fails to remember Ras advice to mind yo𝔍ur surroundings. Until the f🌸inal battle on the train that is
Killer move: The evasive manoeuvres that allow Bruce to escape and condemn Ras toꩲ his death. At least we think hes dead
Kick-Ass (2010)
The fight: Hit-Girl’s first opportunity to show off her skills requires breaking into a room full of bad guys, a🍷nd leaving them wailing in a 𒆙bloody mess.
Killer move:🥃 The leg-severing swish of her sword that leaves one henchman floor-bound.
Die Hard 2 (1990)
The fight: John McClane takes on two villains on the wing of a moving plane, sending one hurtling into the engine b🔯efore making a death-defying leap back to terra firma.
Killer move: Having previously breached the planes fuel tank, McClane reaches for his lighter an❀d sends the whole 🎃thing up in flames. Yippie-kay-ay motherfucker.
Freddy vs Jason (2003)
The fight: The two horror icons do battl𝐆e in this overblown crossoღver movie, with Freddie in particular showing off some hitherto unsuspected acrobatics as Jason lunges around through the flaming scenery.
Killer move: Jason scoops Freddy into his arms like a child, before ramming his head through a window and dragging🅰 it through a load of broken glass.
Eastern Promises (2007)
The fight: A naked fight in a steamy 🔥bathhouse might sound a touch homoerotic, but trust us, theres nothing remotely sensual about this one. The desperation etched on Viggo Mortensen's face is matched only by the﷽ ferocity of his survival instinct
Killer move: Face, meet tiles. Tiles, face.
Commando (1985)
The fight: Bennett makes the mistake of waving a knife at Arnold Schwarzenegger, who🀅 reacts🅺 in customary fashion, before delivering one of his greatest ever payoff lines
Killer move: Arnie impales Bennett wit⛦h a pipe, before quipping, Let off some steam, Bennett. Woohoo!
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The fight: Aragorn avenges his sort-of buddy Boromir in a breathless, minute-long slobberknocker, which swings back and forth aggressively before building to a furious, limb-hacking finale. These guys really look like they’re trying 🌟to kill each other.&♏nbsp;
Killer move: The cleanest d🦋ecapitation you’ll ever see. In an act of terminal defiance, Lurtz pulls Aragorn’s blade deep into his chest - and Aragorn responds by lopping off his head. Lo☂vely.
Undefeatable (1993)
The fight: Its the Youtube 🍃sensation that is the handicap match between the team of Cynthia Rothrock and John Miller and Don Niams one man band. Let the shirt-ripping silliness commence!
Killer move: The knife-licking opening sets the tone ⭕for whats about to follow perfectly!
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
The fight: Not so much a fight, but a brutal massacre in a Baptist Church, 🃏set to the tune of Freebird. What's most impressive about the scrap - other than the shockingly stark violence - is the fact that it's Colin 'Love Actually' Firth dishing out the pain.
Killer move: Take your pick. The bit where he burns off a face with a lighter? The bit where he snaps someone's neck against the lectern? The axe to the neck? The final 'pole through chin' kill o♔n the pastor? Th🐻ey're all good.
Snatch (2000)
The fight: One Punch Mickey takes on Horace Goodnight Anderson in a fight hesไ suppose♏d to throw for Brick Top. Does he go through with the deal? Does he hell
Killer blow: From nowhere, Mickey delivers an uppercut that puts poor Horace on Dream Street. As Turkish helpfully points out, a pikey reaction is quite a fu🍒cking thing.
Raging Bull (1980)
The fight:ꦿ Jake LaMotta and Sugar Ray Robinson are the participants in this balletic and visceral punch-up. Robinson beats seven bells out of LaMotta, but crucially fails to knock him out.
Killer move: The storm of punches delivered by Robinson t﷽hat leaves🍎 LaMotta's face a bloody mess. Still, ya never got me down Ray. Ya never got me down.
The Raid 2 (2014)
The fight: The final battle – in the kitchen is simply, the🍌 finest piece of fight choreography ever filmed, and a near-perfect fusion of sigh🐠t, sound, and emotion. Rama has been exposed, so looks to hunt down his old friend Uco. But between Uco and Rama is The Assassin, and a near 10-minute fight that tears up a private kitchen, and leaves both combatants utterly exhausted and bloody. The fight is attritional, thrilling with every move, and has a perfect ebb and flow. The soundtrack builds as the fighters reach the end, and the final ๊blow is... well, it's the killer move.
Killer move: Karambit, throat, death.
What Raid 2 star Iko Uwais told us about the fight: "I remember when we did the choreography on that scene it was sheer hard work, and trial and 🥂error. We spent six months creating the choreography for that kitchen scene and spent another six months making videoboard. So it was a pretty tough scene to nail. There was a long time spent making that scene because it's not just the choreo that was created, but also figuring out the best camera angle possible for every mo𓆉ve".
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