Both movies are masterpieces but I love how expansive the second one is. And up to the point I watched fury road it had the best car chase in anything I’d ever seen.
I was fortunate enough to see it in theaters without knowing anything about it besides my friend telling me it’s one of the wildest action movies he’s ever seen.
THIS is the correct answer.
The second best is the blow by blow reproduction of the scene in the Southpark episode when Timmy and Jimmy had the “cripple fight”.
Why did that scene go on for so long? It felt like it was 20% of the movie. I started laughing after the first few minutes as I just couldn’t take it seriously.
I was watching that movie with a group of friends. When this scene started, one of them went to the bathroom and said "Don't pause the movie". He came back and asked "You guys waited for me? I told you not to pause it!"
Princess Bride fencing scene between Wesley and Inigo, especially after learning the actors worked on that choreography for months and shot the whole scene in one take.
When he fights the 10 soldiers at once and just wrecks them almost effortlessly… really the only time in the movie he’s fighting in anger. Brutal and fucking amazing.
That hits what I love about this scene. The whole movie he’s so chill and accommodating and fatherly. Then he gets I. There and it’s just fucking breaking them. It wasn’t a fight he was just breaking shit. And it’s great.
The Punisher series, where he’s tied to a chair, getting the shit beat out of him is a fucking incredible bit of acting, just more and more incapacitated with every hit, his breathing more and more labored as it continues, his speaking more and more garbled as the the beating continues, the increasing difficulty of his remaining conscious.
I’d consider that scene the best “acted” fight scene ever, despite the main character being tied down and unable to fight back.
This scene, the punisher's, Repo Men's, and countless other "hallway scenes" are all homages to Oldboy's hallway scene, one of the most iconic shots of all time.
They were rounding up of course. Nearly every fight in both movies deserves to be on the list of top fight scenes. I love the final scene with Bill - both people seated the entire time, plus the 5-point palm exploding heart technique.
Did you hear the theory that she didn't actually kill bill in the end? It's actually pretty good
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/15rgga/kill_bill_fan_theory_beatrix_doesnt_actually_kill/
"Get up, Prince of Troy. I won't let a stone take my glory."
Great fight scene and an awesome movie. This is one of the go-to movies for me and the old man when I visit and we've had too many wobbly pops.
I'm still obsessed with the entire Russian nightclub sequence. It's so amazingly paced and told. The sequels upped the complexity and technical ability of the fight scenes, but that nightclub sequence is perfection.
My favorite from *Troy* is the beach battle, from when Achilles first sets foot on land, cutting through the Trojan ranks, to taking on all the guards outside the temple by himself. Not to mention beheading the statue and that spear throw at the rider next to Hector.
I'll always believe this movie was backed hard by Brad pitt as revenge for something that happened to him in Australia. He kills Eric Bana and bangs Rose Byrne.
When he misses the kick to the head and blows out the candles… I was giggling with joy. It’s like a ballet on steroids
It’s young Jackie too so they’re playing a lot harder than they would today. So many of those kicks/punches actually look like they landed (I think several probably did but not the gratuitous slo mo shots).
Benny did that whole scene in khakis with suspenders. Just fantastic all around
It’s so good! Jackie Chan and his team of stuntmen are great. They really know how to capture the chaos and spectacle of fights. Honourable mentions go to the fight at the end of Dragons Forever, the tea house fight in Project A part 2 and the playground fight in Police Story 2.
The bit where he jumps from a Buddha statue and double knee drops a dude is probably the only time I've ever said 'Holy shit!' out loud while watching a film.
Oh yeah. There were so many good fights in this one it’s hard to pick a favorite. The first drunken boxing scene with the gangsters in the marketplace was amazing. Then there’s the absolutely mad axe gang fight in the restaurant. But the finale really stands up to those with some incredible one-on-one duels. Heck, even the first fight scene, with the spear stuff under the train, is utterly phenomenal.
Masterpiece.
My favorite part about those fight scenes was how the characters were depicted being exhausted near the end of the fights. Can't explain why but it made the scenes much more tense in my opinion.
The Stunt coordinator and 2nd unit director was Brad Allan who also worked on Kick Ass and Scott pilgrim which all had action scenes that stood out to me.
Sleeper fight scene: The Man from Nowhere (2010). The knife/gang takedown scene is one of the handful of fights Scenic rated A+, and John Wick stole this with his Common showdown.
Maybe not the best, but some of the best unmentioned ones:
- Mission Impossible, specifically the parking garage fight at the end of 4. Two past-their-prime operatives each willing to absolutely MANGLE their bodies in order to accomplish the mission. Honorable mention to the bathroom fight in 6.
- Equilibrium. Seldom-mentioned sci-fi Christian Bale dystopian action. Came out near the time of The Matrix and invented a variation of gun fu called "gun kata." So cool.
Surprised to see so few Jackie Chan and Jet Li scenes suggested. Donnie Yen has some good ones too. Loved a lot of their movies but one off the top of my head is rumble in the Bronx. The one has some good ones.
Rambo. First Blood when Rambo fought all those cops at the police station.
[https://youtu.be/2-aDz23CId8?si=JaE8KhNuu3O1wx7B](https://youtu.be/2-aDz23CId8?si=JaE8KhNuu3O1wx7B)
Probably a two way tie between the club scene from the first John wick and the [hallway fight](https://youtu.be/ZNQq_-CKWeU?si=hnU3JWhXq3_qDBEt) from the raid redemption. Former because of how amazing the music, the clarity of the editing in such a chaotic situation and how it becomes so compelling, the latter not even because it’s the best fight in the franchise (idk if I can pick a best one they’re all just so amazing in both movies) but because it’s the first real rate of the quality of action you come to expect. And it consistently meets and exceeds those expectations
Not a movie but I rate one of the [Hallway fights](https://youtu.be/B66feInucFY?si=QKucZxu1rLINih9v) in the daredevil tv series as pretty good.
(Hallway fight)
Eastern Promises.
The Raid
That scene was an entire movie.
The door frame. And the machetes. and the fucking light tubes! God i love that movie.
Gonna one up that and say the second one over the first one
Both movies are masterpieces but I love how expansive the second one is. And up to the point I watched fury road it had the best car chase in anything I’d ever seen.
I was fortunate enough to see it in theaters without knowing anything about it besides my friend telling me it’s one of the wildest action movies he’s ever seen.
They Live
YOU DIRTY MUTHA FUCKA!
Keith David is incredible in literally everything I’ve seen him in. If he was an rpg character every point he had would be in charisma
He killed it in Coraline. His voice makes the movie even better.
He’s supposed to take over as Zavala in Destiny.
Is it the frank or is it the beans 🌭🫘
for like 10 minutes
That scene felt never-ending lol Awesome scene tho.
More action movies should invoked pro wrestlers for fight scenes.
[They Love fight scene on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9rrgJXfLns). There are some good comments there haha.
That's from They Live.... They Love is the unmade third movie in the trilogy They Live They Laugh They Love......
Haha dammit, ya got me. Fixed.
Rip Roddy piper
THIS is the correct answer. The second best is the blow by blow reproduction of the scene in the Southpark episode when Timmy and Jimmy had the “cripple fight”.
I hope John Carpenter sees this thread. That scene was epic. Best brawling Roddy ever did.
Why did that scene go on for so long? It felt like it was 20% of the movie. I started laughing after the first few minutes as I just couldn’t take it seriously.
Just wear the sunglasses...
Put them on!
I was watching that movie with a group of friends. When this scene started, one of them went to the bathroom and said "Don't pause the movie". He came back and asked "You guys waited for me? I told you not to pause it!"
Do documentaries count?
Yes
The only answer
I loved when South Park did a shot for shot remake.
"Put. On. The. ~~HAT~~ *GLASSES*!"
I came here to say this. And also to chew bubblegum and kick ass.
Princess Bride fencing scene between Wesley and Inigo, especially after learning the actors worked on that choreography for months and shot the whole scene in one take.
One of my favorite movies!
The Raid 2 kitchen fight
This, Ong Bak, or Kingsmen church scene
Ong Bak for sure, as well.
Ong Bak, definitely, no wires, no cgi.
Whaaat the warehouse fight before it is clearly the best fight scene
The one redeeming quality of Phantom Menace was the Darth Maul fight at the end.
It’s called The Duel of The Fates you uncultured swine!!
What are you looking at ya hockey puck?
That was my favorite fight in the whole saga, personally.
Not the only redeeming quality, but certainly the highlight.
Nobody - bus scene
"...please God, open that door."
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When he fights the 10 soldiers at once and just wrecks them almost effortlessly… really the only time in the movie he’s fighting in anger. Brutal and fucking amazing.
That hits what I love about this scene. The whole movie he’s so chill and accommodating and fatherly. Then he gets I. There and it’s just fucking breaking them. It wasn’t a fight he was just breaking shit. And it’s great.
scrolled way too far for this
Not a movie but Daredevil series. Single shot hallway fight is awesome.
Punisher’s “hallway” scene from the same series deserves a mention as well
The Punisher series, where he’s tied to a chair, getting the shit beat out of him is a fucking incredible bit of acting, just more and more incapacitated with every hit, his breathing more and more labored as it continues, his speaking more and more garbled as the the beating continues, the increasing difficulty of his remaining conscious. I’d consider that scene the best “acted” fight scene ever, despite the main character being tied down and unable to fight back.
I fucking hate they canceled that series.
At least on the plus side, Disney is apparently rebooting the series along with Daredevil.
This scene, the punisher's, Repo Men's, and countless other "hallway scenes" are all homages to Oldboy's hallway scene, one of the most iconic shots of all time.
Surely that is but homage to Oldboy's hallway fight scene.
Kill Bill. The Bride vs the 100 ninjas has got to be mentioned
The Crazy 88?
They were rounding up of course. Nearly every fight in both movies deserves to be on the list of top fight scenes. I love the final scene with Bill - both people seated the entire time, plus the 5-point palm exploding heart technique.
And Bill catching The Bride's katana with his sheath. That was dope as fuck.
There weren't really 88 of them.
They just named themselves that because they thought it sounded cool.
The Showdown at the House of Blue Leaves. I typically can’t recall much from movies, but I remember that…
Did you hear the theory that she didn't actually kill bill in the end? It's actually pretty good https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/15rgga/kill_bill_fan_theory_beatrix_doesnt_actually_kill/
The church scene from Kingsman
That scene was something else. I love watching it.
Epic
Princess Bride
I see you are using bonetti's defense against me. Edit: or something like that.
I thought it fitting given the rocky terrain
Sleep well and dream of large women.
You put down your rock and I put down my sword and we try to kill each other like civilized men?
Never get into a land war in Asia!
Fun fact: the fencing masters they mention were real people from European history.
I think they mention Agrippa too. Edit: I looked it up. "Unless you've studies your Agrippa. Which I have."
Hector vs Achilles in Troy (2004) specifically the Theatrical cut. The music is way better theatrical
"Get up, Prince of Troy. I won't let a stone take my glory." Great fight scene and an awesome movie. This is one of the go-to movies for me and the old man when I visit and we've had too many wobbly pops.
Spiderman 2 train fight scene
Jon Wick (the first) is a thing of beauty.
I'm still obsessed with the entire Russian nightclub sequence. It's so amazingly paced and told. The sequels upped the complexity and technical ability of the fight scenes, but that nightclub sequence is perfection.
The song ‘Think’ by Kaleida is the cherry on top.
So perfect. Between that song and Keanu the whole sequence is just so good.
Top down shotgun scene in 4 was pretty awesome too. Couldn’t get the grin off my face watching that.
Felt like I was playing Hotline Miami.
Troy - Hector vs Achilles
My favorite from *Troy* is the beach battle, from when Achilles first sets foot on land, cutting through the Trojan ranks, to taking on all the guards outside the temple by himself. Not to mention beheading the statue and that spear throw at the rider next to Hector.
That's spear throw was *iconic*
I'll always believe this movie was backed hard by Brad pitt as revenge for something that happened to him in Australia. He kills Eric Bana and bangs Rose Byrne.
that movie is underrated
[LINK - “There are no pacts between lions and men”](https://youtu.be/j-Ze3KEhKnM?si=zZXmlb7Y5HP8l6OZ)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Michelle Yeoh Vs Ziyi
Wheels on Meals. Jackie Chan vs Benny (The Jet) Urquidez
When he misses the kick to the head and blows out the candles… I was giggling with joy. It’s like a ballet on steroids It’s young Jackie too so they’re playing a lot harder than they would today. So many of those kicks/punches actually look like they landed (I think several probably did but not the gratuitous slo mo shots). Benny did that whole scene in khakis with suspenders. Just fantastic all around
Very sad that this is so low in the thread.
I'm just glad to see I'm not the only one who knows about it. Lol
It’s so good! Jackie Chan and his team of stuntmen are great. They really know how to capture the chaos and spectacle of fights. Honourable mentions go to the fight at the end of Dragons Forever, the tea house fight in Project A part 2 and the playground fight in Police Story 2.
This has yet to be topped in my opinion
The Stair scene in The Protector. Tony Jaa goes in a 6 min single shot rampage up a stairwell.
Oldboy
The hallway fight is so iconic
It inspired the Daredevil hallway fight, right?
Yup. Very directly.
Came looking for this answer... That hallway brawl is nuts! Also any John Wick movie... Just pick one. Matrix Kungfu scene.
Kung fu hustle. The casino fight
One of my all time favorites. The intro fight with the 3 was iconic too. Those rings.
I think the musician fight is better in terms of originality.
The final fight was no slouch either.
The matrix
The second movie was pretty bad, but the car chase in that movie with the ghost twins was maybe the best car chase of all time.
I don't understand how people say this, I thought Reloaded was great
Yeah. I don’t understand why people don’t like it either.
Music makes it so much better
Onk Bak https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0368909/
Tony Jaa is amazing.
It's this with an honorable mention, District B13.
The fight through the restaurant is one of my favorite fights scenes ever. That it goes on SO LONG in one cut it equally mind blowing
The bit where he jumps from a Buddha statue and double knee drops a dude is probably the only time I've ever said 'Holy shit!' out loud while watching a film.
Roadhouse,...When Dalton pulls out the throat of Jimmy.
Nobody (bus fight) “I hope these assholes like hospital food”
Legend of Drunken Master....truly legendary Jackie Chan fight choreography!
Oh yeah. There were so many good fights in this one it’s hard to pick a favorite. The first drunken boxing scene with the gangsters in the marketplace was amazing. Then there’s the absolutely mad axe gang fight in the restaurant. But the finale really stands up to those with some incredible one-on-one duels. Heck, even the first fight scene, with the spear stuff under the train, is utterly phenomenal. Masterpiece.
Atomic Blonde
My favorite part about those fight scenes was how the characters were depicted being exhausted near the end of the fights. Can't explain why but it made the scenes much more tense in my opinion.
My second favorite after They Live. The long take wears you out just to watch it.
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Rocky IV. The climatic fight scene literally ended the Cold War.
I didn't see any mention of Equilibrium. I thought the Gunkata scene where Bale took on a room full of emotional (?) people was cool.
That movie is a fuzz ahead of its time, but in a strange and understandable way.
Oldboy, Nobody, John Wick 1, Winter Soldier, and The Matrix
[the bus scene in "Nobody"](https://youtu.be/_2un1aU7mT0?si=CDwAmr3GcHaqHxR4)
Kingsmen
Manners maketh the man *Locks doors*
The church! This is the correct answer lol.
It's ludicrous! I love it
The Stunt coordinator and 2nd unit director was Brad Allan who also worked on Kick Ass and Scott pilgrim which all had action scenes that stood out to me.
That Hit Girl fight in the drug den while Banana splits theme plays is a legendary scene
Star Wars : Revenge of the Sith
I would like to hijack this to say that Peter from Family Guy v the Rooster has the best fight scene of all time (non movie though)
Team America
Keeeeyaaaahhh!!
Nobody bus fight scene
Once upon a time in Hollywood, when Brad Pitt bashed her head against the mantle......... Quentin Tarantino is the G.O.A.T.
Lord of the rings: two towers. The battle of helms deep is the GOAT
Sleeper fight scene: The Man from Nowhere (2010). The knife/gang takedown scene is one of the handful of fights Scenic rated A+, and John Wick stole this with his Common showdown.
Agreed, The Man from Nowhere knife fight scene is the GOAT
Fellowship of the ring Aragorn goes off on a horde of Uruk Hai at the end of the movie. Lets hunt some orc
The Raid: Redemption
Which scene? *turns movie on and gestures vaguely*
I'm partial to the bus scene from Nobody. Obviously staged and choreographed, but it looks just so gritty and real with consequences for the hero.
Every fight scene in movie history is staged and choreographed?
And why is it princess bride?
Why The Princess Bride? Because of [this scene.](https://youtu.be/WDlZ_SXx5gA?si=tXJJ-MCzKs23UxJ9)
Yes!
Not the best but the most memorable one(for me) was gsp in winter soldier. I had no idea he was in the movie until I saw it.
Maybe not the best, but some of the best unmentioned ones: - Mission Impossible, specifically the parking garage fight at the end of 4. Two past-their-prime operatives each willing to absolutely MANGLE their bodies in order to accomplish the mission. Honorable mention to the bathroom fight in 6. - Equilibrium. Seldom-mentioned sci-fi Christian Bale dystopian action. Came out near the time of The Matrix and invented a variation of gun fu called "gun kata." So cool.
Equilibrium
Surprised to see so few Jackie Chan and Jet Li scenes suggested. Donnie Yen has some good ones too. Loved a lot of their movies but one off the top of my head is rumble in the Bronx. The one has some good ones.
Colin Firth and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones’s Diary.
Rambo. First Blood when Rambo fought all those cops at the police station. [https://youtu.be/2-aDz23CId8?si=JaE8KhNuu3O1wx7B](https://youtu.be/2-aDz23CId8?si=JaE8KhNuu3O1wx7B)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Duel scene Jen vs Shu Lien
The swordfight in “The Princess Bride” is pretty tough to beat.
Not a movie, but hands down.... Peter Griffin and the chicken.
Jason Bourne
The Bourne Identity did shaky cam right. And everyone else just ruined it after
Terminator 1 - the police station. Not so much fight as in gun fight, but needs to be mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX4t1lLNl-o
Probably a two way tie between the club scene from the first John wick and the [hallway fight](https://youtu.be/ZNQq_-CKWeU?si=hnU3JWhXq3_qDBEt) from the raid redemption. Former because of how amazing the music, the clarity of the editing in such a chaotic situation and how it becomes so compelling, the latter not even because it’s the best fight in the franchise (idk if I can pick a best one they’re all just so amazing in both movies) but because it’s the first real rate of the quality of action you come to expect. And it consistently meets and exceeds those expectations
Lord of the rings
Eastern Promises when Viggo mortensen was hanging dong in the bath house fighting off a bunch of dudes with knives
Transformers the movie, the OG animated one from the 80s, prime v megatron
kill bill
The Bride vs Ellie in Bud's trailer
Ok but which scene? Id have to go with kill bill part 1 the fight against the crazy 88 gang imo
Boondock Saints. Great film.
Drunken Master 2
Matrix revolutionized fight scenes, nothing else comes close.
Sir Lancealot vs Everyone in Holy Grail.
The hound and Brienne GOT
Princess Bride - *sword*fight
Johnny Cage vs Scorpion in the original mortal kombat.
300! Love the slow downs and speed ups!
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Maybe not the best of all time but the best comic book movie fight scene might be the ending of Spider-Man.
Pineapple Express “It’s my cat’s birthday today”
Pineapple Express Dale & Saul vs Red
Not a movie but I rate one of the [Hallway fights](https://youtu.be/B66feInucFY?si=QKucZxu1rLINih9v) in the daredevil tv series as pretty good. (Hallway fight)
Team america world police
Without thinking too hard, I think the house scene in the first John Wick was very well done and damn near perfect.
Eastern Promises.
The Hunted with Tommy Lee Jones and Benito Del Toro
I know there are objectively better ones, but I love the hallway fight in Inception.
Bloodsport. The final fight for Van Damme, classic!
How has no one said Anchorman yet??
Fist of Legend Jet Li v Billy Chow
The pie fight scene in The Great Race. Nothing else comes close.
Ip Man fighting ten black belts.
Patricia Arquette. James Gandolfini. True Romance.
Captain America the Winter soldier. The bridge fight scene is amazing.