Favorite Action Scene

[PH3AR]

Originally Posted by Mr.White

The bank showdown in Heat!

How could I forget that!


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[Bad8511]

Car Chase in Bullit

Jackie chan has some good ones also.

The latest is the plane crash in Knowing

Final Destination 2. The opening crash on the highway.

[Neil_Luv's_BLU]

I've written in similar threads many times... So may as well chip in with this one too

• Matrix Reloaded: The Burly Brawl
  
• Transformers: Blackout tears Soccent asunder
  
• Star Wars Episode II: The Asteroid "seismic charge" scene. And anything from the final 45 minutes on Geonosis ... The rest of the film they can keep
  
• Wanted: "Train scene"
  
• Iron Man: Stark saves the people of Gulmira (sp?)
  
• Star Trek: Free fall from orbit/fight on the drill/Narada arrives in the past and tears the Kelvin a new one!/The finale
  
• Die Hard 4: Shoot out in Farrel's apartment
  
• Transformers 2: Shanghai/Forest Fight/The Desert finale
  
• G.I Joe: Paris

I have many many more believe me! But these scenes are at the forefront of my most beloved action scenes collection

[Blu-Benny]

The Protector (Tony Jaa)

towards the end when he fights all of those guys from the lobby all the way up the stairs to the top floor. i don't think the entire scene was cut at all!!!

[CaptainYoda]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

This certainly deserves to mentioned alongside the best of the best. I remember being completely awestruck when I first saw the film in theaters. I could tell there was practically no CGI aside from wire-removal and that knocked my socks off as it just felt like it'd been awhile since I'd seen some serious old school stunts like that.



No, it's not. Not by a longshot. His best fight is the one already mentioned from Drunken Master 2. It lasts something like 18 minutes and is undeniably incredible. Another good one would be in Gorgeous. There's a rooftop fight that took my breath away. Incredible stuff.

The rooftop fight was in Who Am I. That is the one where he is just fighting two guys and then he slides down the long slanted roof, freefall at the end.

[Sponge-worthy]

Originally Posted by Blurayfan88

Wow...exactly what I was going to say...

my fav. Jackie Chan fight sequence would have to be from Legend of the Drunken Master (Afternoon outdoor fight sequence)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXxBF...eature=related

That one is good. Other Chan fights I like:
- Construction site in Mr. Nice Guy
- Fights with tiny Australian guy in Gorgeous
- Fight to prove himself worthy of questing for the stolen book in Spiritual Kung Fu
- Native American throwdown and final battle in Shanghai Noon

Just a few that come to mind.

[Sponge-worthy]

Oh...and of course, falling off the roof in Project A. That was just ridiculous.

[Pondosinatra]

The scene in Predator where they first encounter it and go absolutely apesh*t mowing down the jungle around them...

[Al Bundy]

District B13, First scene when there chasing the guy. And the casino scene.

[slick bandit]

Punisher: War Zone - The dinner scene in the begining
Jurassic Park - When the kids are in the car and T-Rex is destroying it

[Gblu001]

Any of the fight scenes in Undisputed 2 (if you like hand to hand combat and have not seen that film, you owe it to urself)

The highway scene in Matrix 2

Tony Jaa fighting the three big guys in The Protector

Clive Owen in Shoot 'Em Up when he shoots all the bad guys who were on the stairs while he was coming down

Jet Li and Jackie Chan fight in The Forbidden Kingdom

Transporter 3 when Jason Statham fights all the guys in the shop while having a conversation with the mechanic

Apocalypto; the whole movie after the guy starts running and he kills all of them one by one

Kate Beckinsale fighting/killing any vampires/warewolves is defintely good action for me

The last fight scene in Never Back Down

All the war scenes in 300

Thats what I can come up with now but there are plenty more.

[Solok]

Fight over the Sarlacc pit in ROTJ. I Remember seeing this when I was a kid, and almost falling over when Luke first ignited his green lightsaber. To this day it is one of my favorite scenes.

Death Star battle (both).
Anakin/Obi Wan battle in ROTS.
Qui Gonn/Obi Wan/Maul battle in TPM.
First battle between Aliens and Marines in ALIENS.
Lobby battle in the Matrix.
Battle for Helms Deep in LOTR: Two Towers.

And many more.

[khan1670]

I agree with many posted here..

Here's a few more:

Enterprise vs Reliant
Car chase in Ronin
1st appearance of the endoskeleton in Terminator
Kong vs 3 T-rex
Alien queen rampage in AVP

[brett_day]

the matrix, building lobby scene! amazing!

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by FindYourWay

Hahahaha...NO, I will not watch it again. It sucked. Actually, it had me in its corner up until the very end...then my eyes starting rolling and it just got poopy.

Oh u didnt like the fact that the computer system was behind it and not an actual person or government??

[SiegeStryke]

the shoot out after all the rats explode in Wanted. There is something about shooting through a guys head

[blubryant]

Police Story - mall fight, hill crash, bus chase
Police Story 2 - warehouse fight, park fight at night
Wheels on Meals - Jackie vs Benny the Jet
Who Am I - Jackie vs Hands and Jackie vs Feet, then the roof drop
Operation Condor Armour of God - Jackie vs Amazonian Women
Dragons Forever - Jackie vs Benny the Jet
Dragons Forever - Jackie vs Samo vs Yuen Biao (Pure Comedy)
Project A - Clocktower Drop
Legend Of Drunken Master - Drunk Fight, and end fight
That's all I can think of of the top of my head, I'll think of some more and post back later. Might have to break out some old VHS later >.>

[Dubstar]

finale of Arlington Road

every action scene is 8 Diagram Pole Fighter

human 'Donkey Kong' scene in Chocolate - if you've seen it you know what I'm talking about.

final car chase The Road Warrior

fight on the poles Iron Monkey

ladder fight Once Upon A Time In China

wire sliding scene The Good, The Bad, The Weird

escalator scene Total Recall too bad the MPAA made Verhoeven cut more of the gore out.


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not a favourite per se, but most effective use of action for dramatic purpose

finale of United 93 - tense, unnerving, ultimately devasting, I was in tears.

[Jaguar007]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

There's a lot to mention, but the absolute best is and always will be the truck chase in Raiders of the Lost Ark. You will never find a more perfect action sequence than that. The choreography, editing, stunts, and music are all flawless.

Agreed, probably the best action scene ever filmed.

The opening ski scene and jump in The Spy Who Loved Me was pretty fantastic. In 1977 that was the most ambitious movie stunt ever filmed.

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by CaptainYoda

The rooftop fight was in Who Am I. That is the one where he is just fighting two guys and then he slides down the long slanted roof, freefall at the end.

Ah, that's right. It was Who Am I? Thanks for clarifying. It's been awhile since I've seen either film.