Top Ten Action Scenes! (Caution! Some Spoilers!)
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UPDATED: Saturday, August 11, 2007 19:22
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If I do another list, Desperado is gonna be in it...I absolutely love the bar scene, even if its kinda double editted. The way he's slinging the guns makes it look like he's throwing the bullets out the end of it!
Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."
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5. Vegeta Gets A Whuppin' From Android 18 (Dragonball Z): The proud Saijin prince Vegeta believes he's invincible. He's been beaten before, but a couple of androids pop his ego balloon. I love this fight even more because Vegeta (not one of my favorite characters) had just come off a huge victory against another android! The Prince gets his arm busted, and the primal scream he lets go of raised hackles on me the first time I saw it.
If I'm not mistaken (and I seldom am
), that arm of his had been broken a while back in a previous fight. Since the androids studied him and his technique, I believe they specifically went after his arm to re-break it. From then on, many villains take that arm. Bummer for him... Anyways, my wife's the expert on Dragonball.I'll add a few:
DUEL OF THE FATES (SW:Phantom Menace). Come on, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gonn against Darth Maul. Great fight!
Battle of the Gosroth (CREST OF THE STARS). One high-tech space frigate against ten enemy ships. Oh so close....
From everybody's favorite show, when Jayne is fighting the two guards in ARIEL. That is so brutal, and I feel so bad for the guards.
"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson
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I think my favorite little moment from Dragonball Z comes in the android saga when Vegeta and company catch up with Giro. Giro makes a play for Piccolo and is mystified when the Namek is not there. He looks to Vegeta who smiles and nods upwards just as Piccolo rains a giant elbow on top of Giro's noggin! It makes me laugh every time I see it!!!
Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."
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Hmm. Got a few more than ten, but the most memorable, in no particular order, would be:
1. The Battle of Endor (Return of the Jedi). The oldest reliable memory I have is of sitting beside my dad at a campground, in front of our crappy static-filled TV, watching a sci-fi movie (on tape) that I didn't recognize (being about 4 or 5) and being mesmerized by the flashing blaster bolts and laser swords on a uniformly black background. Even now, I still find the whole juxtaposed space battle/lightsaber duel to be one of the most visually striking moments in film.
2. InuYasha & Sesshoumaru battle over Tetsusaiga in their father's grave (InuYasha). By now (only a few eps into the series), we've seen InuYasha as the badass he is, and here we have Sesshoumaru just wiping the floor with him. The confusion with the sword (it needs a full human to pull it out, but only a half-demon can wield it) gives our first inkling of what their Father intended for his sons, and Sesshoumaru's taunts tell us just how far he is from the Father he idolizes. Finally, there's Sesshoumaru's true form, and InuYasha's desperate luck that only comes into play after he admits that he's defending Kagome.
3. Batman II versus Joker (Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker). It's not just the physical fight (which was beautifully animated), but the character drama --this was the point where Terry McGuinness stopped being Bruce Wayne's apprentice and became The new Batman. He doesn't just beat Joker, he defeats him, in a way that the old Batman never could have. ("He likes to talk; ignore him!" "Oh, but I like to talk too.")
4. Asuka versus Everybody (Evangelion). After spending a goodly amount of time as a vegetable, Asuka Langley Sohryu snaps out of it to kick ass. Everyone's ass. She picks up a frickin' battleship and throws it into a mountainside (obliterating a rank of tanks), then tears the hover-gunships out of the sky. Then the mass-production Evas show up, and she wades into them too. Not her fault they can regenerate.
5. Enterprise-E & allies versus the Scimitar (Star Trek Nemesis). Beautiful effects, with the Enterprise and the two Valdore warbirds zipping through the green nebula, and the Scimitar rippling partially into view as its cloak takes a beating. More than that, a space battle where the audience can tell what's happening, instead of just being dragged along from effects shot to effects shot. Then Picard's final defiant "head-butt" manoeuvre. Admittedly, I'm kinda tired of seeing Enterprise getting so heavily beaten, but this time she looked like a flagship --that head-on collision would've reduced a lesser ship to scrap.
6. Leonardo's rooftop gauntlet (TMNT). Fight sequences in cartoons (especially American cartoons) tend to be disappointing. Not this one. Leo, out for a peaceful ninja-jog (over the rooftops) ends up being put through a who's-who of the Foot clan, from ninjas to tech-ninjas to Hun, to the Elite Royal Guards. This isn't just a typical cartoon "swish weapons at each other until the bad guy gets knocked away" fight --there's agility, and multiple characters at once, and overlapping movement, and interacting with the background (something rarely taken into account in cartoon action sequences).
7. MeiLin vs. the Fight Card (Cardcaptor Sakura). The best (most well-choreographed, smoothly-animated) human-scale fight sequence I've ever seen in animé, and the human fighter is only ten years old --it's like a pre-teen version of The Matrix. You can just see MeiLin's frustration with Li, her hatred of Sakura, and her anger at always being dismissed because she has no magic all come pouring out as she takes on the physical incarnation of violence itself. I'm kinda disappointed that we never see the Fight Card again --I think Sakura's kinda scared of it.
8. The Invasion of Orb (Gundam Seed). Massive free-for-all mecha combat. I especially like how Orb's mobile suit corps cha
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One I can think of right off the top of my head is the last fight in Drunken Master 2 with Jackie Chan.
From start to finish it's thrilling and funny all at the same time.
-Kanadani
"Those who live by the sword die by those who don't"
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No order, just what comes to mind is all:
Anne- Buffy wiping the floor with demon butt.
Aliens- any action scene
Dark Angel- Rising- Max pounds on supersoldiers in a race against death
Dark Angel- Freak Nation- End battle was awsome
Rapid Fire- Brandon vs.guys in the bar/hideout
Crow- "you're all going to die"
Who Am I?- rooftop finale
Predator- the showdown
Die Hard- any scene in which McClane is screaming
Legend of the Drunken Master (aka Drunken Master 2)- final fight, Jackie vs. Ken Lo
Special mention: Army of Darkness- battle with the Deadites
Edit: Extra special mention: Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever- explosive, never ending finale
Now, who's with me Chrisisall
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More...MORE you say...Okay:
10. Riker Places The Enterprise In Harm's Way (Star Trek: The Next Generation): The Borg have kidnapped and assimilated Picard!!! What are we going to do!!! Only one man has the answer. Since Picard is so well versed in space battle techniques, his Second in Command has to play outside the box. Which he does...totally confusing Picard and The Borg!
9. The Beast Grabs Some Wolves (Beauty and the Beast): When Belle decides she's had enough of the Beast and his crazy castle, she tries to escape, only to run into a pack of wolves! The Beast arrives in time, all well timed out with Alan Menken's music. When he grabs that first wolf and howls in its face, I clap every time!
8. Optimus Prime Falls (Transformers: The Movie): I can't think of anything in this movie more horrible than what happened to Ironside, but this runs a close second. Now, that was a fight! For the record...Don't let your kids watch this movie.
7. I'm Looking For A Man Who Calls Himself Bucho (Desperado): "But you had to do it the hard way." From the 9mm out of the sleeves, to the balletic, matador style moves Banderas employs in this sequence, this is one balls out, down and dirty action scene. I especially like when Banderas and that other guy are desperately picking up guns to find one that has at least one bullet in it. The conclusion to this scene surprised me!
6. Rapid Hands/Rapid Feet (Rapid Fire): This is hands down, one of the roughest, dirtiest fight scenes I've ever seen in a movie. There are no wires here. There are no dance style giant leaps or flips. This is Jeet Kun Do as designed by Brandon Lee's father. Brandon proves he's got the stuff here. My only argument is that I wish this scene could have been longer.
5. Rough Old Cob (Road House): Sam Elliot is one of my favorite actors. Here, in one of his few non western roles (Hey, you have to admit he was born to play in them) he basically steals the movie from Patrick Swayze. In a barroom fight, he takes on the man that Swayze eventually kills by the lake. Elliot played it to the nines too. Rough, gruff, limping, but never beaten down!
4. Shaak-Ti Gives Grievious The Slip (The Clone Wars: Season 2) : You knew he was coming back, and it had already been shown that the Jedi should be afraid of him. This battle runs the entire length of the micro series. Shaak-Ti, in a brief moment of repose while Grievious monologues, manages to tie his cape to a train, that takes off with the droid General in tow. Foot stomping worthy!!!
3. Run, Future Fugitive! (Minority Report): Once Tom Cruise finds out he's wanted, and his compatriots come after him, they find out why he was the best cop in the Pre-Crime division. There's really only one problem I have with this movie...I don't own it. Yet.
2. Broken Hearted Love (The Mask of Zorro): I think this is an underappreciated movie. I thought that Zorro finally taking down Captain Love was fantastic. Especially since he had waited so long to do it. And, he got him with his own sword!
1. Hunter Becomes Hunted (Predator): The scenes leading up to Dutch's final stand against the monster from space are great! Guns won't do the job, the Predator can see that comin'! What he can't see is a little human ingenuity, which only shows that Dutch was paying attention and noticed that the only time they actually captured it or saw it coming was when it was caught in that MacGyver boobytrap. Plus, Arnold gets his ass KICKED...HARD!!!
Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."
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Damnit Chrisisall!!! You beat me to a couple of them while I was typing!!! Spooky!!!
Plus: "You can count on my steel."
Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."
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In no real order:
10: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn- Nebula Battle. This is what real starship battles are about, out thinking your opponent, getting in to position and attacking with one quick decisive attack.
9: Apocalypse Now- Helicopters attack “Charlie’s Point”. Hueys and Littlebirds gunning people down to the tune of Wagner’s "Ride of the Valkyries" what’s not to love! Plus it has that classic line “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”
8: Bravo Two Zero- Bravo Two Zero’s running battle with the Iraqis: In real life it probably didn’t go exactly like this but it shows what one small disciplined unit can do to a numerically superior foe.
7: The Hunt for Red October- Red October/USS Dallas/USS Ruben James Vs. VK Konavalov (The Alfa): “The hard part of playing chicken is knowing when to flinch.” Probably the best modern navel battle put to screen, this scene is the stuff of submarine movie legends.
6: The Flight of the Intruder- Iron Hand. Grafton and Cole take on a SAM site then get jumped by a MiG, Grafton screws up and caused the engines to flame out. In the end Cole just yawns and says “Lets go home.” I just love Cole’s insanity.
5: We Were Soldiers- Broken Arrow: All those strike aircraft lining up and performing napalm runs, holy $hit!
4: Black Hawk Down- Convoy Battle: I just can’t look away as the Somalis slowly destroy the convoy as it snakes though the streets.
3: The Sum of All Fears- Backfires attack the Carrier: Only good thing in that movie, I just wish the sequence was bigger. Seeing a US Carrier get blasted is just too cool.
2: Star Trek TOS- Balance of Terror: 40 minutes of cat and mouse combat between the Enterprise and a Romulan warship make for one of the best Star Trek episodes of all time.
1: The Hunt for Red October- Bear-F attacks Red October: Another scene of submarine movie legend! Everyone is panicking or near panic and the captain calmly counts in his head the moment to turn and the torpedo smacks in to the side of a mountain, so cool.
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Ah, but when a Saijin is injured, he comes back all the stronger. Frieza knew this, and that's why he wiped out the whole planet. Vegeta's technique may be what get's that arm broken, but the arm itself, according to what they have shown about Saijin physiology should be as strong, if not stronger than ever. This is also why he had Krillin and Gohan beat the crap out of him so Dende could heal him. He knew he would be stronger once revived after taking a beating.
Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."
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