Top Ten Action Scenes! (Caution! Some Spoilers!) by manwithpez

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Top Ten Action Scenes! (Caution! Some Spoilers!)

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 5:01 AM

Important people don't do field work.

I love most forms of media...and I love lists! This list will cover my favorite action scenes that had me on the edge of my seat from TV, movies...probably a book or two thrown in too! So, in no apparent order:

10. Peter Learns The Webs (Spider-Man): The first time digital Tobey MacGuire starts swinging around New York to catch his uncle's killer, I didn't realize I was holding my breath until the scene was over! I remember thinking He's doing it! He's really swinging!

9. The Colonial Space Marines Take a Pounding (Aliens): James Cameron took his time introducing his cast, and for good reason. For some reason, I like this scene over the Queen vs Ripley at the end. The stakes are high as most of the marines get wiped out, and quickly. Also, there was an excellent job in portraying the kind of chaos that can settle on even the best trained people.

8. Luke vs Darth Vader (The Empire Strikes Back): Lucas/Kasdan starts to show us just what a lightsabre duel can be in this pointed match (still my favorite of the six movies). I absolutely love that early on, Luke is the agressor, and even manages to take Vader by surprise. And, that, my friends, is what you call a thrilling conclusion to an action scene!

7. Serenity Escapes The Reavers (Firefly): The more I watch it, the more I notice that this is a long, long scene...but, its meant to be. The suspense in this scene builds like a static shock, and Wash saving the day had me in heart palpatations by the end of it!

6. Roland Becomes A Man (The Dark Tower Series: The Gunslinger): Gunslinger Roland is forced into an early test of manhood by his future nemesis, and drops one hammer (In the form of a hawk) of a surprise on his teacher. Also cements Cort (Roland's trainer) as one of my favorite characters ever.

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.

4. The Lighthouse Massacre (Battle Royale): This is not a movie for the squeamish, and it will probably never be marketed in North America. Probably for good reason, as the subject matter concerns teenagers forced to kill each other. This scene involves a group of girls, one a paranoiac who poisons dinner, but doesn't get to warn another girl in time. A shootout ensues, and bodies are lying everywhere by the time its over. When it is over, the absolute silence had my eyes bulging over what I'd just seen.

3. Robot-FU! (I, Robot): There are far too few scenes of Sonny fighting his own kind in this movie, but when he does, WATCH OUT! Though they should all be evenly matched, Sonny comes out on top, mainly showing (to me, at any rate) that having a soul, or the likeness of one, can help you out in other areas instead of just emotion.

2. Wang Chi vs Rain (Big Trouble In Little China): Silly, silly, silly movie that I absolutely love! Wang, seemingly coming out of left field with these sword fighting abilities shocks the hell out of his opponent. And me too, the first time I saw it! What a funny, action packed flick...I recommend this to anyone who hasn't seen it!

1. Marty S. McFly Gets Back To 1985 (Back To The Future): If ever there was an action scene where acting, writing, editting, cinematography, special effects, music (especially music!) come together so seamlessly, its here. Its not like you don't know that they're going to pull it off...of course they are! But, what a ride! I could watch this scene a thousand times and never get bored with it!

And, there's ten...that went too fast! There are several other scenes I'd like to mention, but here a few that I love!

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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 5:18 AM

GROUNDED

There must be about 5 likely candidates in the original Matrix (let us not utter the names of the sequels). The Nightcrawler intro to X-men 2 is legendary also. Plenty more I'm sure, but I can't think of them right now.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 5:49 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

Okay! Ten more!!! And thanks to Grounded for helping me remember the Nightcrawler scene!!! I can't believe I forgot that one!

10. Nightcrawler Storms The Whitehouse (X-Men 2): I love when classical music is used in action scenes, so long as it adds to the scene! This is an excellent example. Dies Irae indeed. How could you not be a Nightcrawler fan after this?

9. Lobby Throwdown (The Matrix): This will be the only scene I mention from The Matrix. But, it is a scene I love from start to finish. Guns, guns, guns! All to the strains of Spybreak as well...and nothing was cooler than Trinity kicking the guys shotgun over his shoulder...Sweet!

8. When Gods Fall (Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 5: The Gift): I'm not going to say much in deference to chrisisall, but...Whoa!

7. Trunks Lays Frieza To WASTE! (Dragonball Z): He acts like his father, he's more powerful than his father, and by God, he even sounds like his father sometimes! Trunks, Vegeta's son, makes an explosive entrance into the Z universe by defeating a foe in one episode that Goku took some 30 odd episodes to vanquish. And, was he such a smartass about it!

6. The Unstoppable T-800 (The Terminator): From the time that dog barks in the parking lot of the hotel until there a certain metallic squishing sound at the end of the movie, this is one of the most relentless action scenes ever filmed.

5. Short Round Springs The Boobytrap (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom): Yeah, yeah, I know its the worst of the lot, but, damn what a scene! John Williams's music doesn't ease the tension factor either...And how funny is Harrison Ford's face when he's looking through that hole in the wall: "We...are going...to DIE!"

4. That's A Lot Of Cheese (The Way Of The Gun): I love this movie...let me state that up front. Are our guys gonna make it? Who knows...I mean, they are the bad guys in this scenario. This entire movie is one big rollercoaster ride filled with imminently quotable lines...But, this final scene gets the nod just for the sheer amount of ammunition used!

3. Dr. Kimble's Wild Bus Ride (The Fugitive): Admit it...you gasped in surprise just like I did when you saw that train's headlight coming right down on Harrison Ford. Showing just how good a man Kimble is, he gets as many people to safety as he can just before he...JUMPS. And I mean at the very last second.

2. Battle Of New and Old Gods (American Gods): This Neil Gaiman book was one of the best reads I came across in recent years. What a concept. I can't describe it here, because its just that complicated, but at the end of the book, I got a very DCs Kingdom Come feel about the immensity of what was happening. What a book!

1. Batman And Joker Have It Out (Batman: The Mask of the Phantasm): I'm hoping that Batman Begins will find an action scene suitable enough to top this one as my favorite Bat movie. I mean, take this exchange between the two foes: Joker: "Let me go or will both be killed" Batman: "Whatever it TAKES!". Also, when Joker shows up, Batman (Kevin Conroy in this case) literally growls "Jokerrrrrr." Gave me goosebumps!

You know, I'm finding that I have a lot more than ten in my head...who knows...maybe I'll add another one!

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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 5:57 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST

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2. Wang Chi vs Rain (Big Trouble In Little China): Silly, silly, silly movie that I absolutely love! Wang, seemingly coming out of left field with these sword fighting abilities shocks the hell out of his opponent. And me too, the first time I saw it! What a funny, action packed flick...I recommend this to anyone who hasn't seen it!

Wonderful Manwithpez. I totally adore this film. Over the years it must be the film I've watch the most. I had it on Video when I was a kid and I have it on DVD now - have you heard the commentary with Kurt and John? They're so funny! Just like a coupla ol' buds shooting the breeze while watching their favourite film.

Ok onto your question: Tough call this I dunno if I can manage ten but I'll see:

I'm gonna start with :

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark - The boulder scene. When I saw the trailer to this film on it's initial release, they showed 'the boulder clip' and I remember thinking; Oh that'll be towards the end of the film. So imagine what a shock I got when I watched it and it was the start of everything! WOW!!!! How would it follow such an introduction!!!! Falling rocks, spears, poisonous darts, whips, closing doors, pits, spiders and a rolling giant boulder!!!! Jeeeeesus! What action! And at eleven or twelve, whatever I was, it was unbelievable!!!!! I came outa the cinema literally bouncing of the walls and across my dad's shoulders! I was that pumped.

Well:

2. Raiders of the lost Ark - Yep! The scene from when the Ark is put onto the truck and Indy chases after it on horse back. It's almost twenty minutes of non-stop action and when you think the scene before was the fight on the plane! It's fantastic! He jumps onto a moving truck fights off Nazi soldiers, dodges bullets, is flung over the bonnet, rides underneath the truck, back up again, picks off a couple more nazi's then fights with the driver, takes control and away with the ark!!!! True hero stuff and never bettered in my opinion. Even bond never did action like this!

3.TRON - I've always loved Tron. And although it's not essentially an action film, I always thought the Light Cycle getaway was cool!

4.The Thing (1951) Big fan of this film. For action I've always admired the scene where The Thing comes after them and the giga counter ticks down it's nearing approach. Really tense stuff and the subsequent battle when it breaks in with the gasoline being poured over the Thing and the chaos thereafter in the flames is brilliantly done, and all in one shot too, with the flames as the only light source to light the scene!!!! Brilliant for it's time and still brilliant now.

5.Operation Condor - Jackie Chan always takes my breath away with his stunt work, but I thought the scene in Operation Condor when he's fighting on those platforms, in the underground bunker, that are moving up and down as he and two others punch, kick, flip and chuck each other about is astounding. I watch this open mouthed every time!

Ok I think I should stop there: I'm sure I'll think of many others but these came to mind first so I guess that accounts for something.

All the best

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 6:08 AM

EST120

only have one to add. the battle in the mines of moria from lord of the rings.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 6:11 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

Ahhh...The Thing was on last night! I love that scene where they're planning to throw kerosene on it. They turn off the lights just before the creature opens the door, and the only light in the scene is the little flashing bulb on the Geiger counter...Brilliant!

I also love the scene where James Arness is behind the greenhouse door. I don't know why, but it was unexpected! And, when the hand starts to move on the table! Holy CRAP!

What a movie!

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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 6:21 AM

STEVETHEPIRATE

I'm gonna mention Gladiator. Still one of my favorite movies. A bit before they go to the coliseum, Maximus goes it alone against a gauntlet of gladiators and dispatches them almost effortlessly. Led to "Are you not entertained?"

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 6:23 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

Gladiator not one of my favorite movies, but I loved that scene...Especially how disgusted with the crowd Maximus looks...

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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 6:46 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST

STEVEthePIRATE wrote:

Quote:
I'm gonna mention Gladiator. Still one of my favorite movies. A bit before they go to the coliseum, Maximus goes it alone against a gauntlet of gladiators and dispatches them almost effortlessly. Led to "Are you not entertained?"

That was the scene that spoiled the film for me :( interesting how different people see things. Maybe I should take another look at it.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 7:01 AM

MELEAUX

Great-now thanks to you guys I must go to the video store and rent a bunch of movies...Oh well!
One of my favorite action scenes is in Desporado- Antonio Banderas literally throwing Salma Hyek from roof top to roof top. And then the fireball behind them where they dont even look back-plus the music.....woooo soo cool

She understands, she doesn't comprehend

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 7:09 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 7:25 AM

SICKDUDE

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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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 7:39 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 7:58 AM

CYBERSNARK

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 charges in, thinking they're all that, then the Freedom swoops through their formation, taking out three EarthForces MS (that the Orb girls barely had time to register) without slowing down (or even scratching the Orb suits' paint), and we see the Orb pilot's jaw drop. Nice show of what a real ace pilot can do --it's like she's getting a glimpse five rungs up the evolutionary ladder.

9. Dylan Hunt vs. Gaheris Rhade (Andromeda "Under the Night"). After seeing how Star Trek treats hand-to-hand fighting, the gun/martial arts fight between Dylan & his former best friend was visually stunning. Yeah, they weren't exactly ninja (though Rhade had leet moves), but they weren't unskilled Trekkian brawling or fake Hercules/Xena-esque wire-fu (as Andromeda eventually degenerated to). Plus we got a glimpse of Rhade's poetic nature, and plot/motive/character exposition ("The Commonwealth is no place for the strong").

10. Battle with the Xindi-Ball (Star Trek: Enterprise). I miss the Xindi, I was hoping they'd show up in S4 as part of the "building the Federation" arc. The desperate attack on the Xindi superweapon, with unexpected help from Shran and the Xindi allies, culminating in Archer's personal duel with Dolim (that avenged Degra's death, and Archer's part in precipitating it). After the season-long buildup, the finale did not disappoint. Picard himself couldn't have handled it better.

Lotta runners-up I couldn't get to.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 8:16 AM

KANADANI

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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 8:17 AM

CHRISISALL

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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 8:27 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 8:28 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 8:48 AM

GUNRUNNER

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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 9:13 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

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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.

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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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 10:38 AM

CHRISISALL

What? You want another ten? Well...Okay.

Return Of The Jedi- last 20 minutes; Luke vs. Vader vs. Emperor vs. Rebel fleet vs. ground troops- doubtfull it will ever be topped.
Defiance- last fight- shows the dirty bloody reality of real fighting.
Chinese Connection- pick a scene, Lee was a maniac.
Black Mask- final fight, Jet Lee rules.
Robocop 2- not a perfect film, but one hell of a showdown.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom- whole first twenty minutes!
Rocketeer- first flight with the rocket pack.
Superman the Movie- missle chase to Lois' death.
Conan the Barbarian- invading Thulsa Doom's palace.
Planet of the Apes- the hunt scene where Taylor is captured.

Me sword's by your side Chrisisall

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 3:53 PM

THATWEIRDGIRL

I’m gonna agree with most of the scenes already listed. You’ve left one out that I’ve always loved.

Farewell, Big Brother (Robotech: Macross Saga): This show had a battle in every episode. But this one was hard for me to get over. Miriya orders an attack to locate her ace fighter. While she and Sterling are battling it out in the skies and within the SDF-1, Fokker takes on three Zentraedi. His veritech is hit, but he continues to eliminate the attackers. After the battle, we see Claudia crying over Roy’s body. He was mortally wounded. Why is this memorable? Every character feels Cmdr. Roy Fokker’s death. I can’t remember ever being that upset when a cartoon character died.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 7:23 PM

DECKROID

Yes, mine mostly came from cheesy movies... but they are good action scenes...

They Live - Fist fight in the alley when Roddy Piper is trying to get his buddy to try on the sunglasses.

ANY action sequence Bruce Lee EVER filmed.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 - The black and white scene with the Crazy 88s.

Ben Hur - Chariot race

The Dark Knight (Frank Miller) - the death of the Joker.

The Matrix - the first time you saw this movie! But, for one scene... the Lobby Shootout.

Hero - The fight scene in the rain.

The last one I will mention, not for the action, but for the Moment.

I am Sparticus!

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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 8:27 PM

STAGGERLY

Is it seriously up to me to bring Woo into this at this late date?

(These are just my favorites that haven't been mentioned; the convoy scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark'd be a strong contender for #1).

9. The Bodyguard (AKA Jet Li's The Defender): Gaseous Brawl - Jet Li vs. a pre-Matrix sequels Collin Chow in the rubble of the home belonging to Jet Li's charge. Unfortunately there's a gas leak, so these guys have to fight with very little breathing going on...

8. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Cemetery Showdown - Do Leone scenes qualify as action scenes? They're all about the build up toward action. With the photography, editing and score all absolutely perfect, Leone sustains the suspense for an unbelievably long time as Blondie, Tuco and Angel Eyes work out their differences.

7. Hero: The Arrow Volley - Downbeat for the list, but breathtaking. Nameless patiently waits while Broken Sword performs a task of calligraphy for him, and wouldn't you know it? The Emperor's army arrives. Arrows rain down on the calligraphy school in impossibly large numbers, and Broken Sword just keeps painting.

6. Oldboy: Prison Assault - An incredibly long, single-take, fighting-game-perspective fight featuring Oh-Daesu vs. probably FIFTY guys. With a HAMMER.

5. The Road Warrior: Tanker Escape - Everybody knows it and everybody loves it, I just think everybody FORGOT it momentarily

4. Hard Boiled: The Wyndham Teahouse - Tequila and his partner stage a bust for gun-runners in the Wyndham Teahouse; unfortunately they don't quite get the drop and slow-motion chaos ensues! Then Tequila's calm, flour-caked resolution to execute the bad guy - one of the all-time classics!

3. Beast Cops: Tung's Meltdown - Anthony Wong's Tung is a crooked cop in Hong Kong and his little network of corruption begins to crumble when new members forget the old Triad codes of honor and nobility. So what does he do? He goes on an amphetamine-fuelled rampage. This is why we affectionately call him "Anthony 'Motherhonking' Wong."

2. Tiger on Beat: Chainsaw Fu! - Conan Lee and the legendary Gordon Liu in a kung fu fight with chainsaws. All that could have improved it was Chow Yun-fat's presense, but he was in the next room killing people with his shotgun yo-yo (!).

1 (TIE). Hard Boiled: The Hospital - What is it, like forty-five minutes of non-stop action? Tequila and Tony nonchalantly clear one floor of the hospital of baddies, calmly get onto the elevator, then get off at the next floor with guns blazing to start all over again! Also featuring Mad Dog, one of the coolest villains EVER.

1 (TIE). A Better Tomorrow 2: Mansion Climax - Like Hard Boiled, A Better Tomorrow 2 finishes with an unbelievably long action sequence. The movie itself is one to suffer through, but the finale is so over-the-top in its balletic slaughter that it could be a self-parody. PILES of dead bodies and Chow Yun-fat's Ken somehow looking (hilariously) bored through it all.

And Pez, I agree, The Way of the Gun is hugely underrated, even with Juliette Lewis present. The very ending nearly kills it for me, but Benicio Del Toro turns in a 'cool' performance of legend. And that musical theme, very neo-western. I like it.

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Thursday, August 9, 2007 11:38 PM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

I'm bumping this cause I had a hard time tracking down the thread, and I want to add to 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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Friday, August 10, 2007 2:58 AM

GRAYFURY

Tough but fun, I'll give it a crack...

10: The Matrix... Neo becomes the one... Neo's origianal final showdown with Smith rocks it tough.

9:Venture Bros. ... Brock Samsons Fantasy... When Brock goes into the machine that makes your wildest dream come true and hes dressed like an indian killing cowboys with flame throwers riding t-rexes. and polar bears driving motorcycles with machine gun wielding ninjas in the side cars its hi-larious... (you didnt say that it couldnt be funny.)

8: Appleseed (new)... Dunan gets into a land mate... I love me some robots, and when this natural warrior gets the hang of this high tech walking/flying tank its awesome.

7: 2 fast 2 furious... hi-tech vs. high displacement... I love cars so when a couple of topped out Mitsu's throw down against mega detroit muscle its gonna be good. the 69' Yenko Camaro & 70' Challenger (our captain's whip in Drive.) are works of art with crazy amounts of torque

6: Gone in 60 seconds (new)... The last chase... Nick Cage racing that Shelby GT 500 all over California straight up rocks... the bridge jump is kinda lame though, its even more exciting with the information in the back of your mind that this car has evaded him for years.

5: Firefly the series pilot episode... The crazy Ivan... stand up and cheer Chills.

4: Kung-fu hustle... The lovers fight the beast... this to me is the pinacle of the hoakey kung-fu showdown.

3: The Fifth element... Leelou wreaks havoc on Floston paradise... Kind of like River in the end of the BDM, you had a feeling of her potential through out the time we've seen her, but she really does impress. and theres just the perfect amount of camp.

2: Macross the movie... Miriya kicks booty... the main appel of Anime for me is the effortless cool of the action and no anime scene has come close (imho) to when Miriya shows up in her quuedlun-Rau (sp?) and whoops on everybody. No force in the verse could have stopped her.

1: Episode I: The phantom menace... The Pod race scene... I love speed and pace, This scene has yet to be topped for sheer sense of speed. Its the main reason this pig of a movie gets popped into the player.

"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"

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Friday, August 10, 2007 9:14 AM

FLATTOP

Not in order:
10. Serenity Bar scene. 'Cause seein' Jayne get his ass kicked by a 90 pound girl won't ever get old.

9. The Patriot. Early scene where Mel & his sons ambush British column to rescue son.

8. The Princess Bride. Inigo vs Westley. Fine bit of swordplay & "I am not left-handed either"

7. Area 88 (anime). Best flight combat sequences ever.

6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Chow Yun Fat vs the girl - He has a switch, she has The Green Destiny sword.

5. Bulletproof Monk. Guy vs Gang. Gets his pipe going and puts a womp on 'em - until he doesn't.

4. 300. Pick a scene. Historically accurate? Hell no. But for ultra-violence, it's way high on the list.

3. Tears of the Sun. Last dash to the border. "Sir, I have men down in the field."

2. Soldier. Todd vs 627 finale. Old age and treachery can overcome youth and ability.

1. Saving Private Ryan. Closing battle. We've spent the movie getting to know these guys & it comes to this...

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Friday, August 10, 2007 9:58 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST

Wow this is still going.... COOL! I'll add some more.

1. THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (original 1956 version) The scene where the whole town goes after Dr Miles and Becky. Man that is pure NIGHTMARE!

2. AKIRA - The Biker chase scene through Neo Tokyo, and the Riot scene. Stella animation.

3.WAR OF THE WORLDS (1951) Simply adore this film, but the scene where Gene Barry is running through LA as it is being destroyed.

4.THE BLUES BROTHERS.. That car chase at the end!

5.HARD BOILED... The hospital shoot-out scene. Quite sublime.

6. ONG BAK... Little known martial arts film from Bangkok. There is quite a fantastic on foot chase scene in this. Beautiful.

7. INNER SPACE. Jack Putter's escape form the freezer van into the car. Very funny too. Great heroic moment!

8. WALLACE AND GROMIT The train scene. Wonderful bit of action. beautifully timed.

9. STARSHIP TROOPERS. The initial drop of the soldiers onto the bug planet, where that news dude gets chopped in half. Plus the space battle is going on as well.

10.CYRANO DE BERGERAC. The opening scene with the play and the subsequent swordplay whilst he is making up poetry on the spot.

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Friday, August 10, 2007 10:01 AM

NEWBROWNCOAT

"My turn" - River Tam

Enough said.

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Friday, August 10, 2007 5:46 PM

HEWHOKICKSALOT

It takes all kinds to make the world go ‘round. Unfortunately, some are pedaling in the wrong direction...

Thank you ever so much for mentioning Tony Jaa's first starring vehicle, Ong Bak - The Thai Warrior. That gentleman is really going places. If anyone has any doubts about his talent, just go to any video web site and type in his name.

Unfortunately, the American cut of his latest movie, The Protector, didn't do the movie the right amount of justice. The original version, Tom Yung Goong, is far superior. Jaa practically runs a clinic on acrobatic hand-to-hand fighting, grappling, and joint-breaking. The climactic battle against the giants is awesome, but the warehouse scene early on takes the cake.

Rob O.

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Friday, August 10, 2007 8:03 PM

SINGATE

The Two Towers - The battle for Helm's Deep. Sets the standard for epic battle sequences.

Return of the King - The assault on Minas Tirith. Raises the bar from the previous film.

House of Flying Daggers - The echo game leads into a brilliant fight sequence. Not bad for a blind girl.

Blade - Blade crashes a vampire party, appropriately called a bloodbath, then proceeds to wipe out a lot of vamps.

Sin City - Anytime Marv throws down. The definition of a one man wrecking crew.

Superman Returns - The man of steel announces his return by catching an airplane. One of the greatest action scenes period.

Matrix Reloaded - Neo vs. The Merovingian's henchmen. There is a lot of great action in this film, this scene is my favorite.

Star Wars - Assault on the Death Star. After all these years it still holds up.

Flight of the Intruder - The bombing run to "SAM City". Beautiful visuals accompanied by more Cole dialogue: "they'd never expect us to try it twice, no one would go through that again".

Bullitt - Arguably the greatest car chase in movie history. At the very least it showed everyone else how to do it right.

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Friday, August 10, 2007 8:40 PM

BROWNCOAT2007

Can't belive nobody's mentioned the "Transporter" movies yet... Stratham's going places in the action world... and I for one can't WAIT to see he and Jet Li kick the CRAP outta each other in War... the scene in particular that I'm thinking of though... well one of them anyway, is the whole fight from the cargo containers to the bus station... ruttin' BEAUTIFUL... and the oil scene once the big fight starts in the bus station...

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Friday, August 10, 2007 9:22 PM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

Hey, I'm back, and I've given it some thought. Here's ten more!

10. Nobody Steps On A Church In My Town! (Hot Fuzz): It's meant to be funny, and it is! But, really, is there nothing more exciting than seeing the bad guy get their's? And Timothy Dalton gets his in spades in a fistfight that culminates in the single worst looking survivable wound ever.

9. Ichabod's Wild Ride (Disney's Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad): It scared the hell out of me as a child and it still thrills me as an adult. Ichabod Crane has to find a way to cross the bridge before the Headless Horseman decapitates him! The end of that sequence surprised the hell out of me!

8. Soccer Zombie Barbecue (Cell (Stephen King)): Are they zombies, or insane people, or just mindless automatons? Stephen King's cautionary evil cell phone tale offers up a few crazy moments, but none so much as our heroes trying to burn a field full of "Phone Crazies" and overestimating how much gasoline to use.

7. What Kind of Dinosaur Is That? (King Kong (2006)) - It's a V. Rex, actually, and not one, but three that our monkey has to beat to save comely Naomi Watts. It's the last one he dispatches, though, that gets my vote. He doesn't just kill it...he crushes it!

6. When Slayers Attack (Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Revelations): You knew it was coming when Faith was introduced, and they've fought several times since, but, I don't think any of those fights were near as thrilling as their first. I'm still going to give the fight to Buffy, though. I mean, the show is named after her!

5. Pegasus Falls (Battlestar Galactica - Exodus part 2): First off, you'd be hard pressed to find a more action packed, thrilling episode of BSG, and that's saying something. But, to me, there was something extremely sad about seeing the newer Battlestar bite the dust. Hey! At least she took a few Basestars with her!

4. The Fastest Man Alive (Justice League Unlimited - Divided We Fall): The Flash is kinda a joke to the JL, even if he is a founding member. He's immature and reckless. So much so that even the big name villains laugh him off. Though I doubt they'll ever do that again after he gets in touch with the Speed Force to take down the League's toughest foe singlehanded. This being a Bruce Timm show, of course, this action is not without it's consequences.

3. You Are So Beautiful (Evolution): Yes, it's a silly movie, but, the scene where our heroes fight the dino bird in the mall is both funny and thrilling. Plus, you've never seen three grown men so full of themselves after accomplishing so little!

2. That's My Spur! (Near Dark): Before he was a flying politician, Adrian Pasdar was in a very well made and written vampire flick called "Near Dark" along the way, in this movie, he's made human again, and the vampire family's he spurned comes for him. This leads to a showdown between him and a scenery chewing Bill Paxton. One of the best vampire films made, in my opinion.

1. Parkeour, Meet World! (Casino Royale (2006)): I've heard varying complaints about this movie...one that I was pretty happy with, actually, but no one I know had any complaints about the first action sequence in the movie. If James Bond can catch that guy...the rest of the bad guys in the world should just hang it up! You hear me, SPECTRE?

There's ten! That was harder than I thought it'd be, but I'll be back!

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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Friday, August 10, 2007 9:37 PM

BROWNCOAT2007

Chiming back in again with a comment on Parkeour... it is a damn TOUGH SPORT!!! That and be expecting a LOT of broken bones and whatnot when first starting out... all in all though, a great workout

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Saturday, August 11, 2007 3:03 AM

GRAYFURY

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5. Pegasus Falls (Battlestar Galactica - Exodus part 2): First off, you'd be hard pressed to find a more action packed, thrilling episode of BSG, and that's saying something. But, to me, there was something extremely sad about seeing the newer Battlestar bite the dust. Hey! At least she took a few Basestars with her!

Yes...that scene rocked... ipod space is limited, but this episode stays on always.

"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"

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Saturday, August 11, 2007 9:22 AM

LWAVES

Some of mine have already been mentioned but here goes (in no order):

Hot Fuzz
The Battle for Somerfield. Soooo funny. Sooo much action.

The Return Of The King
The assault on Minas Tirith. How big battles should be done. Still gets me when the Riders appear on the hill.

Reurn Of The Jedi
Attack on the Death Star. When all the ships fly by the Falcon's cockpit. Still amazing all these years later.

Leon
His first assignment. And then he appears out of the shadow. Brilliant.

Bourne Identity/Supremacy
Both car chases from these films.

W+G And The Curse Of The Wererabbit
The train sequence mentioned earlier is fantastic but when the two dogs go for a 'dogfight' in the planes, for me it was just that bit better.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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