Favourite Action Sequences In Movies
I favour fight scenes over car chases, so this will be a fight scene heavy list.
1. Road House - Fight between Jimmy & Dalton
I loved this movie as a teen (not completely undue to the nudity). Patrick Swayze wanted to move away from the dancer's image and uses his athleticism well in this movie. The scene is a good mix between artful and athletic, and down and dirty between 2 guys who really want to kill each other.
2. GoldenEye - Bond Escapes the Dam
I remember laughing my butt off at this scene because I thought Bond would catch up to the plane and fly it away - which is technically what happens, but not before plane, Bond and motorcycle all drop off the cliff!
3. Captain America: Civil War - Airport Battle
This scene is actually a little bit too much. There are so many characters fighting that it's hard to really track what's going on, but it's *just* over the line and is a great culmination of what a comic book movie with a shared universe can provide. Similar scenes in Infinity War and Endgame leave that line behind.
4. Jack Reacher - Bathroom Fight
When you can't even cock a punch, how do you fight?
5. Rumble in The Bronx - Warehouse Fight
Classic Jackie Chan - going from goofball to "how did he do that?"
6. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - Light Saber Fight Between Obi Wan, Qui Jonn & Darth Maul
The original trilogy had an ever-increasing quality of light sabre fights, culminating in Return of the Jedi. When the prequels came along, this blew the past out of the water. 3 participants, and only one wearing prosthetics and he's the one who is a very accomplished martial artist.
7. Back To The Future - Getting the DeLorean to the Lightning Bolt
I recently re-watched this movie with my kids and though they seem to turn their noses up at a lot of classic 80s movies (who doesn't like E.T.?) they loved this one, and I'm amazed by how well the movie holds up. The music and the down-to-the-wire (pun intended) timing keep you on the edge of your seat and cheering just like Doc Brown when the deed is done.
8. Ong Bak - Club Fight
Tony Jaa's style of Muy Thai wasn't something I had seen before. Graceful yet brutal.
9. The Matrix - Lobby Gun Battle
Martial Arts, Acrobatics, Gun Fire, Bullet Time.
10. John Wick - ?????
I had trouble singling out a John Wick scene, so I went with the first time we see him in action
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