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Most Badass Movie Scenes
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When I read the title of this thread bourne was the first thing I thought of. I am going through all three again as I just bought the trilogy on blu Ray and damn all three of those movies are pure bad ass!
I'm not reeeaaaal big on fight movies, and "badass" means more than just a fight of some kind.
I'd have to go with the Matrix as well, except I'd pick the Smith/Neo thing from the tube station, at the end of the film...
That was when he was young, thin, and good looking. He couldn't pull that off now I don't think.
I'd have to go with the Matrix as well, except I'd pick the Smith/Neo thing from the tube station, at the end of the film...
The "All Sicilians are n******"-scene between Walken and Hopper in True Romance.
No competition.
No competition.
The final scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
"For a moment there I thought we were in trouble."
No wait a minute, the massacre on the Odessa Steps scene from the Battleship Potemkin. IMO, the greatest movie scene EVER.
It's so great because the massacre occurs in your head. No amount of fx or editing can match that, unless you've got no imagination.
"For a moment there I thought we were in trouble."
No wait a minute, the massacre on the Odessa Steps scene from the Battleship Potemkin. IMO, the greatest movie scene EVER.
It's so great because the massacre occurs in your head. No amount of fx or editing can match that, unless you've got no imagination.
the Matrix where Neo is beating up 50 copys of whats his name and uses one of them as a bat.
Lots of Matrix love in this discussion, including the Army Of Smiths fight mentioned here (there's a hilarious lampoon of it and other scenes done for an awards show on the DVD). My fave Matrix moment: the Freeway sequence in Reloaded. It's an entire movie's worth of action and visual effects packed into about eight minutes or so.
Ditto. It was this scene, and the dialogue leading up to it with Two-Face, that really let the audience know what the Joker was all about. He just... does things.
Another movie starring Christian Bale, Equilibrium, features several gun battles mixed with martial arts. One scene has Bale's character, a "supercop" (called a Cleric in the film) jumping and flipping off a parked motorcycle, taking out two officers on either side of him while in midair and upside down, landing on his feet in the center of a circle of six MORE officers, and quickly eliminating them all at close range.
I agree with dsnort about the latest Star Trek, which brings back some of the swashbuckling, shoot-from-the-hip sensibility of the original series. I hope that the same feel can be brought back for the next movie, and perhaps give some of the other characters more chance to develop (I felt that McCoy and Chekov were largely ignored in the plot, but then again, one can fit only so much into one movie).
Oh please.
Fight scene: They Live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKFadyJxwg
How many of your badass scenes have been recreated in South Park? I mean really.
Fight scene: They Live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKFadyJxwg
How many of your badass scenes have been recreated in South Park? I mean really.
Good moments in almost all Clint Eastwood films.
"I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I've kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum - the most powerful hand gun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question--Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk!" - Dirty Harry
"In this world there's two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig." - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Sheriff Dan Shaw: [after the Stranger blows up the hotel and shoots four men] What the hell happened?
The Stranger: Somebody left the door open and the wrong dogs came home.
Sheriff Dan Shaw: Well, I been needin' to talk with you; now's as good a time as any.
The Stranger: What about?
Sheriff Dan Shaw: Billy Borders.
The Stranger: Don't know the man.
Sheriff Dan Shaw: Well, you missed your chance; you shot him yesterday.
- High Plains Drifter
"I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I've kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum - the most powerful hand gun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question--Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk!" - Dirty Harry
"In this world there's two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig." - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Sheriff Dan Shaw: [after the Stranger blows up the hotel and shoots four men] What the hell happened?
The Stranger: Somebody left the door open and the wrong dogs came home.
Sheriff Dan Shaw: Well, I been needin' to talk with you; now's as good a time as any.
The Stranger: What about?
Sheriff Dan Shaw: Billy Borders.
The Stranger: Don't know the man.
Sheriff Dan Shaw: Well, you missed your chance; you shot him yesterday.
- High Plains Drifter
Desperado ending. cmon people!!! ha
The ending of Raiders when god comes out of the ark and kills the nazis.
When Indy cuts the bridge in Temple of Doom.
The beginning of Inglourious Basterds. It made you want to strangle Landa.
Oh, the ending of that movie too.
Spock fixing the reactor at the end of The Wrath of Khan and his last words with Kirk.
thats it for now...
The ending of Raiders when god comes out of the ark and kills the nazis.
When Indy cuts the bridge in Temple of Doom.
The beginning of Inglourious Basterds. It made you want to strangle Landa.
Oh, the ending of that movie too.
Spock fixing the reactor at the end of The Wrath of Khan and his last words with Kirk.
thats it for now...
1. When steve segal starts beating the crap out of people
2. Any of the lightsaber battles in any star wars film. My fav is the one in the carbon freeze chamber with luke and vader - the best.
3. When arnie is blowing crap up at the end in eraser with the EM gun.
2. Any of the lightsaber battles in any star wars film. My fav is the one in the carbon freeze chamber with luke and vader - the best.
3. When arnie is blowing crap up at the end in eraser with the EM gun.
Great choice, but I think the bar scene at the beginning is the better scene from that movie. The first time you watch it and you don't know what's in the guitar case... ooh, when he pops that sucker open it's like.. "Awww Yeah!!!"
This is the scene that came to mind for me when first seeing the thread. I mean it has everything in it. The drama, the action, the tension... it's all there. I still get chills watching it even though I know what's going to happen. The music and the slow motion effects just pull you in and it's hard to argue that Chingachgook doesn't fit the OP's request.
They STILL call me Bruce!
I got two for you ... (though I haven't seen the utube links above - blocked at work).
Fight Scene between:
Bruce Lee vs Chuck Norris
Movie: Way of the Dragon
You know who kicked ass in that scene! He's regard by Norris as being the hardest that has ever hit em - Norris was a Karate Champion in his prime then as well.
Brandon Bruce Lee fight scene in Rapid Fire - near the end where you really see the evolution of his fathers work put to serious combat (even the boxing fients). Fighting against one of the other legendary choreagraphers of the 80's/90's that also worked with Bruce Lee.
I remember that and I think the guy against Rowdy Piper had a scar on his skull during the filming of that, you can see it in the movie when they help each other up. Can't forget the store scene - "that's like putting makeup on a PIG" lmao.
I got two for you ... (though I haven't seen the utube links above - blocked at work).
Fight Scene between:
Bruce Lee vs Chuck Norris
Movie: Way of the Dragon
You know who kicked ass in that scene! He's regard by Norris as being the hardest that has ever hit em - Norris was a Karate Champion in his prime then as well.
Brandon Bruce Lee fight scene in Rapid Fire - near the end where you really see the evolution of his fathers work put to serious combat (even the boxing fients). Fighting against one of the other legendary choreagraphers of the 80's/90's that also worked with Bruce Lee.
Oh please.
Fight scene: They Live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKFadyJxwg
How many of your badass scenes have been recreated in South Park? I mean really.
I remember that and I think the guy against Rowdy Piper had a scar on his skull during the filming of that, you can see it in the movie when they help each other up. Can't forget the store scene - "that's like putting makeup on a PIG" lmao.
Kill Bill Vol 2, when Bill is talking to Kiddo. That guy is so badass, I love the metaphors and personifications he uses. I know its not so much of a fight, just him, and his dialouge there, are badass.
And what gets more badass than Jules from Pulp Fiction? When they bust into the kids flat...
"SAY WHAT ONE MORE MOTHERF***ING TIME, I F***ING DARE YOU!"
And what gets more badass than Jules from Pulp Fiction? When they bust into the kids flat...
"SAY WHAT ONE MORE MOTHERF***ING TIME, I F***ING DARE YOU!"
Chuck Norris is so tough, when he jumps into water, he doesn't get wet; the water gets Chuck Norrised.
Damn, that really was bad-ass.
Classic.
This scene from 300 was pretty damn good too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTXlWYdodnc&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-1r-5-HM
And lots of one-liners from Dolemite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkjExJqf34o
"Dolemite is my name, and ****ing up mother****ers is my game."
Lots of scenes in Tombstone. In fact, any scene with Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yDgkvWh3JQ
Kiss of the Dragon - almost every fight scene in that blew me away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AAjizspxbg
Ronin - best car chase scene hands down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d4ej1RPkEI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AAjizspxbg
Ronin - best car chase scene hands down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d4ej1RPkEI
Every scene in Robocop.
But more specifically:
When Murphy gets shot to **** by the crime syndicate badboys.
When the young executive gets shot to **** by the ED-209.
When post-toxic waste Emil gets smushed like a tomato by a 6000 SUX (or was it a cop car?)
When Robocop shoots the would be rapist in the nuts.
When Robocop turns the the cocaine bottling plant into a shooting gallery.
... and every other scene, as well. Robocop: quite possibly the world's most perfect film.
But more specifically:
When Murphy gets shot to **** by the crime syndicate badboys.
When the young executive gets shot to **** by the ED-209.
When post-toxic waste Emil gets smushed like a tomato by a 6000 SUX (or was it a cop car?)
When Robocop shoots the would be rapist in the nuts.
When Robocop turns the the cocaine bottling plant into a shooting gallery.
... and every other scene, as well. Robocop: quite possibly the world's most perfect film.
One of my favorites is a scene from Tom Yum Goong also known as The Protector. I love this fight scene it's shot in one take no cuts, just continuous action, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXIGP6_fNZk.
Nice to see that a Tombstone moment got mentioned in the first post. I'd like to add that I also like the scene in the Oriental between Russell and Billy Bob and also the scene with Biehn and Kilmer and the whole gun twirlin' and latin thing.
Another classic has to be the meeting of Tyler and Lou (of Lou's Tavern) in Fight Club. I love that scene.. and the whole movie for that matter.
Another classic has to be the meeting of Tyler and Lou (of Lou's Tavern) in Fight Club. I love that scene.. and the whole movie for that matter.