# Absolutely ludicrous action scenes you liked anyway **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732 "2008-01-31T17:36:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/41 "2008-02-01T03:48:26Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] I don’t care what anyone else says, I loved _Matrix: Reloaded_. Including the Burly Brawl. [/QUOTE] Seconded! (\*Revolutions \*was pretty sucky, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/42 "2008-02-01T04:02:41Z")
Every second of _Kung-Fu Hustle_, natch, with special focus on the “Beast” character. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/43 "2008-02-01T04:11:43Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] I don’t know what the hell that was, but I busted a gut when the towel girl showed up and started showing her movez. Oh, and another “I can’t believe it hasn’t been mentioned yet”: _Kill Bill_. While the scene where she takes on the Crazy-88 is the obvious “ludicrous” scene, my favorite involves her time in the hospital, when she comes to out of the coma. “WHERE’S BILL?!?!” “Please s-stop hitting me.” [/QUOTE] I came in here to mention Kill Bill. My friends think the crazy 88 scene is way too silly. Kill Bill is my favorite movie though, so my friends can go to hell. ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/44 "2008-02-01T04:16:50Z")
[QUOTE=T\_SQUARE] Not to mention how did they start the cars? (Open wheel cars don’t have bulit in starters) [/QUOTE] That’s not totally true. I’ve driven Formula 2000 cars, and they have starters. I don’t know about Champ Cars, specifically. In fact, I’d guess the pro cars probably don’t. But in the interest of fighting ignorance, I thought I’d offer up that piece of trivia. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/45 "2008-02-01T04:50:24Z")
In Reservoir Dogs, Nice Guy Eddie is killed with one shot. Joe Cabot is killed with one shot. However, Mr White not only does the killing of Eddie and Joe, but he survives the gunshot from Nice Guy Eddie and has enough strength to talk to and kill Mr Orange. I would put this in a spoiler box, but c’mon, if you haven’t seen it yet, you really should have by now. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/46 "2008-02-01T05:04:16Z")
I’ enjoy the scene in GOLDENEYE where Bond purses the bad guy throught the streets of St. Petersburg in a T-54 Tank. Wonderful over the top mayhem. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/47 "2008-02-01T12:56:33Z")
Dude, Charlie’s Angels, the movie? Especially Crispin Glover’s scenes. The cartwheel through the fence? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/48 "2008-02-01T13:06:56Z")
Equilibrium had this nutty premise that you could do kung fu, only with pistols in your hands. So, at one point they have a fight scene of the typical sort with two well-matched fighters blocking eachother’s blows, only because they’re using pistols, they have to keep blocking in such a way that the bullets don’t hit them, because they’re constantly firing through the whole thing. In one scene of Underworld, it is treated as a viable escape plan to shoot your dual pistolas into the floor in a circle until you fall through it. Well, the guns have nigh infinite ammo, after all. You can fire them in full auto mode. And after all these years, I still love the knife fight in Under Siege with Segal and Jones not only taking swipes at eachother with knives, but parrying with them, as though they were swords. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/49 "2008-02-01T16:21:41Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] This is the greatest scene in all cinema. It is the classic Man vs. Man. One man wants another man to wear sunglasses. The other man does not want to wear the sunglasses. The drama in resolving these two diametrically opposed view points can only be experienced and never described. [/QUOTE] I want to hear this read out loud by Jerry Stiller, who played George’s father Frank Costanza on _Seinfeld_. While expounding at a Festivus gathering on the proper form for engaging in the Feats of Strength. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/50 "2008-02-01T16:57:06Z")
[QUOTE=robardin] I want to hear this read out loud by Jerry Stiller, who played George’s father Frank Costanza on _Seinfeld_. While expounding at a Festivus gathering on the proper form for engaging in the Feats of Strength. [/QUOTE] “As I rained blows upon him…” ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/51 "2008-02-01T17:15:27Z")
[QUOTE=Morbo] [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NI6iu7e91Y) one is my all-time favorite. [/QUOTE] I’m trying to figure out what emotions the actor is attempting to convey in that clip from 0:08 to 0:10. Some combination of horniness, diarrhea, and frustration at tax forms is my best guess. ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/52 "2008-02-01T17:57:05Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Every second of _Kung-Fu Hustle_, natch, with special focus on the “Beast” character. [/QUOTE] This is definitely up there, especially the fight between the three masters and the musician assassins. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/53 "2008-02-01T19:31:08Z")
[QUOTE=robardin] I want to hear this read out loud by Jerry Stiller, who played George’s father Frank Costanza on _Seinfeld_. While expounding at a Festivus gathering on the proper form for engaging in the Feats of Strength. [/QUOTE] Try hearing it read by James Limpton. ---
**Author:** ![Lurking\_Quahog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lurking_quahog/32/21274_2.png) [@Lurking\_Quahog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lurking_Quahog)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/54 "2008-02-01T21:33:13Z")
I never tire of the fight that Peter Griffing has with the giant chicken on Family Guy. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/55 "2008-02-01T21:52:56Z")
[QUOTE=Dunawake] See: Every single moment of **Shoot 'Em Up**. [/QUOTE] Agreed. And when in the first ten minutes of a film, the protagonist kills a man by ramming a carrot through his brain, delivers a baby in the middle in a gun-battle, and cuts the umbilical cord with a pistol shot you know immediately that either a) you’re in for something special, or b) you picked out the _wrong_ movie to watch… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/56 "2008-02-01T22:07:25Z")
Practically any scene where the hero/heroine fires guns **while hurtling through the air** and actually manages to hit something that was an intended target. _Resident Evil: Apocalypse_ comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/57 "2008-02-02T00:52:06Z")
[QUOTE=Morbo] [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NI6iu7e91Y) one is my all-time favorite. [/QUOTE] I can’t stop watching that. I’ve watched it like 10 times. I keep wondering about the practical aspects of how it was made. For instance, did this occur during the scriptwriting meetings? “Ok so like… the fights gonna be turned around by her using that wet towel, right? Then the dude’s gonna run into a hook in the wall and it’ll take out his eye! But then he’ll just become enraged and become a one-eyed bad ass so how do we resolve the fight?” “I’m thinking we have a different hook take out his other eye!” “Dude!” A page on a script somewhere that says: Bad Guy: GRRAAHHHHH Good Guy: RAHHRRRRRR Bad Guy: GERRUUUUAAA Good Guy: RRRAGHHHH It’s addictive. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/58 "2008-02-02T04:58:43Z")
[QUOTE=Morbo] [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NI6iu7e91Y) one is my all-time favorite. [/QUOTE] The slow motion face punches are fantastic. I nominate most of the second part of _Hot Fuzz_, though it was meant to be silly so I’m not positive it counts. I second _Live Free or Die Hard_. [Parkour](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour) is showing up in more and more movies and I find it more fun to watch than I would have believed. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/59 "2008-02-02T06:09:40Z")
So we’re just going to remember this as the John Woo thread, agreed? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732/60 "2008-02-02T06:34:18Z")
Isn’t pretty much any great action sequence going to be “ludicrous,” in the sense that it could never occur in real life? I love the Bourne movies, for instance, but there’s scarcely a moment in them I could describe as plausible. Three Jason Bournes couldn’t survive that Moscow car chase. As far as irredeemably over-the-top scenes go, I would have to second the brawl in _The Live_. [QUOTE=Miller] I nominated any five minutes, selected at random, of _Riki-Oh: The Story of Riki_. This is a movie that features a villain who disembowels himself, grabs a loop of his own intestine, and then uses them to garrote the hero. You can’t get any more awesome than that. [/QUOTE] Thank you, added to my Netflx queue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-ludicrous-action-scenes-you-liked-anyway/435732.md?page=4)