# Bad Assed moments in fight scenes (or just the whole scene) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-assed-moments-in-fight-scenes-or-just-the-whole-scene/447088 "2008-04-27T14:53:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-assed-moments-in-fight-scenes-or-just-the-whole-scene/447088/41 "2008-04-28T19:10:54Z")
No love for the final sword fight in [Rob Roy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVaslN1NiT0)? Still the gold standard for realism IMO. I also really enjoyed the final fight between Obi Wan and Darth Maul. In particular the one sequence where Obi Wan storms in and blocks Darth Maul’s light saber over his head and behind his back. (3:49 [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A4fN7FEzjc&feature=related)). ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-assed-moments-in-fight-scenes-or-just-the-whole-scene/447088/42 "2008-04-28T20:56:25Z")
Beck (The Rock) vs. Ernie Reyes, Jr. in the Rundown. Very awesome. Course, most of the action in that film was pretty sweet. Oh, and Spider-man vs. the Goblin at the end of the first film. Just brutal. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-assed-moments-in-fight-scenes-or-just-the-whole-scene/447088/43 "2008-04-28T21:00:22Z")
The Patricia Arquette vs. James Gandolfini scene in _True Romance_. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-assed-moments-in-fight-scenes-or-just-the-whole-scene/447088/44 "2008-04-28T21:57:35Z")
The Dread Pirate Roberts Vs. Inigo Montoya. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-assed-moments-in-fight-scenes-or-just-the-whole-scene/447088/45 "2008-04-28T22:23:43Z")
The opening sequence fight in the new _Casino Royale_ is pretty good. The James Bond of the books is supposed to be a Judo expert, and when Bond is dragging the contact to drown him in the sink he appears to be using a sliding or thrusting collar choke. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-assed-moments-in-fight-scenes-or-just-the-whole-scene/447088/46 "2008-04-29T16:40:51Z")
**Sauron** stole mine. ☹ I agree that the shower fight in _Eastern Promises_ was … something else. Very realistic and brutal. I was cringing and shaking my head the whole time. And speaking of _Firefly_, I love both iterations of Mal vs. the Agent. OH! And ya gotta love the school hallway fight in _Gross Pointe Blank_! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-assed-moments-in-fight-scenes-or-just-the-whole-scene/447088.md?page=2)