# Best fight scene **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443 "2000-12-07T05:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Obvious\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Obvious\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obvious_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/1 "2000-12-07T05:44:12Z")
Either in the movies or on TV. I would have to go with Bruce Lee Vs. Chuck Norris in Return of the Dragon. A second would be Rocky and Apollo in the Rocky movies. How about anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/2 "2000-12-07T05:52:52Z")
Not the best but a good vote has to be given to Edward Norton versus himself in _Fight Club_. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/3 "2000-12-07T06:02:01Z")
I’d have to go with _They Live_ and the fight scene between Roddy Piper and Keith David. Truely inspired carnage. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/4 "2000-12-07T06:05:33Z")
Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Darth Vader in _Star Wars_ Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader in _The Empire Strikes Back_ Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader & The Emperor in _Return of the Jedi_ Qui-Gon Jinn vs. Darth Maul in _The Phantom Menace_ Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Darth Maul in _The Phantom Menace_ Happy Gilmore vs. Bob Barker in _Happy Gilmore_ “Looks like the price is _wrong_, bitch!” Liu Kang vs. Shang Tsung in _Mortal Kombat_ ---
**Author:** ![Obvious\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Obvious\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obvious_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/5 "2000-12-07T06:21:01Z")
EvilBeth:I have yet to see Fight Club ☹ Dr. Lao:That movie did come to mind, I love that part 🙂 rastahomie:Its all good. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/6 "2000-12-07T06:33:26Z")
I liked Cage vs Scorpion, in Mortal Combat Neo vs Agent Smith in the Subway in The Matrix Jean Claude in Kickboxing… that was good. Jackie Chan, in just about everything, but my Fave is Rumble in the Bronx, the scene against the gang with the pinball machines and all. ---
**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/7 "2000-12-07T07:17:20Z")
Damnit! Dr. Lao beat me to **They Live**. (You don’t think this is the best fight scene? Do you know it lasts for ten minutes?) So I like Rocky fights. They may be unrealistic, but they hold dramatic tension. I also couldn’t honestly say that I’ve never seen better fights than in Jackie Chan movies. The last twenty minutes of **Drunken Master** anybody? So, in a poor pathetic sort of manner, I’d like to submit the final fight in **Mission Impossible 2**. I don’t think it’s the best, but is the only fight scene I’ve seen in a major motion picture that looks like every blow actually _hurt_ a lot. Also, I know I’m a fanboy for saying this, but the fight scenes in **Matrix** are amazing. Okay, all you serious connoisseurs can get to discussing the true scense now. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/8 "2000-12-07T07:52:12Z")
Mofo, you beat me to it. Last 20 minutes of **Drunken Master II** it is. I’m also fond of the “football game” from **Romeo Must Die**. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/9 "2000-12-07T08:01:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Obvious Guy \* > \*\*EvilBeth:I have yet to see Fight Club ☹ > \*\* Why the ☹ face? There’s no spoiler there. I promise! ---
**Author:** ![Stimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Stimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/10 "2000-12-07T11:27:37Z")
Have to agree with Dr Lao. Re ‘Drunken Master’… what about the end fight scene in ‘Who Am I?’. Unbelievable! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/11 "2000-12-07T11:50:17Z")
Any big fight scene from Dragon, Enter the Dragon or Return of the Dragon. I have yet to see good form, technique etc from both parties in a martial arts-tone fight in any other movie. That would make a good fight. I tire of seeing one person go through people effortlessly. In the “other fight” category: Will Hunting vs. that prick he went to school with for psychological reasons. Nothing else comes to mind that I can’t either predict or is good. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/12 "2000-12-07T14:17:15Z")
The most realistic fight in a movie has to be in **Gross Pointe Blank** , IMO. ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/13 "2000-12-07T15:01:53Z")
My favorite fight scene ever is Jackie Chan in “Who am I” fighting two guys on the roof of a building. Very comic and action packed. Not counting martial arts sequences (that means the Matrix too): I’d also have to agree with Fight Club, when he’s in his boss’ office. I gotta buy that movie on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/14 "2000-12-07T15:07:33Z")
The fight at the end of The Quiet Man, for sheer duration and distance covered. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/15 "2000-12-07T15:41:53Z")
The best, bar none: Wesley vs. Inigo from \* The Princess Bride.\* And in all honesty, despite all the other flaws of the movie, the lightsaber duel at the climax of _The Phantom Menace_ is unforgettable. As I’ve mentioned before, the climactic shootout of _The Law and Jake Wade_ is fantastic. I love the final swordfights in both versions of _The Prisoner of Zenda._ The swordsmanship is much more impressive in the Stewart-Mason version, but the taunts from the Coleman-Fairbanks version are delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Modian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Modian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modian)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/16 "2000-12-07T15:57:30Z")
> [@](#): > > I have yet to see good form, technique etc from both parties in a martial arts-tone fight in any other movie. That would make a good fight. I tire of seeing one person go through people effortlessly. Watch Fist of Legend with Jet Li. The fight between him and the old Japanese sensei is awesome, especially when they blindfold themselves. Actually, all the fight scenes in that movie are cool, but thats the best one. ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/17 "2000-12-07T16:03:58Z")
…anything Jackie Chan has done post-1990… …anything Jet Li has ever done… …_the Matrix_ scene where they bust into the building to rescue Morpheus (I can’t believe no one has mentioned that)… …_Fight Club_ Tyler Durdin vs. Narrator (end fight sequence, I think it’s the shoe that does it for me)… more later… broccoli! ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/18 "2000-12-07T16:11:36Z")
…anything Jackie Chan has done post-1990… …anything Jet Li has ever done… …_the Matrix_ scene where they bust into the building to rescue Morpheus (I can’t believe no one has mentioned that)… …_Fight Club_ Tyler Durdin vs. Narrator (end fight sequence, I think it’s the shoe that does it for me)… more later… broccoli! ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/19 "2000-12-07T16:16:03Z")
The final duel in _Scaramouche_. Any of Danny Kaye’s marvelous Italian sabre technique from _The Court Jester_. In addition to some of the wonderful possibilities mentioned above. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443/20 "2000-12-07T16:18:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by evilbeth \* > \*\*Not the best but a good vote has to be given to Edward Norton versus himself in _Fight Club_. \*\* Saw the title of the thread, first thing I thought. But of course somebody got there before me (immediatly I guess). Definatly the fight scene buy which all subsequent Hollywood fight scenes should be judged by. For a lot of reasons. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fight-scene/44443.md?page=2)