# Favorite Action or Fight scene. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777 "2019-03-30T18:10:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/21 "2019-03-30T22:33:33Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Bond vs Grant in _ **From Russia with Love** _. The. Best. EVER! Seconded! I came in to mention that one! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/22 "2019-03-30T22:41:58Z")
Close second to Bond vs Grant: Bond vs Oddjob in _ **Goldfinger** _. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/23 "2019-03-30T22:47:21Z")
The hallway fight scene from the original _Oldboy_ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/24 "2019-03-30T23:07:30Z")
A classic “one-punch” fight scene : [McLintock!](https://youtu.be/o3343LUHNb4?t=88) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/25 "2019-03-30T23:18:12Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Kind-of-joking answer: All of Mad Max: Fury Road > > Not-joking answer: [This segment of Fury Road where the guys on poles come in.](https://youtu.be/Mk_C5QH2Eb8?t=30) I consider the second Mad Max film, _The Road Warrior_, to be one of the greatest action movies of all time. The final chase sequence is awesome and one of the greatest chase scenes in movie history. Also I am surprised no one has mentioned the insane gun shoot-out from \*Predator \*yet. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgzxSr6l9Y4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgzxSr6l9Y4) ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/26 "2019-03-30T23:23:15Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > Also I am surprised no one has mentioned the insane gun shoot-out from \*Predator \*yet. Over here… > [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > One of the greatest summits (and pisstakes) of action scenes, a pretty good metaphor for the US military in Vietnam: [https://youtu.be/wgzxSr6l9Y4?t=48](https://youtu.be/wgzxSr6l9Y4?t=48) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/27 "2019-03-30T23:26:47Z")
From the TV series _The Sarah Connor Chronicles_, there is the scene where the terminator Cromartie single-handedly takes out an entite FBI SWAT team while the Johnny Cash song “When the Man Comes Around” is playing in the background. They don’t even really depict the fight on screen but it effectively demonstrates just how bad-ass the Terminators are. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWZFkPiFlkE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWZFkPiFlkE) ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/28 "2019-03-30T23:40:16Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > From the TV series _The Sarah Connor Chronicles_, there is the scene where the terminator Cromartie single-handedly takes out an entite FBI SWAT team while the Johnny Cash song “When the Man Comes Around” is playing in the background. They don’t even really depict the fight on screen but it effectively demonstrates just how bad-ass the Terminators are. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWZFkPiFlkE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWZFkPiFlkE) The ability of movies and TV shows to contain mini music video clips should be used more often. If you can have movie musicals where the actors break out into a dance, you could just as well have an action scene superimposed with relevant music of the same duration like this scene from Kingsman: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3zdYUG2\_RA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3zdYUG2_RA) The compound assault scene from Zero Dark Thirty has a surreal starkness: [https://youtu.be/bKht-\_lX-u0?t=1](https://youtu.be/bKht-_lX-u0?t=1) A good, unsettling take on what a real action scene might be like in the modern age from Patriot games: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoVWedQOQl4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoVWedQOQl4) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/29 "2019-03-30T23:44:03Z")
So many great ones here. For movies, I’ll nominate River vs. the Reavers in _Serenity_. For TV, the first hallway fight scene in _Daredevil_. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/30 "2019-03-30T23:49:43Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > [Punk’s Hideout Fight Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYUq_HmfP7Q) in _ **Rumble in the Bronx** _. Am I crazy or is he just randomly punching people who are not even in the fight half the time? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/31 "2019-03-30T23:50:42Z")
Can’t believe I forgot to add the Battle of Helm’s Deep in _LOTR: The Two Towers_. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/32 "2019-03-31T00:07:04Z")
[Uma Thurman and Vivica Fox in Kill Bill I](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kill+bill+fiight+scene+house&t=ffsb&ia=videos&iax=videos&iai=yL4xB9Hpj5o) This is part of why I enjoy many of Tarrantino’s films. Very tight, fast scene that ends with a twist. Very tense and keeps you breathless. [Knife fight from Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=fight+scene+butch+cassidy+&t=ffsb&ia=videos&iax=videos&iai=w9KBOhPXhds) Rules? In a knife fight?! [The final sword fight of Syrio Forel (GOT)](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=game+of+thrones+serio+forrel&t=ffsb&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=ZcjQ4rQQ8H8) Great character, was sorry to see him go. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/33 "2019-03-31T00:12:32Z")
Can’t believe I forgot this one–the battle on the snow-covered mountainside in _Mulan_ (1998). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/34 "2019-03-31T00:24:50Z")
The teahouse shootout from [Hard Boiled](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq16NnJdP3g), the first 4:20 of the link. The hospital shootout is also awesome. It starts at about 19:15. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/35 "2019-03-31T00:25:17Z")
My\*\*\* favorite\*\*\* fight scene? Come now. There can be only one favorite fight scene, and it features[Indiana Jones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs). ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/36 "2019-03-31T00:29:53Z")
The fight between Roddy Piper and Frank in the alley in [They Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live). Youtube already agrees - [Best Fight Scene Ever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MVMbm6c0k) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/37 "2019-03-31T00:43:46Z")
Spanning multiple scenes, the fight between John Wayne and Victor McLaglen in the [Quiet Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045061/). Right behind that, in the original [True Grit](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_15), [John Wayne faces down Ned Pepper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-cPWheNyaA): > [@The Duke](#): > > Fill your hand, you son of a bitch! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/38 "2019-03-31T00:54:04Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Spanning multiple scenes, the fight between John Wayne and Victor McLaglen in the [Quiet Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045061/). > > Right behind that, in the original [True Grit](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_15), [John Wayne faces down Ned Pepper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-cPWheNyaA): Clint Eastwood in the bar scene in **Unforgiven**. “Misfire! Kill the son of a bitch!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/39 "2019-03-31T01:49:18Z")
Shootouts? You want **shootouts**? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KJMxGFco57Y/hqdefault.jpg "The Wild Bunch - Final Shootout") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMxGFco57Y) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777/40 "2019-03-31T02:31:39Z")
I can’t really say it’s a “favorite”-- even after seeing it a couple of times, it’s still kind of hard to watch – but this one deserves a mention: from Deadwood, [Dan vs Captain Turner](https://youtu.be/xeS6y6mbUzY?t=162) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777.md?page=3)