Alfred Hitchcock has very real fights in his movies between ordinary men, just grappling. I like the way he films them all in close ups.
Did I miss anyone mentioning Haywire, brutal nasty fights, like you’d imagine trained killers would fight…
After watching Diamonds Are Forever the other night, I have to add the fight in the lift between Bond and Franks as well. Bone-crunching!
From Russia with Love fight between Sean Connery and Robert Shaw. No rolls but very real. Runner up Diamonds are Forever fight on the elevator.
I don’t have anything to add on the fighting itself, but they those were chess moves they were naming.
Totally seconded.
Perhaps, but they are also definitely references to fencing masters.