# What is your favorite fight scene? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522 "2007-05-17T22:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/1 "2007-05-17T22:38:55Z")
I have been on a kung fu kick lately and thanks to youtube, I can dive deep into a squeeing delight watching: [Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao in Dragons Forever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W22cQrlF-H0&mode=related&search=) The spinkick that Jackie does on Sammo Hung -the big guy - is lightening fast. Its so farking awesome, duuuuude. It is an extra special squee after I’ve read Jackie Autobiography and learned that these three attended the Chinese Opera, which was a grueling training program that was complete with beatings and horrible sleeping & food. **Gary Busey & Mel Gibson** in Lethal Weapon, I always enjoyed as well. **Jackie Chan vs. Benny Urquidez** [Good stuff](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_YIvxln3g) [Jackie Chan vs Brad Allen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvufoC2-d2E&mode=related&search=) It is nearly balletic. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/2 "2007-05-17T22:41:24Z")
I have been on a kung fu kick heh lately and thanks to youtube, I can dive deep into a squeeing delight watching: [Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao in Dragons Forever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W22cQrlF-H0&mode=related&search=) The spinkick that Jackie does on Sammo Hung -the big guy - is lightening fast. Its so farking awesome, duuuuude. It is an extra special squee after I’ve read Jackie’s Autobiography and learned that these three attended the Chinese Opera, which was a grueling training program that was complete with beatings and horrible sleeping & food and overall conditions. **Gary Busey & Mel Gibson** in Lethal Weapon, I always enjoyed as well, until I got into martial arts stuff, which makes this look like a school yard scrum. **Jackie Chan vs. Benny Urquidez** [Good stuff](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_YIvxln3g) [Jackie Chan vs Brad Allen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvufoC2-d2E&mode=related&search=) It is nearly balletic. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/3 "2007-05-17T22:45:52Z")
**The Quiet Man** , **McLintock** \*\*!\*\*, and **Chisum** were always some of my favorite fights. You really need to break this down by category. For example, my favorite sword-fights are: **Princess Bride** , **The Four Musketeers** (at the convent at the end), and **The Great Race** (both fights). Kung-fu: Nothing will ever beat **Enter the Dragon**. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/4 "2007-05-17T22:46:58Z")
Happy Gilmore vs. Bob Barker. Can’t find a decent copy of it, but it’s probably on YouTube somewhere ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/5 "2007-05-17T22:47:03Z")
I’m fond of several of the Jet Li vs. Jet Li fights from the otherwise forgettable **The One**. Not that everyone shares my opinion, but I really liked the Neo vs. 100 Agent Smiths (the “Burly Brawl”) from **The Matrix Reloaded**. And of course you can’t go wrong with Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/6 "2007-05-17T22:48:27Z")
If wrestling counts, I vote for the firelit nude wrestling scene between Alan Bates and Oliver Reed in _Women in Love_. Yow! Just remembering it gives me goosebumps. ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/7 "2007-05-17T22:49:07Z")
Does it have to be kung-fu? If not, then my all time favourite would be Alabama VS the hit man in _True Romance_. Just flawless. You cringe when he’s punching her around and it’s hard to watch, and then only gets worse as she loses it and just completely takes him out. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/8 "2007-05-17T22:49:56Z")
[Bruce Lee Vs. Chuck Norris](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyrZZ8Nzhjw) Jesus, Chuck is so furry. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/9 "2007-05-17T22:53:36Z")
All kinds of fight scenes. I’m just completely hooked on martial arts right now. Hai YA! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/10 "2007-05-17T22:55:43Z")
James Garner and Bruce Lee in _The Little Sister._ On the roof garden of a skyscraper. Phillip Marlowe (Garner) jumps on the wall, Lee does some kick/leap at him. Marlowe steps off the wall, grabs a service ladder and Lee falls to the street. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/11 "2007-05-17T22:56:30Z")
I love the scene in Kill Bill when the Bride fights O-Ren in the snow. I absolutely love every moment of that fight. The only thing I dislike about the scene is that it is too short. The music that accompanies, is perfect. I am a huge fan of Rza, who did the music. I find the whole scene just beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/12 "2007-05-17T22:58:42Z")
[They Live](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKFadyJxwg) That is all. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/13 "2007-05-17T23:03:24Z")
> [@](#): > > I am a huge fan of Rza, who did the music. Oops! Google corrects me. It seems Rza did not do the song for that particular scene… "Don’t let me be misunderstood " is the name of the song, made popular by an artist named Nina Simone. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/14 "2007-05-17T23:04:30Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] [They Live](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKFadyJxwg) That is all. [/QUOTE] What does he see when he puts on the glasses!!! I gots to know!!! Is it Black Lectrodes from Planet 9 or 10 or something? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/15 "2007-05-17T23:12:32Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] What does he see when he puts on the glasses!!! I gots to know!!! Is it Black Lectrodes from Planet 9 or 10 or something? [/QUOTE] It has been a long time but I think the glasses show whether or not someone is an alien. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dumbest_Guy_in_the_Room)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/16 "2007-05-17T23:12:58Z")
The “Battle of Carthage” from _Gladiator_ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/17 "2007-05-17T23:21:25Z")
[QUOTE=The Dumbest Guy in the Room] The “Battle of Carthage” from _Gladiator_ [/QUOTE] Ooooh, good one. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/18 "2007-05-17T23:21:46Z")
All the fight scenes from **Kill Bill** ’s 1 & 2 deserve mention. And they don’t all have to be martial arts based right? Rober DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio mix it up nicely in **This Boy’s Life**. And if we can broaden the entrants even further, say what you want about the rest of the movie but the light saber duel between Qui Gon Jinn / Obi Wan vs. Darth Maul in the **Phantom Menace** remains the best fight sequence of the entire series. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/19 "2007-05-17T23:27:10Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] [They Live](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKFadyJxwg) That is all. [/QUOTE] Preach it brother/sister…although I have to confess a certain fondness for the Timmy vs. Jimmy homage in the “Cripple Fight” episode of **South Park**. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522/20 "2007-05-17T23:35:18Z")
A few of my favorites : Visual media : Vicious versus Spike, _Cowboy Bebop._ [Neo versus Robocop](http://gorillamask.net/neorobo.shtml). Fom books : From _Honor Among Enemies_, Aubrey Wanderman annihilating Steilman. Honor Harrington & Nimitz versus the assassin horde in _The Honor of the Queen_. From _Creatures of Light and Darkness_, Wakim versus the Steel General, and Set versus Jehovah. From comics, Thor versus the the Midgard Serpent. Skurge the Executioner versus Hela’s army at the Gjallerbru, _Thor_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-fight-scene/404522.md?page=2)