# Worst Movie (or TV) Fights Ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930 "2003-09-21T05:40:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/21 "2003-09-22T18:11:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Darkhold \* > There’s a fist fight scene in one of the very early star treks that always stuck in my mind. The two guys don’t even look like Kirk and the other guy he was fighting with. I remember a toupee got jarred loose at one point. Please no jokes that that proves it was really Shatner(well in fact now that I think about it ANY fight scene from any of the original series) The only way to tell if it’s the _real_ Kirk is if the shirt is ripped.😃 Remember the fight scene where there are different colors painted on the ground, and he’s supposed to stay on his own color? He was ALL OVER the other color. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/22 "2003-09-22T18:16:55Z")
Oh, and how about _The Matrix Reloaded_? "Gee, the fight scenes were so good in the first one, let’s have _lots and lots and lots_ of fight scenes this time, and make them all _really really_ long.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/23 "2003-09-22T18:20:28Z")
blowero, Hey I do remember that. Wasn’t he supposed to lose a weapon each time he did? I always pictured a HUGE weapons rack that they kept taking weapons off that he wasn’t going to use anyway. Phelan, HOW DARE you criticize the fight scene in They Live! Nothing like pile drivers into concrete. Anyone else notice the ‘cripple fight’ in South Park was a copy of the fight in They Live? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/24 "2003-09-22T19:06:02Z")
I’m with **blowero** about _Matrix Reloaded_. “A fight scene is WAY cooler if it goes on for 15 minutes with no sense of drama, right guys?” ---
**Author:** ![Sketch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Sketch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sketch)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/25 "2003-09-22T19:22:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by green\_bladder \* > \*\* > My selection: watch a Bollywood movie and try not to giggle during the fight scenes 😉 \*\* Amen to that. They always have really fake punching noises, and there’s always at least 10 bad guys to the hero. Plus it’s always obvious how the bad guy actors take their hits, they almost always flip over etc. Soooo bad. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/26 "2003-09-22T20:00:44Z")
Batman and Robin by far had the worst fighting scenes. Pow \ \ ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/27 "2003-09-22T21:16:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phelan \* > \*_The fight scene in \* They Live_ between Roddy Piper and Keith David, when all Piper wanted to do was put a pair of sunglasses on David. That fight just went on and on and on… > Every time I’m about to see that part in the movie I think, “It can’t be THAT long!!”. It is! \*\* This was the first movie I thought of when I read this post!! Even though I saw it once over 15 years ago it still stuck with me as the most pointless drawn out fight scenes i’ve ever seen. OTOH my fave was the John Cusack fighting the hitman in the high school hallway in “Gross Pointe Blank”. It came off very well. ---
**Author:** ![pung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pung)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/28 "2003-09-23T00:53:42Z")
I’m with **Darkhold** on the They Live issue. That fight was fun! (Yes I did notice the South Park Cripple Fight reference) Fifth Element: Leeloo fighting the aliens on the space ocean liner. Cutting between the “fighting” and the cheesy opera singing didn’t help at all. Absolute worst scene in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/29 "2003-09-23T00:59:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*I’m with **blowero** about _Matrix Reloaded_. “A fight scene is WAY cooler if it goes on for 15 minutes with no sense of drama, right guys?” \*\* And I’m with both of you. I got bored halfway thru the Neo vs A Hundred Agents fight. I’m sitting there thinking “Jeez, how long is this fight scene gonna last? … Ok, Neo, you can wrap this up any time now … This is beyond ridiculous … Seriously, when is this scene gonna end? … YES! IT’S OVER! Thank you, God!” ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/30 "2003-09-23T01:53:50Z")
“They Live” is just amazing. They get tired, but not beat up, even after what must be about ten minutes of solid fighting. What about those (all of them) martial arts flicks that act like blocking a punch or kick doesn’t hurt at all? Try to block someone’s side kick with your own shin, and see if you don’t hop around. Oh, and they barely bleed, too. ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/31 "2003-09-23T03:39:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cardinal \* > \*\*“They Live” is just amazing. They get tired, but not beat up, even after what must be about ten minutes of solid fighting. > > \*\* At the ten minute mark they were resting and about to go at it again for another five.😃 Darkhold, I’m pretty sure it was a suplex, or a back drop, but just the same after getting one of those done to you on a concrete surface covered with sand, rocks, and glass, JUST PUT ON THE DAMNED GLASSES ALREADY!!! Not to mention all the other stuff that happened in the fight. Too much work just to get a man to put on a pair of sunglasses. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/32 "2003-09-23T03:54:04Z")
Phelan, I was mostly joking. I remember the suplex I thought there was a pile driver as well, my bad. As for the length how else were they going to show wrestler Rody Rody Piper’s moves? I’m totally stunned he never broke into movies with all his many talents. 😃 Cardinal, I think the black guy had a skinned mark on the back of his head after all that. Talk about major damage.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/33 "2003-09-23T04:51:50Z")
_D’Artagnan’s Daughter_ was a very good movie. It had what may be the worst fight scenes ever. It looked like actors idly waving prop swords in each others’ direction with no input by any professional fight director. The fights were bad on so many levels, to wit: They didn’t look “real” to a (somewhat) trained eye–mine. Real 17th-century rapier techniques won’t look “real” to most film-goers because the actual techniques are very un-flashy. However, what was used in the film wasn’t anything that resembled actually using the weapons. They didn’t look exciting, which is how most stage combat fails “reality” but works properly in fiction–combat is supposed to be exciting. The scenes were dull as dishwater. Good movie, and Sophie Marceau takes her shirt off, but the fight scenes were pretty much phoned in. They failed technically and they failed dramatically. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/34 "2003-09-23T05:37:05Z")
There were some scenes in _Braveheart_ where the extras in the background kind of half-heartedly bopped each other with their weapons until they suddenly noticed the camera was panning past them, when they suddenly jumped into action. Its really funny to catch a goof where the culprit suddenly realizes he’s ON CAMERA. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/35 "2003-09-23T05:42:29Z")
I’ll fourth the Matrix Reloaded thing. I loved the first one, excellent fight scenes, great plot, etc. But Reloaded destoryed it with it’s pointless action (and poor plot). ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/36 "2003-09-23T11:56:14Z")
There was one fight scene in Reloaded I did like - The weapons fight in the Merovingian’s mansion. But that may have been the music, since I really love that song they play in it. It also wasn’t super long, and they kept the Wi-Fi to a minimum. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/37 "2003-09-23T16:21:54Z")
All bad fight scenes pale in comparison to Black Samurai with Jim Kelly. It’s just that bad. And The Quiet Man is the best fight scene ever as well as a constant source for excelent movie quotes. “Here’s a good stick to beat the lovely lady” ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/38 "2003-09-23T19:14:08Z")
I think THEY LIVE’s fight scene was deliberatly that long to make parody the epic fist fights fights in movies. When I saw it in the theatre the audience began to laugh at the two minute mark as they realized it was not ending like a typical fight. When the fight finally stopped we cheered wildly even though there was no finishing blow. By the way the next scene shows the bruising and swelling from the fight. Prety funny. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/39 "2003-09-23T19:18:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pung \* > \*\*Fifth Element: Leeloo fighting the aliens on the space ocean liner. Cutting between the “fighting” and the cheesy opera singing didn’t help at all. Absolute worst scene in the movie. \*\* Oddly, I think that that’s far and away the best scene in the movie. Although I really really could have done without the gratuitous Three Stooges bit, which seemed to be totally out-of-mood. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930/40 "2003-09-24T00:46:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phelan \* > \*_The fight scene in \* They Live_ between Roddy Piper and Keith David, when all Piper wanted to do was put a pair of sunglasses on David. That fight just went on and on and on… > Every time I’m about to see that part in the movie I think, “It can’t be THAT long!!”. It is! \*\* Exactly what I thought when I saw this thread. It’s too bad, the rest of the movie wasn’t that bad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-or-tv-fights-ever/202930.md?page=3)