Baraka_Guru

I stumbled across this whilst reading a Web article about unintentionally funny villains. This is a clip from a martial arts film called Undefeatable (1994), and the YouTube caption is aptly titled. It probably is the best fight scene of all time.

Feel free to post your favourites!

Viewer discretion is advised.

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Plan9

Is this the thread where some genius is going to once again argue that John Carpenter's They Live has a political message?

I'll post my favorites and The Best One Ever in a subsequent post.

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FuglyStick

I was all prepared to scoff at the designation "best fight scene ever," but I have been humbled.

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Eddie38

Here's one of my faves.



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Xerxys

I hate the blatant wire-fu in that jet-li vid.

Amaras

Uma, 'nuff said.

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Leto

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fresnelly

Not just for the fight but because it's a 6 minute continuous take.

Tony Jaa in The Protector:



Jet Lil's Fist of Legend is my favourite Kung Fu movie though.

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Nikilidstrom

since we're posting good fight scenes instead of Cynthia Rothrock rejects, here is a portion of miy favorite fight from Ong Bak 2:


And my absolute favorite Asian fight scene of all time, from Fist of Legend:

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noodle

I laughed at the first one.
Secondly i thought of the scenes posted above from Hero and Kill Bill...
Then, my favorite cheese fight EVAR..

Jason Statham in the warehouse.
Shirtless.
On an oil-slicked floor.
Wearing bike pedals.

The only clip I could find was forever-long, but daaaaaaaaaaaayum.


The good stuff starts around 3:00

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FuglyStick

Awesome.

Also, the hall scene from Oldboy--

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noodle

OLDBOY!!!
Just saw that for the first time about a week ago.
So freaking awesome!

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Jetée

I usually try to stray away and avoid such subjective topics like these, if only because I'm the sort of person who touts "he plays no favorites",
but, this is sort of fun, and you (all) drew me into this psuedo-discussion.

This film is so highly-rated in my book, it's near-unbelievable that I can't recall if I've re-watched it in the past year or not. The story is really one-dimensional, however, but the visual takes and nonstop fighting encounters that keep taking place on an ever-escalating basis of difficulty and importance, is what make the film exactly what it is supposed to be: a Tony Jaa one (read as: spectacular fighting sequences).

Here's the "sequel" to the above clip, from the same film (Tom-Yum-Goong ; I believe this is the "final fight"):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iUxAz-zUa04[TLTE]

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Baraka_Guru

Bask in its glory....

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Leto

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You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey
And I never saw someone say that before
You held my hand and we walked home the long way
You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr

http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Leto_Atreides_I

The_Jazz

I haven't seen this one mentioned and it's been a favorite of mine for, oh, 20 years or so. I saw it in the theater way back when.

And if I show that one, I have to show this one since it's shot-for-shot the same.

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