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Best fight scene and camera work in a movie

Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:03 pm
Posted by StickD
Houston
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:03 pm
YouTube - Kingman’s 2

This was awesome. The best action meets art on screen.

Any other contenders?
Posted by Freauxzen
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:05 pm to
The Raid is #1

Then probably John Wick 2
Posted by bostitch
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:08 pm to
Atomic Blonde, toward the end the fight scene up and back down the apartment building.

I realize there's no way in hell Charlize Theron would really wreck 200+lb guys but the choreography and camera work are easily the best I've ever seen. And I'm a big fan of the Raid 1 & 2
Posted by DieDaily
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:13 pm to
My vote would go to the museum fight / shootout in John Wick 2 (specifically the mirror scene).

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This post was edited on 6/25/18 at 6:16 pm
Posted by jembeurt
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:16 pm to
Not the best, but this scene is pretty impressive considering it’s a single continuous shot.
Posted by StickD
Houston
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:24 pm to
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impressive considering it’s a single continuous shot

Agreed John Wick 2 was awesome. I think the crazy camera work in K2 gives it an edge.

The Raid?
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:25 pm to
We had a pretty good thread on how action scenes/fighting scenes operate and what directors and movies did it best.

I think Carson headed up that one. Don't know the title. It was a good thread.



That being said, I really like Kung Fu Hustle
This post was edited on 6/25/18 at 6:26 pm
Posted by GeauxTigers2020
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:26 pm to
Basically any scene where they don't cut every .02 seconds.
Posted by TIGERSTORM
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:27 pm to
I'd say The Raid. Particularly the hallway fight scene.
Posted by jkylejohnson
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2016
14525 posts
Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:27 pm to
John wick gun fight. 1&2
Posted by DieDaily
West of a white house
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:34 pm to
Also, the Furiosa / Mad Max fight is great.

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Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:43 pm to
Haywire, especially the Channing Tatum and Fassbender fights.

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No break away tables, no stupid music, no shaky cam or super short cuts.... Just the most authentic looking street-style fights ever put on film.

What Soderbergh did with his directing choices are just awesome. The fights had ball kicking and bitch slapping and hair pulling -- just like a real knock down, dragout brawl for survival would.

... and Carano... Holy shite... She is perhaps the only female character and actress in movie history that is actually believable as a total, man destroying badass.

Theron and 99.99 percent of all other "super chicks" are 96 pounds and couodnt lift double cheeseburger.

Carano, though has the thick, athletic build and the real life reputation to back up her portrayal.

Yes she was a pretty shitty actor, but her stunt work and fights were the best.
Posted by ellunchboxo
G-Town
Member since Feb 2009
19304 posts
Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:43 pm to
Not a movie, but the fight scene in season 1 of Daredevil in the hallway was amazing.

You can tell he was wore out after that continuous shot.
Posted by Philzilla2k
Member since Oct 2017
12447 posts
Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:52 pm to
Roddy Piper vs. Keith David in They Live
Posted by Dubosed
Gulf Breeze
Member since Nov 2012
7586 posts
Posted on 6/25/18 at 6:54 pm to
Dan Dority vs The Captain in Season 3 of Deadwood.
Posted by Freauxzen
Washington
Member since Feb 2006
38464 posts
Posted on 6/25/18 at 7:03 pm to
Also Dredd would probably be #3, then The Raid 2, then John Wick.

The small scale action films have been phenomenal over the last 10 or so years
Posted by DownSouthJukin
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 7:04 pm to
Posted by SquatchDawg
Cohutta Wilderness
Member since Sep 2012
19330 posts
Posted on 6/25/18 at 7:04 pm to
Rumble in the Bronx with Master Chan had some ridiculously good fights. Him jumping in and out of the shopping cart and using major appliances is just stupid good.

Warm up

Oh damn
Posted by PeteRose
Hall of Fame
Member since Aug 2014
17899 posts
Posted on 6/25/18 at 7:05 pm to
Do you need to watch John wick 1 before 2?
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
115652 posts
Posted on 6/25/18 at 7:08 pm to
quote:

you need to watch John wick 1 before 2?


I mean no not really but why wouldn’t you?
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