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Greatest Fight Scenes Ever - Now Disc. Fight Scenes 101
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Jango10
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Date Posted:
4/17 4:18pm
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Greatest Fight Scenes Ever - Now Disc. Fight Scenes 101
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This week, The Forbidden Kingdom, the long-awaited pairing of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, hits theaters. These two action legends have participated in many a fight over the years, so we figured it was a good time to count down some of the greatest movie brawls of all time.
With so many noteworthy celluloid scuffles to choose from, we felt we had to lay down some ground rules: no weapons allowed, and we're looking for relatively even matches; we'll cover the greatest beatdowns another time. These clips are often not for the squeamish, and some contain a good deal of profanity, so we've tagged those as NSFW (or not safe for work, for those of you not up on the latest techno-speak). Without further ado, here are 20 of the greatest fight scenes of all time!
20. Road House
Patrick Swayze vs. Ben Gazzara's thugs
One of the most surreal entertainments ever cast out for mainstream consumption, Road House stars Patrick Swayze plays an NYU philosophy grad (!) who becomes a nationally-recognized bouncer (!!).This delirious camp classic features several over-the-top fight scenes; in this one, Swayze is joined by Sam Elliot (who's sort of a Scottie Pippen to Swayze's Michael Jordan in the bouncer game), and together, they tangle with the goons of the town's evil plutocrat (Ben Gazzara) while the late, great Jeff Healy rocks out.
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Zaz
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4/17 4:19pm
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RE: RT's 20 Greatest Fight Scenes Ever - Now Discussing: Patrick Swayze vs. Ben Gazzara's thugs
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I *still* haven't been able to see this!
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DarthBoba
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You haven't seen Roadhouse? It's on TNT about once a week, or so it seems. 
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Zaz
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I've been trying for years to find it...and around here "The Godfather" is shown every week...
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DarthBoba
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Jeez.
Roadhouse is a classic dude. You must find it.
Not seeing Roadhouse is like not seeing Platoon.
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PerfectCell
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As someone that actually fights and has trained in realistic fighting styles like jiu-jitsu, wrestling, judo, boxing, and Thai boxing for most of my life, I have a real problem enjoying any heavily choreographed Hollywood fight scenes. Fights are never ever the flippy floppy crap that movies try to put out there. But, they are dudes/dudettes pummeling each other repeatedly in the face with little to no technique, and Roadhouse gave me that, so I can at least accept their idea of fighting.
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Hammurabi
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movies =/= real life
i have learned this
but only through many years of watching movies and living real life
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I understand that, but I like a bit of realism in my movies as well as the fantastic. And over the top fighting where super powers are not involved has never appealed to me.
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19. From Russia with Love
Sean Connery vs. Robert Shaw
The James Bond movies have no shortage of memorable throwdowns (like this visceral battle on a stairwell in Casino Royale). One of the finest examples of 007's superior hand skills is on display in this gritty, down-and-dirty fight from From Russia with Love. After setting off a smokescreen, Bond lays a hurting on SPECTRE assassin Red Grant in the closed quarters of a train cabin; the result is as vicious as anything in the Connery Bond films.
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Zaz
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It's good, I agree.
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It's memorable stuff alright, and part of what makes it so good is that Connery and Robert Shaw are both such formidable actors on screen, they're a good match. Shaw has so much on screen presence, you think "here's a guy that could actually beat Bond."
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JohnWesleyDowney posted:
It's memorable stuff alright, and part of makes it so good is that Connery and Robert Shaw are both such formidable actors on screen, they're a good match. Shaw has so much on screen presence, you think "here's a guy that could beat Bond."
Exactly.
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18. Bridget Jones' Diary
Colin Firth vs. Hugh Grant
Though it's one of the quintessential chick flicks of the last decade, Bridget Jones' Diary takes time out from its titular character's battles with her own self-esteem to feature a pretty brutal fight between two of her suitors. Colin Firth and Hugh Grant each land some devastating blows and kicks to the gut before soaring through a pane of glass. In addition, it's almost certainly the greatest fight scene to feature "It's Raining Men" on the soundtrack.
Never seen it.
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MarcusP2
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For those that are interested videos of all these are available at RT's site on the countdown.
I didn't remember that Bond fight but it's very good.
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Hugh Grant? Really?
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It's probably the most realistic of any fight scene on the list. 
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